Bagan’s temples across the plain

Country guide

Myanmar

3 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.

PhotographCorto Maltese 1999 · CC BY 2.0

Find your way through Myanmar.

The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.

Country orientation

Find the shape of your journey.

See how the 3 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.

Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.

  1. Bagan

    The Original 100 · A plain of brick temples beside the Ayeyarwady River.

  2. Shwedagon Stupa

    The Original 100 · A great gilded stupa at the centre of Yangon's devotional life.

  3. Mrauk U

    Further Horizons · Massive temples and winding interior passages reveal an important historic capital with a character distinct from Bagan.

The Original 100

1–100 · 2 places in this country

Bagan’s temples across the plain

18 · Myanmar

Bagan

A plain of brick temples beside the Ayeyarwady River.

The golden stupa of Shwedagon

67 · Myanmar

Shwedagon Stupa

A great gilded stupa at the centre of Yangon's devotional life.

Further Horizons

301–400 · 1 place in this country

The temple landscape of Mrauk U

332 · Myanmar

Mrauk U

Massive temples and winding interior passages reveal an important historic capital with a character distinct from Bagan.

Turn the collection into a journey.

Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.

Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.

For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.