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60 Yangon and around Downtown Yangon
Insein (2km) Aung Mingalar Bus Terminal & Airport (9km)
1 grEaTEr Yangon MAYANGONE Mahapasana GAN DA M A R R OAD HIgHLIgHTS
Yaegu
guha
Hlaing Thar Yar Bus Terminal (4km) GTR Club 1 2 1 P A R A MI R O A D P YAY R O A D Kaba aye Myanmar Colonial architecture
Sule Pagoda
HLAING
drInKIng & nIgHTLIFE
Pagoda
The Vibe
Bogyoke Market
gems Museum
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Shwedagon Pagoda
Parami
kilometre
PARA M I ROAD
Ferry ride to Dalah
Street food
EaTIng
Le Planteur 2
Kamaryut L’Opera 1 3
P YAY R O A D Inya Lake
Shan Yoe Yar
HLAING STATION ROA D T H A M A I N G B U T A R Y O N E R O A D K ANBAE ROAD N
BAYINT NAUNG ROAD
Sedona
Hledan university Hotel
Market of Yangon
YANKIN
HLEDAN ROAD KAMANYUT Embassy aung San Suu N RACE C O URSE RD
Hledan UNIVERSITY AVENUE TOWNSHIP
uS
Kyi’s House
TOWNSHIP
N A NATTAW ROAD INYA MYA ING R OAD Kokine E RACE COURSE ROAD Tamwe
Junction I N Y A R O A D Swimming U CHIT MANG ROAD
Square PYAY ROAD Club BAHAN
KA N BAWZA ST TOWNSHIP
drug GOLDEN SEE ‘MIDTOWN
HA N THAWADDY R OA D
Elimination VALLEY Chauk Htat YANGON’ MAP
TH A LLWIN R O AD
Museum gyi Pagoda
TAMWE
KYEE MYIN Kyee Myin SHWEGONDAING ROAD TOWNSHIP
Daing
DAING TOWNSHIP IN Y A MYAING RD nga Htat
SAN CHAUNG KABA AYE P A G ODA ROAD gyi Pagoda
TOWNSHIP
Martyrs'
BAGAYA ROAD U WISARA ROAD Mausoleum NAT M A U K ROAD
SHINSAW PU ROAD
Hlaing River K Y E E M Y I N D A I N G K A N NER R O A D LOWER KYIMYINDAING ROA D Pan Hlaing PYAY ROAD People’s Shwedagon Pagoda Kandawgyi Karaweik
Park &
Square
Maha Wizaya
Pagoda
Palace
Lake
Yangon
DAGON
Ahlone BA HO ROAD AHLONE ROAD TOWNSHIP ZIWAKA ST GA RDEN ST ZOO LOGICAL Zoological KAN YEIK TH A R R D
Gardens
Road
national U WISARA ROA D Shah Zafar UPPER PANSODAN ST MYA YAR GONE ST Pazundaung
Museum dargah of BO MIN KAUNG ST
Shan Bahadur MINGALAR TAUNG
Road KHA YAE BI N R D NYUNT TOWNSHIP
Htwe oo Myanmar Pyay Road G Y O PH YU ST aung San
Traditional Stadium
Puppet Theatre Phaya Lan Yangon Central
AHLONE LANMADAW Lanmadaw BOGYOKE AUNG SAN ROAD Pazundaung Creek
Railway Station
TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP LAN THIT ST PHONGYI ST LANMADAW ST SHWEDAGON PAGODA RD ANAWRAHTA ROAD THEINBYU RD PAZUNDAUNG Thanlyin (10km)
Sule Pagoda
TOWNSHIP
Kheng Hock MAHABANDOOLA ROAD
Keong Temple KYAUKTADA PANSODAN ST
Lan Thit Jetty STRAND RD TOWNSHIP MERCHANT ROAD BOTATAUNG
aCCoMModaTIon SEE ‘DOWNTOWN Botataung Pagoda TOWNSHIP
STRAND R OAD
Inya Lake Hotel 1 Yangon River YANGON’ MAP
Motherland Inn II 2 Pansodan
St Jetty
Dalah (500m)
its defining landmark, towards which all streets seem to converge. Placed at the centre
of the British gridplan in the 1850s, the pagoda remains very much at the centre of
downtown life, both physically and culturally (all distances to other parts of the nation
are still measured from the pagoda, like a Burmese version of London’s Charing Cross).
The pagoda is particularly beautiful when illuminated at night, although it looks rather
incongruous by day, marooned within a busy roundabout, surrounded by a constant
swirl of traffic and with a string of small shops inserted into its base.
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