There are so many attractive places to visit in Yangon. Yangon city has a variety of interesting sectors such as ancient pagodas, beautiful parks, stunning images and museums. You can explore the real Yangon from the eyes of locals and listen some interesting history about this amazing city. Traveling to Yangon, you will discover colonial buildings and notable pagodas and immerse yourself in this historical ancient capital. You can visit Indochina travel to get more information.

Yangon by night-source:internet

Botahtaung Pagoda

The Botataung Pagoda is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon River. The pagoda was first built by the Mon people, over 2500 years ago. The Botataung Pagoda is one of the city’s most highly revered temples. The 40 meter high golden pagoda enshrines a sacred hair relic of the Buddha. In the center of the tiled platform stands the main stupa surrounded by a number of smaller stupas. The main stupa is the unique feature of the Botataung monastery; it enshrines the sacred Buddha relic and it is hollow and open to the public. Myanmar travel tours

The stunning beauty of Botataung Pagoda-source:internet

Shwedagon Pagoda

No visit to Myanmar is complete without a visit to one of the most impressive wonders of the religious world, the 2,500 years old Shwedagon Pagoda. From a humble beginning of 8.2 meters, the Shwedagon Pagoda today stands close to 110 meters. Especially, Shwedagon Pagoda is covered with hundreds of gold plates and the top of the stupa is encrusted with 4531 diamonds. Obviously, the Pagoda is a repository of the best in Myanmar heritage – architecture, sculpture and arts. More meaningfully, it is the most sacred and impressive Buddhist site for the people of Myanmar.

The magnificent beauty of Shwedagon Pagoda at night-source

Saint Mary’s Cathedral   

St. Mary’s Cathedral is located on Bo Aung Kyaw Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon. It was built in 1895 and was completed in 1899 and was designed by Dutch architect Joseph Cuypers. The interior of the Cathedral is splendidly decorated with some outstanding examples of featured exquisite stained glass windows, and has a red brick exterior, two spires and a bell tower. Saint Mary’s Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Yangon, and it’s the largest cathedral in Myanmar as well. The Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon is one of the most beautiful specimens of cathedral architecture. In fact that most of the travelers are often attracted by the special structure of the Cathedral.

St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon-source:internet

Chaukhtatgyi Buddha

Actually Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple is one of the most well-known place to visit in Yangon. It was built in 1907 by Sir Hpo Thar, who was a wealthy Buddhist followers. Unlike others, Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda is really less visible and you could easily pass the place if you didn’t know it was there. Because on high land, the parts of the building are mostly covered with trees. And the most outstanding feature of Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Pagoda is the Reclining Buddha, which is one of the most revered reclining Buddha images in this country.

Reclining Buddha, Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda, Yangon-source:internet

You are just looking for attractive places to visit in Yangon. It’s sure that you will satisfy extremely if you travel to some places recommended above because those are the best tourist destinations and attractions in Myanmar for your trip. Visiting to Yangon, you have a great chance to explore one of the mysterious country in South East Asia.

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