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Because demand far outweighs supply, hotels in Myanmar are significantly more expensive than in neighboring Thailand. Yangon has the biggest concentration of upscale accommodations—some tip the scale at $500 a night—including two classic colonial luxury hotels and a handful of international business hotels. Places in Yangon catering to foreigners almost always have 24-hour electricity and most have some degree of Wi-Fi. Mandalay has a few luxury big-box hotels, including western chains, and several options considered midrange by Myanmar standards. Brief electricity blackouts are common, but the more upscale hotels have generators that start automatically during power failures. At many smaller hotels they may wait to see how long the outage lasts before starting up their generator.
It's a trip back in time at this 1920s colonial-style mansion located on a quiet backstreet in the Embassy Quarter. The hotel offers some excellent complimentary walking tours for guests, taking in everything from art galleries to architecture and street food.
Idyllic and full of local flavor, this resort is a ways from downtown but is a real oasis. Rooms are all rich, gleaming teak which lends visitors the feeling of bunking down inside an upscale tree house. Though rooms are well-proportioned, some bathrooms are teeny. Rooms on the main road are noisy, and some rooms' walls are on the thin side. The expansive grounds are lush and lovingly manicured, and the pool, after a hot day at Mandalay Hill and the Royal Palace, is a dream come true. The breakfast spread is served outside under the trees; around dinner time, there's a marionette show and dance performance.
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