The Best Nightlife Areas near the Riverfront Restaurants, Bagan
The Bagan City is a sacred city full of historical landmarks, there are only limited numbers of nightlife, but in the riverfront and nearby streets the focus of their nightlife is the finest restaurants and the delicious foods in Bagan. Visitors will surely enjoy several restaurants that offer the finest authentic dishes and international cuisines. Although they lack the usual nightlife such as bars, clubs and lounges, visitors can still experience the very romantic attraction of the beautiful sunset, amazing views and cool breeze of the 5th largest river in the world, the Ayeyarwady River (Lee & Ng, 2011).
The best nightlife areas or restaurants in the riverfront include the Sunset Garden Riverside Restaurant is the nearest and probably one of the most spectacular place to view the sunset with their huge deck. The Green Elephant Restaurant is one of the finest restaurants in Bagan, they offer the best selection of Asian and International cuisine and they also have an extra puppet show. Another is the Sithu Restaurant; they also have the stunning view of the river while visitors enjoy the local dishes. They also offer various entertainment shows at night, especially during weekend (Hotels-myanmar.com, 2015).
Getting to the best nightlife areas in Riverfront, Bagan, coming from the Nyaung U Airport, they can take the taxi. This will only take about 10 to 15 minutes travel time. For solo travelers, they can also use the available bikes for rent which is the ideal way to get around the city and to visit the riverside. Alternatively, the riverfront is not very far from the Nyaung Airport, if they are not carrying heavy loads, they can also walk going to the Bagan riverfront to visit their stunning views and restaurants (Allen, Smith & Smith, 2012).
The best nightlife areas and restaurants in Bagan Riverfront and their nightlife mostly start around 6:00 pm and close around 2:00 am. For safe travel among visitors and tourists, according to the Tourismtransparency.org (2015), for hygienic reasons they must know that several foods in Myanmar are oily and not suitable for people with health problems such as high blood and diabetes. It is highly recommended to prefer only the decent restaurants rather than the street foods for freshness and cleanliness. As much as possible never drink the tap water in the restaurant instead, drink bottled water, soda or soft drinks.
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References:
Allen, J., Smith, J., Smith J. (2012) Lonely Planet Myanmar (Burma) UK: Lonely Planet
Hotel-myanmar.com (2015) Bagan Nightlife, What to do at Night in Bagan, Retrieved December 22, 2015 from: http://www.hotels-myanmar.com/bagan/nightlife.htm
Lee, J.H., & Ng, C.O. (2011) Asian and Pacific Coast 2011, China: APAC, pp 1509
Tourismtransparency.org (2015) Do’s and Don’t’s of Travelling in Burma/Myanmar, Retrieved December 22, 2015 from: http://www.tourismtransparency.org/news-and-reports/dos-and-donts-travelling-burma-myanmar