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OLD BAGAN
Aye Yar River View Resort Near the Bupaya temple 061 60313, baganayeyar-
hotel.com ; map . Another of Bagan's numerous generic upmarket resort-hotels - although
despite the name it makes surprisingly little of its riverside location. Accommodation is set
around pleasant gardens and a big clover-shaped pool, and there's also a spa. Rooms are re-
latively ho-hum, w ith a nonymous decor and dark-wood finishes, although some come with
nice temple views. $190
Bagan Hotel River View Behind the Gawdawpalin Paya 061 60316, kmahotels.com ;
map . InasuperblocationrightbehindtheGawdawpalinPaya,thisrusticresort-stylecomplex
-formerly the Bagan Hotel -rivals The Hotel @ Tharabar Gate asOldBagan'stopaddress.
Accommodation is in a cluster of low-slung red-brick buildings decorated with traditional
touches, although rooms are a littl e humdrum given the price, and facilities including a nice
banana-shaped pool plus spa. $180
Bagan Thande Hotel Behind the Bagan Archeological Museum 061 60025,
baganthandehotel.net ; map . The cheapest accommodation in Old Bagan (though hardly a
bargain),withaccommodationincomfortableifuninspiringwoodenandconcretebungalows
with old-fashioned furnishings and dated bathrooms; pricier rooms come wi th s lightly fanci-
er decor and garden or river views. There's also a decent-size pool and spa. $85
Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort Just south of Old Bagan, off Anawrahta Rd 061
60048, thiripyitsaya-resort.com ; map . Top-dollar resort-hotel occupying a plum position
in a very peaceful location just outside the old city walls, and with magnificent river views
to boot. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite live up to its setting, with uninspiring rooms set in
functional bungalows spread over bare gardens - and those with river views come with a
hefty $70 surcharge. A pleasant spa and splendid riving-facing pool partly comp ensate for
the overall drabness, while cooking and meditation classes are also available. $190
The Hotel @ Tharabar Gate Tharaba Gate 061 60037, tharabargate.com ; map .
The most stylish - and expensive - of Old Bagan's various hotels, with bungalow-style ac-
commodationscatteredaroundexquisitegardens.Thespacious,wooden-flooredroomscome
with all mod cons and are decorated with an attractive blend of modern chic and traditional
paintings and artefacts. Facili ties i include a spa and a pretty (albeit shallow) pool surrounded
by miniature stone elephants. $225
NEW BAGAN
Bagan Central Hotel 15/16 Kayay St 061 65057; map . Dated hotel with a design so ser-
iously odd it verges on retro-chic, although somehow it all works, in a weird kind of way.
Accommodation is in a cluster of bungalows (faced with knobbly bits of petrified wood) set
around a “garden” cobbled with black brick, while rooms come with heaps of gloomy wood
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