Enjoy The Local Foods - Experience Myanmar Eating Culture In This multi-Stop Foodies Tour of Yangon

Bogyoke Aung San Market or General Aung San Market is one of the must-visit market during your stay in Yangon . Actually Bogyoke Aung San Market formerly known as Scott Market is the almost –century old where you’ll find slowly dying black market money exchanges, a growing art scene and rows of rare gems and jewellery shops.

In reality , you should go before  the day heats up and take plenty of breaks for the best experience.

Bogyoke Aung San Market has long been a centre for selling jade, rubies and other rare gems that come straight from Myanmar’s mines. And also All paintings and tailored fabrics spill into the stairways that lead to the tiny workshops where jewellery is crafted. The main walkway can be a bit unexciting, but is scented from sandalwood crafters and features plenty of art works.

If you keep on exploring the market you will find clothing stores selling ethnic minority outfits as well as mainstream items.

To have a good experience here is to take a short break  . Enjoy the fresh avocado or durain shake or sip on an orange juice from one of the stalls lining the street near the east wing . In addition to that teashops in the west wing offer front-row seats to the gem dealers and shop owners haggling over small piles of jewels. If you need a cup of actual coffee and maybe some Western food, the FMI Parkson centre is next door, with several air-con coffee shops, WiFi and a modern-item shopping centre.

Either way, our advice is this: take your time. And bring your camera, as this is a real photographer’s playground.

Some people still call Bogyoke “Scott market” as it was named during colonial times, but after independence in 1948, the market was renamed in honour of General Aung San. The entrance sits just off of Shwedagon Pagoda Road and Bogyoke Aung San Road and every taxi driver should know it. The market is free, with no camera fees, so don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Bogyoke Aung San Market
Off Shwedagon Pagoda and Bogyoke Aung San Rds
Tues-Sun, roughly 09:00-17:00
Admission: Free