Guide to Colonial Yangon: A Tour Around What’s Left of British Rangoon

Guide to Colonial Yangon: A Tour Around What’s Left of British Rangoon

Central Yangon is one of the best-preserved colonial cities in South East Asia but was for decades almost impossible to visit. Most guidebooks to Myanmar’s largest city gloss over the British buildings in favour of the more obviously exotic temples.

Guide to Colonial Yangon fills this gap and tells the fascinating story of British Rangoon and the people and businesses that made it one of the great ports in the Empire.

This book is an invaluable resource for tourists, armchair travellers, and anyone interested in Southeast Asia’s colonial history. It gives an insight into the city beyond its temples, markets and pagodas.

The content is organized into 14 geographical sections both in the city centre and further afield, so you can plan your own self-guided walking tours.

This edition includes:

• Descriptions of more than 90 sights with colonial heritage, many of them not covered in mainstream guides
• Fact boxes that give you a more in-depth look into why the sights are significant, providing rich details on people, businesses, culture, architecture, and more
• Detailed area maps with clearly marked buildings and sights
• Café and restaurant recommendations near some of the sights
• Over 60 photos and illustrations
• A timeline of British Rangoon’s colonial history