Places to visit near

Sittwe

Sittwe is a city in Rakhine district, Myanmar of about 177,743 people. Within 50 km by road there are 39 places to visit: 20 buddhist sites, 5 rivers, islands & mangroves and 1 forts & heritage. The must-see places are Mrauk-U Archaeological Museum, Htukkanthein Temple and Lay Myet Hna.

20.1462° N, 92.8983° EPop. 177,743

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Within 30 km37 places
Within 50 km39
Must-see11
Notable27
Best timeOctober to March

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One day from Sittwe

3 stops, one loop, back by 4:51 pm

234 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.

  1. Leave Sittwe
  2. Nice Views to U Riz Taung Pagodaviewpoint · 1 hrs
  3. Myingun Islandisland · 1 hrs
  4. Oyster Islandisland · 1 hrs
  5. Back in Sittwe
Today’s loopSittweStopStraight lines between stops — distances are road estimates
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Questions people ask

What are the best places to visit near Sittwe?

Sittway Cultural Museum & Library (museum, about 1 km), Sittwe Jama Mosque (mosque, about 1 km), U Ottama Memorial Status (monument, about 1 km), Bats and Crowls Tree (viewpoint, about 1 km), Shwezedi Monastery (monastery, about 1 km), မဟာအတုလမာရဇိန္ ျပည္လံုးခ်မ္းသာ ဘုရားႀကီး၊ စစ္ေတြ (Buddhist site, about 1 km).

How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Sittwe?

39 places on Spotwander: 20 buddhist sites, 3 other attractions, 5 rivers, islands & mangroves, 1 fort, 1 viewpoint.

Which is the nearest Buddhist site to Sittwe?

Shwezedi Monastery, about 1 km by road; မဟာအတုလမာရဇိန္ ျပည္လံုးခ်မ္းသာ ဘုရားႀကီး၊ စစ္ေတြ (1 km) is next.

Which is the nearest river spot to Sittwe?

ငပြီကျွန်း, about 12 km by road; Myingun Island (27 km) is next.

What is a good one-day trip from Sittwe?

Start in Sittwe, visit Nice Views to U Riz Taung Pagoda, then Myingun Island, then Oyster Island, and drive back — about 234 km by road in all.