Country Info
- Yangon (Rangoon)
- Capital
- kyat (MMK)
- Currency
- 41,994,678
- Population
- MM
- Country Code
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Top Hotels in RANGOON
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Traders Hotel Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)
251 reviews -
Sedona Hotel Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)
97 reviews
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Parkroyal Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)
205 reviews
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Sedona Hotel Mandalay
69 reviews
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Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)
135 reviews
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The Kandawgyi Palace Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
243 reviews
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Inya Lake Hotel, Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)
62 reviews -
Summit Parkview Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
179 reviews
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Panorama Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
54 reviews
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Central Hotel Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)
66 reviews
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Thamada Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
66 reviews -
Mandalay City Hotel
103 reviews
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MiCasa Hotel Apartments Yangon (Rangoon)
31 reviews
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Bagan Hotel River View
61 reviews
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Mandalay Swan Hotel
20 reviews -
The Governor's Residence by Orient-Express Yangon (Rangoon)
251 reviews -
Paradise Inle Resort Inle Lake
44 reviews
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Kumudara Hotel Bagan
105 reviews
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Savoy Hotel Yangon Yangon (Rangoon)
155 reviews
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Nadi Myanmar Hotel Mandalay
4 reviews
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Hupin Hotel Nyaung Shwe Inle Lake
17 reviews
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The Strand Yangon (Rangoon)
136 reviews
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Amazing Bagan Resort
81 reviews
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The Hotel at Tharabar Gate Bagan
222 reviews
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November Hotel Inle Lake
1 review
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Hupin Hotel Khaung Daing Inle Lake
6 reviews
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Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort
138 reviews
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Hotel by the Red Canal, Mandalay
302 reviews
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Seasons Of Yangon Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
16 reviews
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Thande Hotel Bagan
138 reviews
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City Star Hotel & Restaurant Yangon (Rangoon)
6 reviews
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Thazin Garden Hotel Bagan
53 reviews
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Myanmar Panda Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
41 reviews
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Paradise Hotel Nyaungshwe
44 reviews
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Imperial Jade Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
1 review
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Alfa Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)
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Emerald Land Inn Mandalay
30 reviews
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May Flower Hotel Mandalay
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Paradise Inle Resort Mine Thauk Inle Lake
8 reviews
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Hotel Class One Bagan
4 reviews
RANGOON
Travel Blogs from RANGOON, Myanmar
The question of Myanmar (Burma)
This is a top pick! ... contribute was to talk to as many people as possible to try and help others learn some English - a powerful tool in Myanmar as English language newspapers and magazines can be found while all Burmese-language news is under strict control of the ...
I Have Friends in Rangoon
This is a top pick! ... waving back. It's just me again alone on the other side of this great world. Yes, for two more days it's just me in Rangoon with the monks of the Byat That Monastery, the postcard girls and the laughing lady at the Shan noodle shop. I guess I'm not ...
Burmese Daze
This is a top pick! Alright fellas, we're back in action. You can blame India's electricity instability for our apparent procrastination in writing an entry. The power craps out here at least 5 times a day; now we are in Delhi, where they've achieved nearly constant power ...
Beguiling Burma
This is a top pick! ... a fan and look, a mosquito net's provided. The fan was fine until the power went out (a frequent daily, and nightly, occurrence in Rangoon), and the mosquitos buzzing around would have been thwarted by the net if there weren't holes in it, and if we could ...
The road to Mandalay
This is a top pick! ... stayed too but on this occasion I didn't get mistaken for him. Also of note was the appropriately titled "Light of Myanmar Newspaper house". We stopped and admired the fine articles pinned on the notice board outside, of particular note were the pieces ...
Myanmar - The Pariah State
This is a top pick! ... anywhere. We kind of have it in the back of our mind that these are the rich people though! As a quick overview Myanmar was previously a British colony. When Myanmar first gained independence from Britain it was the wealthiest nation in SE Asia as it has ...
Capitalism Yangon style
This is a top pick! ... is pretty heavy, so don't take pictures of anyone in uniform or of strategic State buildings, like the Ministerial Offices, Myanmar Economic Holdings or the Directorate of Hotels and Tourism Services ;-) The main sights I managed to see here were The ...
A 76ct diamond, no not on Lady E’s finger
This is a top pick! ... with listening to music, and visiting our final tourist attraction the mighty Shwedagon Pagoda (the most important religious site in Myanmar). This was another contribution to the Government coffers but we cannot see how there is any money left after ...
Chapter 31: Me and Myanmar, Part 1
This is a top pick! ... to speed on world events in Myanmar than anywhere else in my travels! As an aside, the standard of accommodation in Myanmar was excellent, and I thought rooms were generally a better value here than elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Food was similarly tasty ...
I Never Learned the Burmese Word for Goodbye
This is a top pick! ... table at the old teashop near the Central Hotel and ordered a hearty plate of four curry vegetable puffs and a cup of milky Myanmar tea. I watched an old couple impeccably dressed across from me; he in crisp white mandarin collar shirt and jacket with a ...
A Political Essay
This is a top pick! ... in December 2002, nothing changed. As an asside, the military changed the name of the country to Myanmar and the names of various cities and towns (i.e. Rangoon to Yangon) not long after the 1990 elections to 'remove ties to their colonial past', this is ...
