Bagan, Myanmar

One of the pleasures of any vacation to Southeast Asia is visiting the ancient ruins of Bagan. It was created in 1057 and comprises more than 2000 Buddhist buildings, including temples, pagodas, and stupas. Its size is around 16 square miles. Ananda Pahto is the largest and most majestic temple. Its two precious Buddha footprints and four enormous standing Buddhas within are on display. The greatest views of this archaeological area, the sunset or sunrise, and the encircling landscape may be had by climbing to the summit of the tallest temple, "Thatbyinnyu Pahto".

An ancient city in Myanmar's Mandalay Region called Bagan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city served as the seat of the Bagan Kingdom, the first to unite the provinces that would eventually make up modern-day Myanmar, from the ninth to the thirteenth century. More than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas, and monasteries were built on the Bagan plains alone during the height of the kingdom during the 11th and 13th centuries, and more than 2200 of these temples and pagodas still stand today.