Bagan Lodge

The scrummy lime-and-tamarind juice on arrival underscores Bagan Lodge’s excellent service in an idyllic setting. The feel here is reminiscent of a luxury safari camp: the guest rooms, dotted among well-kept lawns lined with freshly planted flowerbeds, have canvas roofs, old-school tray tables, retro writing desks, antique-trunk-designed cupboards and wicker armchairs. And yet the design is elegant, modern and effortlessly chic – each room has blackout and soundproof windows, metallic lamps, his-and-hers basins, a massive slate bathtub and a head-pummelling rainforest shower. A large, peacock-blue swimming pool is the perfect place to cool off after a hot day’s temple-hopping and, even better, during Happy Hour (5.30pm til 7.30pm), the pool bar serves zingy two-for-one cocktails. The Tiffin Box Restaurant dishes up Myanmar, Asian and Western delights at dinner – watch out for the rice-noodle prawn salad with a killer chilli-lime dressing – and a superb buffet at breakfast, including the gooiest banana bread you’ll ever taste.