A Trip Back In Time
This is a top pick! ... which was at times interesting and at times tedious, I think that I'll come back here when I return to Rangoon at the end of my time in Myanmar in order to just enjoy the atmosphere of the place and allow myself to just watch everyone milling around doing ...
DEUTSCH: Myanmar
This is a top pick! Myanmar: 23.06.08 - 11.07.08 Nachdem wir in Thailand einige nette Leute von Myanmar kennengelernt hatten sind Dave und ich neugierig geworden und haben spontan entschieden uns selbst einen Blick ueber das Land zu verschaffen. Um ehrlich zu sein,wusste ...
Yangon
This is a top pick! We left Inle at 11am to ensure we got to the junction in time for the 12 o'clock bus, we were waiting in the tea shop by 11:10! The Burmese love to get you to the bus on time. A rather fine game of cribbage we ruined near the end when some smelly french ...
Rangoon Return
This is a top pick! ... different on my return, I was now much more used to the people, the clothing, the poverty, just what everything looked like. I liked Rangoon, there wasn't much to do, but it was nice to walk around the centre & just feel the relaxed vibe of the place. ...
In Myanmar/Burma!
This is a top pick! ... actually ended up in Myanmar/Burma! A bit of a last-minute decision, but it was easy to fly from Chiang Mai to Yangon (Rangoon) and I'm also travelling with Daren, a guy from the Boulder area I met before I left. I'm all for adventure and independence, ...
Myanmar Needs Help
This is a top pick! ... had escaped from their country to live happily and contently with very little. It is frightful what is happening in Myanmar; innocent people and the most revered members of the population are being killed. Valid petitions to help stop the ...
Burma summary
This is a top pick! ... , with the thousands of ancient stupas rising out of the plains. I was left in awe of the incredible Shwedagon Paya in Rangoon, and enjoyed a pilgrimage with locals to the famous Golden Rock Pagoda at Kyaikhtiyo. Kalaw and Inle lake also proved to be ...
A Giant Leap into the Unknown
This is a top pick! Tear up you Lonely Planet, ignore Tony Blairs boycott and jump into the wonderful world of Myanmar. So far off the backpacker circuit of SE Asia, the country is truly magnificent. Although at least 50 years behind the rest of Asia and with traveling ...
What I Have Learned (Episode II)
This is a top pick! ... to drive you can apparently become a taxi driver. *If there are any taxis with air-conditioning in Rangoon I've never seen them. *Myanmar has the worst sidewalks in all of Southeast Asia. Some countries may have comparably dangerous ten foot drops ...
Rangoon Dreams
This is a top pick! ... it henceforth] was a less aggressive, kinder, brighter and more sophisticated Calcutta. Three days later I think it a fair comparison. Rangoon is like an elegant, strong-jawed man in frayed dinner jacket with a betelnut-stained smile. Our first day here ...
Burmese Culture Shock
This is a top pick! ... plane or two there as we arrived, which is quite symptomatic of Burma's isolation from the world stage. Wandering around Rangoon was eye opening & I was surprised to see all the women with yellow paste smeared across their cheeks - this is tanika, ...
The Burmese Fashion Show
This is a top pick! Burma just gets more bizarre......a 15 hour bus journey back to Yangon through river beds, over wooden bridges etc etc. The lady next to me on the bus stared at me for two hours, then got travel sick and threw up all over my feet...whie I was holding her ...
Magnificient Myanmar!
This is a top pick! ... aspect of travel that I hadn't been exposed to before but thoroughly enjoyed it. Ok, the red beam bit.... basically, people from Myanmar chew a red beetle mixed with lime juice, all day, everyday. It doesn't take too long to convert their teeth from ...
Yangon
This is a top pick! ... pretty grubby but are usefull to keep in a back pocket to hand to any would be guides etc. Yangon is about as modern Myanmar gets and on first impressions you may be shocked. The streets are all broken down, mud and dirt everywhere and generally very ...
From Burma with Love
This is a top pick! ... having to buy something from all of them. It takes 19 hours to get to Inle Lake by 'luxury' express bus from Rangoon/Yangon. Broken springs and seating space for people five feet tall or less make for a horribly uncomfortable journey...and there are no ...
Beneath the surface.
This is a top pick! ... sitting and reading EVERYWHERE! I must say, knowing full well the plight of the ordinary Burmese people, that I found Rangoon a fascinating city. Burmese, Chinese, Indian and other nationalities gave it a real cosmopolitan feel, and combined with the ...
We are in Yangon
This is a top pick! ... find another internet cafe until we get to Mandalay though. Colonial Decay and Mix of Religion Yangon, or Rangoon, is the capital of Myanmar. It's filled with beautiful but decaying old colonial buildings, mixed with ugly modern concrete condos. ...
Final Thoughts
This is a top pick! ... the people believe that their money is not safe there. Instead people who have some money buy gold, jade, jewellery, cars and property. Myanmar is the only country I know of where the value of a car goes up instead of down. The government limits the ...
Christmas in Yangon
This is a top pick! ... . 3. Trekking through hillside villages around Kalaw. 4. Bagan. 5. Excellent and cheap food. Five annoying things about Myanmar 1. "What Country? Which Hotel? Change Money? Bus, train, airline tickets?" "America! You very rich!" 2. Kids in ...