Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Yangon, Myanmar

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.7 km
Ascend 28 m
Descend 26 m

Explore Yangon in Myanmar with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in YangonIndividual Sights in Yangon

Sight 1: Botahtaung Pagoda the bus 57 in front of the pagoda goes beside the river

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The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2500 years ago, and was known as Kyaik-de-att in Mon language. The pagoda is hollowed within, and houses what is believed to be a sacred hair of Gautama Buddha.

Wikipedia: Botataung Pagoda (EN)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Botahtaung Pagoda

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The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2500 years ago, and was known as Kyaik-de-att in Mon language. The pagoda is hollowed within, and houses what is believed to be a sacred hair of Gautama Buddha.

Wikipedia: Botataung Pagoda (EN)

1346 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 3: Gandhi Hall

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Gandhi Hall, also known as Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Trust, is a building in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, on the Merchant Street corner of Bo Aung Kyaw Road. It was first used as the office of The Rangoon Times, one of the English-language newspapers in British Burma. Later, in 1951, it was bought by Prime Minister U Nu and Indian ambassador M. A. Rauf for the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Trust. The building is also part of the political history of Myanmar, as it was used for a gathering of elected representatives of the 1990 Myanmar election, who issued the Gandhi Hall Declaration in July 1990.

Wikipedia: Gandhi Hall, Yangon (EN)

653 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Maha Bandula Park

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Maha Bandula ParkAuchwaswisser / Attribution

The Maha Bandula Park or Maha Bandula Garden is a public park, located in downtown Yangon, Burma. The park is bounded by Maha Bandula Garden Street in the east, Sule Pagoda Road in the west, Konthe Road in the south and Maha Bandula Road in the north, and is surrounded by some of the important buildings in the area such as the Sule Pagoda, the Yangon City Hall and the High Court. The park is named after General Maha Bandula who fought against the British in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826).

Wikipedia: Maha Bandula Park (EN)

617 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Sule Pagoda

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The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese Buddhist stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. According to legend, it was built before the Shwedagon Pagoda during the time of the Buddha, making it more than 2,600 years old. Burmese legend states that the site for the Shwedagon Pagoda was asked to be revealed from an old nat who resided at the place where the Sule Pagoda now stands.

Wikipedia: Sule Pagoda (EN)

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