Myanmar has more than just pagodas to delight the traveller. This historic wonderland has just about everything that makes for a memorable cultural experience: colourful bazaars, classic handicrafts, magnificent pagodas and stupas, traditional tribes,... Voir plus
  • Balloon over Bagan

    Balloon over Bagan

    Classic Balloon fly in brief: The balloon is guided by gentle winds not exceeding 15 mph, allowing passengers a serene and peaceful bird's-eye view of ancient temples drifting by. Using his skill and years of local knowledge in Bagan the pilot is able to guide the balloon to a gentle landing...

  • Mount Popa

    Mount Popa

    Mount Popa, a 1,500-metre extinct volcano, about 60 kilometres south east of Pagan is home of Myanmars "nats"- a collection of 37 supernatural beings. Twice yearly, thousands of people will gather here to attend the nats festival to honour these spirits.

  • Bagan Museum

    Bagan Museum

    This small but well laid out museum is run by the Archaeological Department. On display here are ancient artifacts found within Pagan. Whether mural paintings, plaster carvings or bas-relief, many are of high artistic quality - marvellous relics of Pagans glory.

  • Ananda Temple

    Ananda Temple

    Mon in its architecture, this jewel of a hollow pagoda is not only Pagan’s most famous but also one of the few active hollow pagodas. Built in 1091 AD by King Kyansittha, it contains statues of Buddha and stone sculptures of exquisite workmanship representing various scenes in...

  • Shwezigon Pagoda

    Shwezigon Pagoda

    This golden stupa, the most important pagoda in Pagan, was built in 1057 AD as a centre of prayer and reflection by King Anawrahta, the founder of the first Pagan dynasty. The Shwezigon is the prototype for all later Nyanmar stupas.

  • La joaillerie

    La joaillerie

    La Birmanie est un des pays les plus riches en pierres et minerais précieux au monde. Cela se retrouve dans ses nombreuses créations joaillières. Rien qu’en vous promenant dans les marchés de Rangoon (notamment le fameux marché de Bogyoke), vous serez...

  • In Phaw Khone - atelier de soie et lotus

    In Phaw Khone - atelier de soie et lotus

    À In Phaw Khone, village lacustre, on tisse les fibres que l'on extrait de la tige des fleurs de lotus qui sont récoltées sur place, dans le lac Inlé. On brise la tige, puis on étire, entrelace et tisse ces fibres qui sont teintées ou gardent leur...

  • Jardin flottant

    Jardin flottant

    En Birmanie (Myanmar en birman), les producteurs de l’ethnie Intha cultivent le lac Inlé. L’invention des jardins véritablement flottants est la conséquence de l’introduction des jacinthes d’eau originaires du Brésil. Dans les radeaux naturels...

  • Marché Bogyoke

    Marché Bogyoke

    Le marché Bogyoke Aung San, encore connu sous son nom colonial, Scott Market (que les birmans prononcent sa-kor-zéï), est un grand bazar et marché dans le centre-ville de Rangoon, ancienne capitale de...

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