Amarapura
A suburb of Mandalay, it is also known as Taung myo (Southern Town) or Myohaung (Old City). Situated 11 kilometres south of Mandalay, the unique U Bein Bridge is a beautiful 1.2 kilometre-long structure built from teak planks and said to be the longest of its type in the world. In 1857, when the capital moved from nearby Amarapura to Mandalay, the mayor U Bein salvaged wood from pieces of the dismantled teak palace.