What to do in Bagan when it rains
A wet day in Bagan is no write-off: spend it among the museums and galleries, browse an indoor market, or linger over coffee somewhere cosy.
Museums
Spend a few hours in the city's museums — many are free, and a rainy day is the perfect excuse to take your time.
- Bagan Archaeological Museum 5V94+5F2, Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Sunrise Pagoda 5V69+H3H, Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma)
- Sunrise pagoda Jaume 4VXC+WF2, Unnamed Road, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- ရှေးဟောင်းရေကန် 4VQG+86, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- F21 war Division company 4VG5+4M, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Maung Aung Myin Art Gallery and Lacquerware Bagan - Chauk Rd, မြင်းကပါ, Myanmar (Burma)
Art galleries
Duck into the art galleries; they're quiet, warm and rarely busier than on a wet day.
- The Light Art Gallery 4VM6+39F, Kayay St, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Cool Gallery - Kognac 4VM7+Q95, 5th St, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- The Excellent Art Gallery Kayay St, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
Historic sites
Explore the indoor historic sites and their covered galleries.
- ဆွေတော်မျိုးတော် (Sunrise Hill Bagan) Unnamed Road, 5V6M+HGG, ညောင်ဦးမြို့, Myanmar (Burma)
- O Htein Taung Hill, အိုးထိန်းတောင် 5V6M+VC4, Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma)
- Sunrise Spot 5V6C+PH4, Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma)
- Thiri Pyit Saya Old Palace Site 4VM4+J3G, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Bagan city 5VC5+MCV, Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- ကျောက်စကားနန်းတော် Kyauk Za Kar Palace 4VC6+FJH, Myanmar (Burma)
Covered markets
Browse the covered market — street-food stalls, local makers and somewhere dry to graze for an hour.
- New Bagan Market 4VP6+8XP, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Made In Myanmar souvenir 4VM7+3J3, Old Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Thein bagan လက်ဆောင်ပစ္စည်းနှင့်ကြိမ်ဖိနပ်အရောင်းဆိုင် 4VQ9+QJP, ညောင်ဦးမြို့, Myanmar (Burma)
- စျေးတန်း သစ်သီးဆိုင် 4VM7+2F4, 5th St, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Traditional Doll Place 4VW5+372, Bagan - Chauk Rd, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Local wet market 5V36+M2F, Unnamed Road, Myin Ka Bar, Myanmar (Burma)
Cafés
Claim a window seat in a cosy café and watch the rain instead of walking in it.
- Cake De Bagan Kha Yay New Bagan, ပုဂံမြို့သစ် 05232, Myanmar (Burma)
- ကံထူး နံနက်စာနှင့်စားဖွယ်စုံ ပုဂံမြို့သစ်, Myanmar (Burma)
- BaganBoston No 3rd, Corner of Newni Street, ပုဂံမြို့သစ်, Myanmar (Burma)
- Fry Snack 4VH3+RXV, Bagan - Chauk Rd, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- D-Day Cafe Khwanyo Street & Sabae Street New Bagan, New Bagan 05232, Myanmar (Burma)
- ရွှေလောင်း ကဖေးနှင့်စားဖွယ် khwanyo street & sabae street, 4VM5+QCX, ပုဂံမြို့သစ်, Myanmar (Burma)
Indoor shopping
Hit the covered shopping streets and centres — everything under one roof.
- Win Family Rattan-Wares Sales Center 4VJ3+CV6, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Theikdiwin Minimart 4VJ5+VX6, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
- Street Market by Ananda Temple 5VC8+GXM, Nyaung-U, Myanmar (Burma)
- ကိုသောင်းအေး မုန့်ဆိုင် 4th St, New Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
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