Bagan is the New Siem Reap
Angkor Wat is the world-reknown temple site in Cambodia near Siem Reap.
Recently the New York Times magazine called Bagan the NEW Siem Reap and they’re pretty close to right.
Bagan is the highly undiscovered valley of temples in central Myanmar (Burma).
It’s not directly accessible by international flights and only served by a few domestic flights a day.
There some great Bagan hotels and it’s definitely off the beaten path.
Once you’re there, you will not be disappointed by Bagan.
The valley has over 3000 temples, some of them over 1000 years old.
Best of all, they’re spread out and mostly free to enter.
You can stake out your own private tour and visit many of them in the presence of MAYBE a single person, at best.
It’s wonderful and refreshing to see the beauty of Bagan by yourself, with very few touts and other unsavory characters.