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288 MANDALAY AND AROUND DOWNTOWN MANDALAY
ACCOMMODATION
DOWNTOWN Ace Star BnB
MANDALAY Backpacker Hostel 13
AD1 9
ET 1
DRINKING Garden 2
Mann 1 Hotel 82 12
PINYA ST M3 Hotel 5
22ND ST No Entry Mandalay City 6
N Mann Shwe Li 11 3
Nylon
84TH ST 23 RD S T Shwekyimyint 80TH ST Royal City 10 4 7
Royal Guesthouse
Paya
Silver Star
86 T H S T KBZ 83R D ST Kyauk Mosque 24TH ST Unity Aung Lin 8 7
Bank ATM
EATING
Eindawya Pagoda (400m) Man Myanmar Mingala Jerry St Joseph’s 81ST ST Bistro @ 82nd 8 1 9 5
Zegyo Market
Convent
Mosque
Min Mahar
Mr Bar BQ
Mr
Nay
7 Shopping Plaza 25 TH ST Nylon 3 4
Pan Cherry
26T H ST CB Bank Rainbow 2
ATM Clocktower
26TH ST Shan Ma Ma 6
87TH ST 86 TH S T AirAsia Airport 26 TH ST
27TH ST Seven Shuttle Bus
2 7 TH S T Swan
Sri Ganesh
27TH ST
Sanatan
AGD Bank Dharma
28 TH S T Pick-up to CB Bank
Pyin Oo Lwin 28TH S T
8 6 TH S T 8 2ND ST 28TH ST
2 9T H S T
Fire 77TH ST
Station
Pick-up to 2 9T H ST
Kwe Se Kan Station, 29TH ST
Amarapura & Sagaing 83 RD ST Station 80TH ST Mandalay
Police
General Hospital
85 TH ST 30TH S T 30TH ST Mandalay
Railway
8 4TH ST 31ST ST 79TH ST 78TH ST
Setkyathiha 82 ND ST 81ST ST KBZ Station 30TH ST
Bank
Paya
31ST ST
CB Ko
Bank Htay 80TH ST
32ND ST ATM 77TH ST
32 N D ST Mandalay
83 RD S T Motorbike 32ND ST
0 250 82N D ST 81ST ST Rental
metres
Bustling street markets spill out onto 86th Street, while immediately to the south of
Zegyo, the Man Myanmar Shopping Plaza (84th St between 25th and 26th sts) offers
more of the same, but even more hectic.
Eindawya Pagoda
• Off 28th St • Daily 24hr • Free
The most striking temple in central Mandalay, the Eindawya Pagoda is centred on a
glittering, gold-leaf-covered stupa. The temple was constructed in 1847 on the orders
of King Pagan Min, who was living in his summer house on this very site when he
ascended to the throne. The temple is also remembered for its role in the cultural
confrontations of the colonial era thanks to a famous incident in 1919 when a group
of Burmese – increasingly infuriated (along with most of the population) at the refusal
of foreigners to remove their footwear when entering local pagodas – attacked a group