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Cheap,
Budget, Midrange &
Luxury Myanmar
Hotels &
Resorts
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The country has lots of good and not so good
hotels, here are some information. At Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan and other
places plus excellent beach resorts at Ngapali,
Ngwe Saung and
Chaungtha and some elsewhere. Actually in every
bigger city are some accommodations but the quality is very diverse. In the
big cities deals can be made and most are shown in the hotel portals |
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At Ngapali beach are great resorts and at Inle lake real romantic lake
accommodations. Sedona Yangon and Mandalay are probably the 2 biggest hotels
in town in terms of size. Budget places for vacation in Yangon are the
Queens park hotel and many family owned guesthouses.
For the best accommodation deals
always
visit several websites to compare
prices. When looking for the best
deals check the smaller travel websites
focusing at a particular region such as
Asia or south east
in this case, they usually maintain
their operation more specific. Booking websites are in tough
competition means they sometimes can
make some special offer with a
particular place in Yangon,
Mandalay, Inle Lake and Bagan that fits
your budget.
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There are no
grand hotels and if you would prefer areas with action and nightlife better
use Thailand. They also wont match
Singapore but the scenery around
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At Bagan many of
them are right within the pagoda precinct of the old quarter. Actually there
are probably most
of the top level hotels in the country. From most its a easy walk, cycle - or coach ride to visit
the monuments. The best there is the Tharabha Gate Hotel, a real
oasis and excellent managed, its not the cheapest but this
few dollars more you pay for the room are a good investment to
your well being. The Bagan Golf Resort,
even has a golf course.
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Accommodation in particular at remote
locations are mostly
rudimentary, this is where adventure
starts.
One should consider that
Burma is
about the size of England and France combined with about 130 different
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Hotel & Apartment Yangon |
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This is a huge country but only little
developed among other the biggest
infrastructure problem is the absence of electricity in most of the country, except the big cities like
Yangon and Mandalay plus Bagan. Also most roads are in very bad condition,
at many roads nothing has been done since British colonial times, the
Strand Hotel is the most expensive in town.
Use air travel whenever possible and pay a few
dollars more for a good place
to stay away from trouble. Great bungalows and cottages are
at some of the lakes such as Inle Lake with floating
places, cottages and other accommodations.
You should know in the very beginning, they
don't take CREDIT
CARDS, this makes life a little bit
difficult when you want to stay travel around. The subject is
cash in dollars and take plenty with you
since no one is interested in any other
currency,
its dollars and its cash and that's it !
Currently, mid 2013, they started again to use credit cards but there are
continuous problems and you cant depend on it otherwise you might get
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Places often
are sometimes not very up to date in
terms of the
hotel’s
atmosphere;
be very careful with the water (don't drink
from the tap and use bottled water to
brush your teeth, shave etc.). Some nice
beach facilities
have opened
up in recent years,
this segment is still growing strong. One of the
biggest problems is to reach places
outside Yangon by road, since they are in very bad condition and are
not wide enough to have 2 vehicles pass
each other without problems. By taking
an airplane you can completely
bypass this problem.
The
accommodations are constantly upgrading
their facilities, rooms and services. As
you can see
here the new SPA
facilities at the Tharabar Gate
Hotel. |

Spa at
Tharabar Gate Hotel

Jacuzzi at Tharabar Gate
Hotel |

Massage at Tharabar Gate
Hotel |
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Mandalay Hotels

Sedona Hotel |
Bagan Hotels

The Tharabar Gate
Hotel |
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Kyaiktyio Hotels

