Yangon Rangoon, Myanmar
Myanmar

4 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

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Frequently Asked Questions

Large ships berth at Thilawa terminal downstream, about an hour's drive from the centre. Smaller vessels and river boats sometimes come right up to the old Rangoon landings, facing the colonial facades.
It is among the finest in Asia: roughly three hours of meanders between rice fields, palms and country pagodas, with the golden Shwedagon stupa visible for kilometres before the city itself appears.
Yangon's great gilded stupa, set on a hill north of the centre and surrounded by a forest of shrines, pinnacles and marble Buddhas. It is the country's religious heart.
At least an hour on site, more if a guide unpacks its legends and symbols. You enter barefoot, shoulders and knees covered, up long covered stairways lined with stalls of flowers and gold leaf.
Late in the day, when the sun sets the gold ablaze and prayers rise. The place then reaches an intensity few religious sites match.
One of Southeast Asia's largest ensembles of colonial architecture: around Sule pagoda, a grid of streets where faded colonnades, century-old banks and worked balconies tell of the rice port's former prosperity.
Yes, a walk of about thirty minutes links Sule pagoda, Pansodan Street, the Strand and Botataung pagoda near the quays, with stops at the second-hand book stalls the district is known for.
At Bogyoke Aung San market, the former Scott Market, whose halls hold whole aisles of lacquerware, woven longyis, puppets and silverwork.
Yes, but only if bought from a licensed shop: that is the condition for taking them out of the country.
A bowl of mohinga, the national fish and noodle soup, or a fermented tea leaf salad. Tea houses serve strong sweet tea with fritters, around low stools.