Pansodan Street & Downtown Heritage
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A colonial-era financial street lined with old bank and trading-house buildings. Secondhand book stalls and teahouses make it Yangon's most characterful street scene.
Pansodan Street runs north from the riverside piers. In the British period it was the financial street where banks, trading houses and newspaper offices were concentrated. Many buildings from the late 19th to early 20th century survive along it, including the former Burma Railways Company building, the former Cabinet building and several old banks. Used-book stalls fill the sidewalks, and at the street corners Burmese teahouses serve milk tea and fried dough sticks. At the southern end is the Pansodan Ferry Terminal, where you can take a ferry to Dala. Walking the old town is free, but watch out for uneven sidewalks and traffic.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Maha Bandula Park & Independence Monument
- Sule Pagoda
- The Strand Hotel
- The Secretariat
- Yangon Circular Railway
- Bogyoke Aung San Market
- Chinatown & 19th Street
- Botataung Pagoda