Mountain View |
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For
beaches only Ngapali is accessible by airplane.
All other require a long and bumpy ride, usually between 5 -7 hour
to reach one on the west coast near Pathein.
But road travel does have advantages
such as a view of the real countryside.
You
won’t get such an experience via any other means, especially the grand
venture towards
the west coast through Pathein to Chaungtha and Ngwe Saung Beach. Chaungtha
is more for the local vacationers except the Max Resort, that's "top notch".
Ngwe Saung Beach is quite attractive and easily reach western standard.
On the other end, there is a
typical reasonable low budget hotel in
Yangon is the
Queens Park Hotel. |
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The Kandawgyi hotel in
Yangon is
probably the most idyllic one of any city in Asia. It has a great location directly on
the Kandawgyi or Royal Lake and a
outstanding architecture makes
this a absolute top favorite for
your stay,
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The Sedona is a typical
business hotel, also in terms of
prices. The place is
separated from the Lake by a
four lane road,
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The "golden Cottages" at
or rather in Lake Inle are the
first choice during a Lake
visit. Very idyllic, with very
nice people. Actually the
cottages are a little bit
-primitive- but gives a certain
local touch.
The cottages belong to a
cooperative of the local Pa-Oo
tribe and offer a great down to
basic budget accommodation. If you like you can go
trekking with them in the
beautiful hills around
Inle Lake,
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The Bayview at Ngapali is
a good beach hotel,
prices are rather high.
All Ngapali has
the advantage to be accessible
by air because as
indicated before the roads are
bad, but this also is indicated
in the prices. |
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The
Ngapali resort, a
excellent Myanmar beach hotel
was known as the "Strand Sandwa', It was first established by the Steel Brothers Company on March
15th 1961. It was transfer to the Ministry of Trade in 1965 under the name
of the Ngapali Beach Hotel and again transferred to a private
company, 'Lone Ma Lay' under the same
name on November 1st 1999,
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The country is a slow rising star
on
the travel market with
interruptions from time to time. Vacation packages
includes usually all above
mentioned ploaces. A tour to Burma is an exotic journey
with many interesting and
uncommon views. A great tropical
nature, a large variety of
wildlife, visiting Buddhist
temples and pagodas, ancient
palaces and monasteries plus the
mountains etc. |
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In
the mountain areas
the tour
operator will take tents
with and you have a nice
camping
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experience in Myanmar.
The two places
indicated here, the
Central Hotel and the
Asia Plaza are
2 midrange
accommodation
for about US$ 80,- the
Central and about
US$ 55,- the Asia Plaza. Both are in the
very center,
actually the Central
has
probably the best
location together with
the Trader Hotel both
are only 50 meters
apart.
The Asia Plaza
has 2 floors which are
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so bad, but maybe one
day the water
doesn't work, next day
the elevator wont work
and everyday all the
emergency exits are
blocked. So if anything
happen, where you go?
The only real assets is
the location and the room
rate.
A good alternative
on
the very budget level is the
Queens
Park,
the rooms are
very basic |
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but everything works and
this for about US$ 35,. Actually
its always recommended to either
book a tour or if you want to be
on your own and explore the
rather remote areas take a guide
with you, that is not expensive
and keeps trouble away, on top
of
it you will see
the interesting
stuff you
probably
wouldn't see if
you are on
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Cheap Myanmar Hotels
Queens Park Yangon |
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your own,
because you
simply don't
know, also the
language can be
a barrier. |
Alternative accommodations
If you are somewhere in
a remote corner and you won't find a
place to stay, have a look if there is
a
monastery
somewhere nearby, the country has
probably the highest density of monasteries
in the world,
monks
and
novices are
everywhere. The reason
is, usually you can ask
to stay there overnight,
just give some donation
afterwards and everyone
will
be happy.
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Some Ngapali Hotels and Beach
Resorts
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Ngapali Beach is a beautiful one located at the west coast in
Rakhine or Arakan division.
This
place is somehow
considered to be the premier
waterfront destination in the
country.
This
has to do with the marvelous
and pristine area around, it's
the only place
reachable by air from Yangon.
All other
beaches are only accessible by
road and that means at least 5
to 6 hours over not the best
roads.
Every year a few thousand locals and foreigners enjoy
this exotic location. Lots
of sightseeing on shore and off
shore is also possible.
It's the right place for sun
worshippers and people who like
a quiet time very far away. |
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gThe waterfront is almost
straight and a few km long. At one part in the morning the
fisherman pull their catch
ashore and sort it out. You can
do a day trip to watch them, the
other parts are used almost
exclusively for guests. There are
small restaurants behind serving
fresh seafood, some bars with
music and a good service, there
are excellent
hotels and resorts
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Ngapali has many to choose from,
from luxury resorts to the rather
basic accommodation, its
all there. All is closed during monsoon
times. The
southern west coast has plenty of pristine
island, in particular in the
Andaman Sea around the Mergui
Archipelago north of
Phuket
Thailand. The scenery
easily matches other islands in
the Indian Ocean
such as Maldives, Seychelles,
Mauritius, Madagascar and
Reunion.
The
construction and furniture
mainly is in teak wood, giving a
great valuable and tropical
touch. Most up market
hotels and beach resorts have a
idyllic setting amidst lush
tropical gardens behind the warm
tropical sea. All modern
facilities are offered, like
spa, sauna, Turkish bath,
massage, Ayurveda,
scuba and others. All beach resorts and other
hotels at this cost side
have excellent restaurants
which offer great local cuisine plus
recreational facilities. |
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Ambassador Hotel
100, A, Than Lwin Rd. 525414
Airport Inn
18, Airport Avenue-1 St. 667738,
662151
Asia Plaza Hotel
277, Bogyoke Aung San Rd.,
Cnr of 38th St., KTDA 391070-1
Ext: 1800
Bago Star Hotel
69, Thain Gyee St., Oh Bo Ward
535563
Bahosi Hotel
63, Bahosi Housing, 225812
Beauty Land Hotel
9, Bo Cho St., Bo Cho Ward Ill,
540092, 549772
Beauty Land Hotel
188, 192, 33rd St., 240054,
240227, 243952
Bo Myat Tun Hotel
Maha Bandoola St., Corner of Bo
Myat Htun St.,
298184, 290575, 291105
Nice Day Hotel
92196, 14th St., Bayint Naung,
663856, 663953, 723577 |
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