Bagan is famous for its sunrises, which cast light against thousands of ancient temples and pagodas and they are even more incredible from the soaring heights of a hot air balloon.
Lost cities abound in Myanmar, but none approach the splendour of Bagan. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, 4,446 Buddhist temples, pagodas, shrines, stupas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of 3,822 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.