How to get Bagan from Yangon

Bagan (former name Pagan as the people here they used to call it Baga). Bagan is a city located in central Myanmar. Bagan was the capital of the Pagan kingdom from the 9th to the 13th century. Between the eleventh century and the end of the 13th century, under the golden age of the Pagan Kingdom, there were more than 4,000 temples and temples built here. And there are more than 2,200 traces of these monuments still in existence today. So Bagan is considered as the most archaeological city in Myanmar. For those who love traveling. You can read more: mekong river tour to get information

Weather Bagan sunny and hot. But in January and February, the weather will be cool and the peak season for tourism in Bagan, when you arrive in Bagan at this time you should prepare yourself warm clothes. The low season of Bagan tourism falls in July and August, because of the two months of the rainy season.

Bagan is divided into three major areas, Old Bagan, New Bagan and Nyaung - U.

When visitors arrive in Bagan by bus or plane, they pass through the town area. Bagan Market is also located in this area. The area is close to major, modern resorts such as Amazing Bagan Resort, Aureum Palace Hotel Bagan, and a golf course.

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Hotels and restaurants are usually located in New Bagan. This area is a newly built site, the Bagan government has built this area to move people in the Old Bagan area to protect the Old Bagan area.

The main site of interest in Old Bagan is the temples, pagodas and stupas, which are bell-shaped buildings, a solid mass, the visitors here can only pray from the outside but can not go inside. .

How to get to Bagan?

Visitors to Bagan are usually provided with two main modes of transportation: Myanmar buses and aircraft carriers.

Traveling from Yangon, Mandalay or Inle Lake, there are bus companies that cater to tourists. There are also bicycles with comfortable seats, comfortable, usually scheduled and with pleasant prices. If traveling from Yangon, Vietnamese travelers often use the services of JJ Express or Elite Express. JJ departs at 7:30 pm, arrives at 4:30 am, fare 20,000. Elite departs later at 9:00 pm, arrives at 7:00 am, fare is 16,000k. But in conversation with a group of four other Vietnamese friends meeting in Bagan, they said that 16,000 is the purchase price through agents, while buying in the Yangon hotel is only 15,000 on the ticket 14,500k. But actually looking at the tickets on hand this type of Myanmar does not distinguish on the ticket they write how much money. There is a Shwe See Khon garage that runs all day to cater to tourists, as we usually choose a bus to save time.

When I arrived in Bagan, I saw some Westerners riding motorbikes from Yangon to Bagan. But when talking to (Minthu) the coachman took me out, he said that few people go like that. Since the distance from Yangon to Bagan is very far to nearly 700 km, but the road is difficult to travel, almost a few motorcycles. Also when you drive to Bagan will immediately have a department (like their police but here they call it Police Tourism) ask for your international driver's license so when you arrive in Bagan you do not use the car The machine is a means of transportation to avoid being misled.