Mandalay Full-Day Tour

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1. King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop in 36th Street is one of several gold leaf workshops where the manufacture of the wafer thin roughly 1.5 inch squares of gold leaf is carried out. Essentially it is as follows – take a 2oz button of gold and run it through a roll-press until it becomes a ribbon about 3/4 inch wide and 20 feet long. Chop it up into 800 equal pieces. Take 200 pieces, each piece separated by paper, put into a bundle and pound it with a hammed till it is flatter. Then, cut the now bigger 200 pieces into smaller pieces and repeat the procuedure several more times. It takes three men with large hammers around 6 hours to hammer the gold into small thin leaves. At the end of the day the men have turned the single gold button into around 2900 gold leaves.

   15 min

2. The Mahamuni Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar. The Mahamuni Buddha image is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan.

   1 h

3. Aung Nan Myanmar Handicrafts Workshop:Myanmar Culture is the heart of the Myanmar people and it is reflected so very well by the artisans at Aung Nan – Myanmar Handicrafts Workshop.Here you can see skilled wood workers carving intricate objects ranging from small animals to medium sized furniture items up to very large panels for houses. The level of detail in the carved images is so intricate and facinating.

   15 min

4. Having grid of cramped walk-ways is a shoulder-to-shoulder mass of jade traders.

   30 min

5. Shweinbin Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, Burma, built in the tradition of Burmese teak architecture. The monastery was built in 1895 by a Sino-Burmese merchant.

   20 min

6. Eindawya Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa located in Mandalay, Myanmar. It was built by King Pagan Min in 1847, on the site of his residence before he ascended the throne.

   30 min

7. Shwe Kyi Myin Pagoda (also called Shwe Kyee Myin or Shwe Kyi Myint) is located on 24th Street between 82nd and 83rd Streets . It is probably one of the oldest pagodas in Mandalay.

   30 min

8. The Skinny Buddha is located in Mandalay and is certainly a very extraordinary representation of the Buddha, who is otherwise always well-nourished. Built in 2011, this remarkable 75-foot tall seated Buddha is a “meditation image” stylistically located somewhere between manga caricature and Cubism. Here, an image of Buddha was created during his meditation phase under the tree.

   15 min

9. The Mandalay Palace, located in Mandalay, Myanmar, is the last royal palace of the last Burmese monarchy. The palace was constructed between 1857 and 1859 as part of King Mindon's founding of the new royal capital city of Mandalay.

   1 h

10. Shwenandaw Monastery is a historic Buddhist monastery located near Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (formerly Burma). Shwenandaw Monastery was built in 1878 by King Thibaw Min.

    30 min

11. The Atumashi Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma). It was built in 1857 by King Mindon, two years after the capital was moved to Mandalay.

    30 min

12. Kuthodaw pagoda is a Buddhist stupa, located in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar), that contains the world's largest book. It lies at the foot of Mandalay Hill and was built during the reign of King Mindon. The stupa itself, which is gilded above its terraces, is 188 feet (57 m) high, and is modelled after the Shwezigon Pagoda at Nyaung-U near Bagan. In the grounds of the pagoda are 729 kyauksa gu or stone-inscription caves, each containing a marble slab inscribed on both sides with a page of text from the Tripitaka, the entire Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism.

    45 min

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How it compares in Mandalay

• Its from-price is 15% below the median of the 24 city tours we list in Mandalay.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 10 of 24.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Mandalay

Mandalay is a former royal capital on the Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar, a city of golden pagodas, teak monasteries and a hill of stairways.

Mandalay stands on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar. King Mindon founded it in 1857 as the last royal capital of Burma, laying out a grid of streets around a square walled palace and moat, and it remained the royal seat until the British took the city in 1885. Mandalay Hill rises about 240 metres from the plain and is climbed by long covered stairways lined with shrines.

Top-ranked sights in Mandalay: Mandalay Hill, Shwenandaw Monastery, Mahamuni Buddha Temple.

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