Mandalay Palace
Mandalay Palace
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Gp Capt R K D
Kolkata (Calcutta), India1,769 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Visited the Royal Palace .in Feb 23. The Palace and grounds are built over a large area in Mandalay itself. Foreigners have to deposit their Passport to gain entrance. Also a hefty fee has to be paid. So much to see but hardly any visitors.
When King Mindon Min founded Mandalay in 1857 he ordered construction of a new Royal Palace called the Mya Nan San Kyaw. The old Royal Palace in the former capital Amarapura was dismantled, transported to Mandalay and rebuilt there.
The Mandalay Royal Palace is the last Palace built by Burmese Royals. On the large complex are dozens of buildings including audience halls, throne halls, a monastery, a watch tower, a court building, a tooth relic building and a library where the Buddhist scriptures were kept.
When King Mindon Min founded Mandalay in 1857 he ordered construction of a new Royal Palace called the Mya Nan San Kyaw. The old Royal Palace in the former capital Amarapura was dismantled, transported to Mandalay and rebuilt there.
The Mandalay Royal Palace is the last Palace built by Burmese Royals. On the large complex are dozens of buildings including audience halls, throne halls, a monastery, a watch tower, a court building, a tooth relic building and a library where the Buddhist scriptures were kept.
Written 19 April 2023
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Suresh
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Apr 2022
An imposing fort with a moat. closed for visitors. but cant stop yourself from halting and taking in a view of the fort and the moat. with the Mandalay hill in the backdrop, an ideal place for a few photographs. The moat is clean and well maintained and the area also is maintained well with manicured grass, can plan a picnic if you have time.
Written 21 June 2022
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Lucgbenoit
Montreal, Canada203 contributions
Mar 2020
The original place was destroy during WWII. So everything is a reproduction.
Mandalay is not worth a visit but if you go the palace is probably the most interesting place to visit in the city.
Mandalay is not worth a visit but if you go the palace is probably the most interesting place to visit in the city.
Written 4 September 2020
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KodoDrummer
Buenos Aires, Argentina64,824 contributions
Feb 2020
Originally built between 1857 and 1859, and reconstructed in the 1990s. Nice architecture of the wooden buildings. Good views from the spiral watchtower. Magnificent multilayered pyramid.
Written 9 May 2020
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fadanothai
Ayutthaya, Thailand538 contributions
Mar 2020
Though somewhat lacking in relics, there are signs explaining what the various buildings used to be. It is a very large compound but worth walking around to the different buildings and climbing the lookout tower
Written 8 April 2020
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hollysmum_8
West Molesey, UK185 contributions
Feb 2020
We had seen a model of the Palace in an excellent National Museum in Yangon and so were looking forward to going round the real thing. So we found it extremely disappointing once we were there as it was nothing more than a life-size version of what we had already seen! There are no explanatory signs so, apart from the fairly interesting museum rooms set in the back, the rest was pretty boring. There is no furniture at all and I think what I notice one other review said, is true - you need to go with a guide to explain it all, or not bother.
Also, we arrived by tuk tuk and then realised that there was a very long walk to get to the Palace itself with certain drivers waiting to take you, and charge you of course, who seemed to be allowed in to the complex.
Would have happily given it a miss.
Also, we arrived by tuk tuk and then realised that there was a very long walk to get to the Palace itself with certain drivers waiting to take you, and charge you of course, who seemed to be allowed in to the complex.
Would have happily given it a miss.
Written 5 April 2020
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Jaro
Amsterdam, The Netherlands7 contributions
Mar 2020
This was so much better than i expected. Although partly rebuilt, it exhales an authentic atmosphere that's otherwise hard to find. Teak wooden buildings all over the place, and you can enter practically all of of them. It gives a good impression of how it would have been in the old days. As far as I know it's under control of the army, and the money you pay to visit goes directly to the military. Unfortunately not a lot of it appears to be for renovations. Still worth half a day of walking around the grounds, it's quite big.
Written 22 March 2020
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bikerbabe22
Milton, Canada729 contributions
Jan 2020 • Solo
This is a great place to see some of the excellent workmanship of carpenters and builders in Myanmar. There are several large buildings to explore here.
Written 22 March 2020
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Moe Lwin Taxi Mandalay
Mandalay, Myanmar56 contributions
Mar 2020 • Business
We arrived at 8 o clock Mya thein tan pagoda this morning.There were already some people at the Pagoda. He is from united state. He lives in united state.i met him tripadvisor .He contacted me. He decided to go Mingun and Jade Pagoda and Mahamuni pagoda.it is the first time.He has been to myanmar. Everything is going well.we had great time.i never forget this trip.
Written 11 March 2020
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Cherry
Mandalay, Myanmar29 contributions
Jan 2020
Mandalay is the last capital of Myanmar Kingdom. So, you can visit the moat and royal palace. It is not original one, destroyed Second World War. It was reconstructed in 1990. If you go there, you will be checked by Archaeological Department. The main entrance fees is 10,000 kyats\ 10 $ for one person.
Written 8 March 2020
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