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Yangon


French designer Patrick Robert, who restored the Governor's Residence in the 1990s, has opened this homewares boutique offering many attractive gifts and decorative home items. Most of the pieces are locally made and use materials such as mother-of-pearl, lacquer and teak.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Yangon attractions

1. Myanmar Deitta

0.08 MILES

From the Pali word for 'in front of one's eyes', Deitta is a nonprofit working with local and international documentary photographers, filmmakers and…

3. 491-501 Merchant St

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Around 250 workers were trained in new skills for the sensitive restoration in 2016 of this two-storey colonial-era building, home to 80 residents from 12…

4. Secretariat

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After many years of being off limits, this spectacular red-brick complex, which takes up a 16-acre block and was once the British seat of government for…

5. Sofaer's Building

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In desperate need of love and attention, this crumbling Italianate building, constructed by the Jewish-Baghdadi trader Isaac A Sofaer, still has original…

6. Inland Waterways Department

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This building was once the headquarters of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and has weathered the passage of time well. Cross the road to admire its upper…

7. Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank

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This 1930s building designed by Thomas Oliphant Forster and Basil Ward is one of Pansodan St's grandest buildings. It originally housed the National Bank…

8. Yangon Heritage Trust

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The small gallery of historic photographs here gives an idea of how downtown Yangon used to look. There's a great view of lower Pansodan St's grand…