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Mandalay


Family-run, reputable shop selling jewellery, gems and jade sourced from across Myanmar, plus lacquerware, puppets, carvings and other handicrafts.


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Nearby Mandalay attractions

1. Skinny Buddha

0.33 MILES

Built in 2011, this remarkable 75ft-tall seated Buddha, with either most of his ribs or a 14-pack showing, is a 'meditation image' that falls…

2. Moat & Fortress Walls

0.79 MILES

Viewable only from the outside, a 230ft-wide moat and well over 4 miles of crenellated 26ft-high walls form a vast square around the site of the former…

3. Mandalay Palace

1.36 MILES

The 1990s reconstruction of Mandalay's royal palace features more than 40 timber buildings constructed to resemble the 1850s originals. Climb the curious…

4. Shwenandaw Kyaung

1.36 MILES

This fine teak monastery-temple is noted for its carvings, particularly the interior gilded scenes from the Jataka (past-life stories of the Buddha). The…

5. Culture Museum

1.43 MILES

Within the palace complex, this small, neglected museum holds poorly displayed relics gleaned from the old Burmese royal family. The most intriguing…

6. Atumashi Kyaungdawgyi

1.43 MILES

This unusually shaped temple is a series of diminishing stupa-dotted terraces over an arched base decorated with peacock motifs. When built in 1857, it…

7. Sandamuni Paya

1.61 MILES

At this shrine, you'll find 1774 ensconced marble slabs inscribed with commentaries on the Tripitika (Buddhist scriptures). Along with the stone slabs at…

8. Kuthodaw Paya

1.68 MILES

Kuthodaw Paya, aka the ‘world’s biggest book’, draws tour-bus crowds to see its 729 slabs that retell the Tripitaka canon, which is effectively part of…