Yangon (Rangoon)

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Things to Do in Yangon (Rangoon)

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Yangon Walking Tour (Culture)
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Walking Tours
from $20.52 per adult (price varies by group size)
Delicacies of Yangon Morning Tour
from $64.00 per adult (price varies by group size)
Private Full-Day Yangon City Tour with Thilawa Port Transfers
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Bus Tours
from $128.21 per adult (price varies by group size)
Best Private Cultural Tours at Yangon City.
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Walking Tours
from $66.67 per group (up to 1)
Heritage of Yangon: Food & Walking Tour
Private and Luxury
from $65.00 per adult (price varies by group size)
Half-Day Spiritual Shwedagon Pagoda Join in Tour in Yangon
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Walking Tours
from $33.34 per adult
3-Day Yangon and Bago Tour
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Multi-day Tours
from $430.77 per adult (price varies by group size)
Yangon Full Day City Tour
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Full-day Tours
from $85.00 per adult (price varies by group size)
Yangon Full Day City Tour by Car ,Train and Walking
Rentals
from $73.85 per group (up to 2)
Spiritual Shwedagon Pagoda for Families
Bus Tours
from $74.88 per adult (price varies by group size)

Top Attractions in Yangon (Rangoon)

1. Shwedagon Pagoda

Religious Sites • Monuments & Statues

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The gigantic, encompassing golden stupa and the surrounding posts reflect the centrality of Buddhism in the country.

2. Yangon Circular Train

Scenic Railroads

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Threatened with extinction, this railway provides a lifeline to city dwellers and an insight into real Yangon.

3. Chaukhtatgyi Buddha

Religious Sites • Monuments & Statues

Inside, housed in a large metal-roofed shed, is the Reclining Buddha with its imposing length of 65.85 m and 30.4 m…

4. Botahtaung Pagoda

Religious Sites

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A beautifully bejewelled and gilded temple houses the relic of the Buddha's hair on this large religious site that…

5. U Thant House

Speciality Museums

U Thant House tells the growth and realization of the Burmese statesman from a moderate headmaster to the sophisticated…

6. Taukkyan War Cemetery

Cemeteries • Monuments & Statues

This is a solumn, peaceful War Memorial to some 27,000 WWI & WWII veterans.

7. The Secretariat

Government Buildings

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After standing derelict for several decades this enormous collection of buildings, erected between 1889 and 1905 by the…

8. National Museum

History Museums

It’s founded in 1952, the five-story museum has an extensive collection of ancient artifacts, ornaments, works of art…

9. Junction City

Shopping Malls

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Junction City mall is the newest addition to an array of shopping malls in the city.

10. Immaculate Conception Cathedral

Historic Sites • Churches & Cathedrals

The campus houses St. Paul's High School today, which does justice to the Christian mission of spreading knowledge and…

11. Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue

Religious Sites • History Museums

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Once home to a thriving orthodox community of several thousand it is now down to 20 souls who keep it open as a museum…

12. Sule Pagoda

Religious Sites

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Located in the center of downtown, surrounded by multi religion worshiping place, british colonial building.

13. Yangon Central Railway Station

Points of Interest & Landmarks

The architecture of mix,colonial and traditional, styled elegant building serve as central railway station for Yangon.

14. Inya Lake

Bodies of Water

A water reservoir from the old British colonial and has lost it function as a fresh water supply for the city long ago.

15. Yangon Chinatown

Neighborhoods

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Mainly descended from waves of migration south from strive in China such as the Mongol and Qing invasions the community…

16. Kandawgyi Park

Parks

A wooden bridge transports us to an ancient world, a world ot traditional Burmese dresses, cuisine, customs and art and…

17. Swe Taw Myat Pagoda

Religious Sites

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The pagoda was constructed to enshrine a sacred Buddha tooth relic, believed to be one of the teeth of the Gautama…

18. Myanmar Plaza Shopping Center

Shopping Malls

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Myanmar Plaza is part of the Myanmar Centre and located on five-storied building on Kabar Aye Pagoda Road at the Bahan…

19. Tomb of Bahadur Shah Zafar

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Religious Sites

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The man whose body lies in this small corner of Yangon is the direct descendant of the builders of the Taj Majal and…

20. Nga Htat Gyi Pagoda

Religious Sites

A distinct five-tiered pagoda houses the original 20.5 feet high Buddha image was donated by Prince Minyedeippa in 1558.

21. Maha Bandula Park

Parks

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And to complete the set of impressive structures, the park contains an enormous obelisk, the Independence Monument.

22. People's Square and Park

Parks

The vast collection includes gardens, lawns, open concrete spaces, heavily wooded areas, children’s playgrounds…

23. Bogyoke Aung San Museum

History Museums

With original furniture and vintage photographs of the house and family, this museum is evocative of the early years of…

24. Yangon Zoo

Zoos

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The zoo is sent in idyllic gardens with a vast array of exotic birds, mammals and reptiles inhabiting the large grounds.

25. Holy Trinity Cathedral

Churches & Cathedrals

On odd island of Anglican culture (gardens, building) in the middle of busy Yangon, across from one of the many…

26. Myanmar Gems Museum

Speciality Museums

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And learn about the immerse mineral wealth and diversity of minerals in Myanmar.

27. Dala Ferry

Ferries

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28. Kaba Aye Paya

Religious Sites

Located more than 10 km from the city, this world peace centre was built for the 1954-56 Sixth Buddhist Synod.

29. Yayway Japanese Cemetery

Cemeteries

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Being a Japanese cemetery in Yangoon, this has a few unique varieties

30. Yangon City Hall

Government Buildings

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