Must-see hotels in Northern Shan State

This resort hotel is designed in faux–British colonial style and set in extensive grounds. Rooms feature wooden floors, local textiles and generous detail…

There’s neither royalty nor park views at this reliable midrange option, but long ceiling drapes add a sophisticated style to the restaurant and the wide…

The smartest hotel in town, though still only average compared to what's available elsewhere in the country. Rooms have some decorative flourishes, flat…

One of the better hotels in town is indeed perched on a hill very close to the golden Mahamyatmuni Paya. Soulless but spotless and brightly lit rooms are…

This resort has a dramatic setting overlooking the Dat Taw Gyaik Falls at Anisakan, and you get to-die-for views from the room terraces, but otherwise the…

Sister hotel to the Northern Rock in Hsipaw, this friendly guesthouse offers very basic and overpriced cubicle rooms in the old house at the front. The…

Centrally located and run by a very helpful family. Rooms with shared bathrooms are tiny, but also have a tiny impact on your wallet. There are spacious…

Run by popular Burmese crooner Nay Ye Mun (you might even be in town when he gives a performance at the rooftop terrace), this is a clean and cared-for…

This expanding hotel has a range of rooms spread across different buildings. The best all-round rooms are the bungalow suites in the garden. More…

There's an institutional look and feel to this cheapie, but for the price you can't expect much more. The high-ceilinged rooms are showing their age and…

A cluster of concrete buildings, the Dahlia offers the cheapest beds in the leafy 'burbs, but is somewhat short on atmosphere. Rooms vary wildly in…

This 49-room hotel is a hangover from the earlier days of MHT government-owned properties and despite renovations, it is still in a pretty shabby state…

This modern hotel is clean and well run, offering rooms with capacious beds, flat-screen TVs, minibars and hot-water showers. It's in a very central…

This hotel has large, clean and bland rooms, with proper showers. They're not really worth the money, but the lively location is close to the night market.