The attractive triple-stupa, Nondo Zedi, is Kyaukmyaung's main Buddhist monument.


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1. Pottery Workshops

1.72 MILES

The pottery district stretches a mile south of town beyond the Ayeyarwady bridge site. A block or two inland, several ‘factories’ are housed in bamboo…

2. Hanlin Archaeological Zone

9.27 MILES

The 32 excavation sites here date back to the Pyu era (4th to 9th centuries AD). The sites rise above Hanlin village and survey the plains for a…

3. Old City Moat

15.9 MILES

During its 18th-century heyday, Shwebo's palace was at the heart of an enormous walled city. The walls are now almost entirely gone, but some parts of the…

4. Chanthaya Paya

16.15 MILES

Just across the road from the rather more dramatic Shwe Daza Paya, the dilapidated Chanthaya Paya is another Buddhist temple.

5. Shwe Daza Paya

16.26 MILES

As you approach from the south, central Shwebo’s skyline is given an alluring dazzle by a collection of golden pagoda spires. These cluster around the…

6. Shwebon Yadana

16.3 MILES

The city’s most striking buildings are a pair of towering gold-painted wooden throne rooms, nine tiers high, once part of King Alaungpaya’s 1753 palace…

7. Marble Mountain

23.25 MILES

The best marble in the country comes from Marble Mountain (otherwise known by the village name of Sakyin), 36 miles north of Mandalay (on the way to the…