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Asia Myanmar

Belmond Governor’s Residence Yangon

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17 December 2022
A romantic, colonial-style mansion dating from the 1920s, Governor's Residence is one of the most timeless luxury hotels in Yangon. Set in a verdant garden dotted with lotus pools, the hotel is truly magical at the end of a day spent visiting the majestic Shwedagon Pagoda. Dinner is served alfresco in the balmy evening air by lantern-light, as tropical fragrances scent the breeze. Go for a cooling dip in our fan-shaped swimming...
Asia Myanmar

The Strand Yangon

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8 January 2022
Author John Murray in his 1911 ‘Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon’ declared The Strand as “the finest hostelry East of Suez”, a title it has enjoyed for more than 100 years. Built in 1901 and acquired soon after by the Sarkies brothers, famed for the likes of Raffles in Singapore and The E&O in Penang, The Strand Hotel remains one of Asia’s most enduring and awe-inspiring Colonial landmarks. Like the hotel...