Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sanctuary Resort

Great place to stay, close to the temples but away from all the towns so peaceful and quiet

We choose this hotel as a treat on our stay but it was a huge disappointment. The condition of the rooms is not as shown in the pictures. Overall, the biggest minus was really the price. Everything in Myanmar is rather cheap but this hotel was more expensive than a 5 star luxury hotel in Yangon. Thus, we expected it to be of same standard but it turned out to be a complete rip off! The rooms itself were alright but buying anything at the hotel was approximately 10 times more expensive than buying it at any restaurant in the area. Views are beautiful and the pool area was as well so overall our review is based on very poor value for money

This is the best place to stay RIGHT on the river. The restaurants and bar over looks the pool and to to river looking west. Which meant the most amazing sunsets in the evening. Together with the 2 hr happy happy made a perfect evening followed by dinner. The tomato and peanut Burmese salad was great! We stayed in a deluxe river view room And worth the extra to stay there. The staff were always super friendly and only too happy to help with anything. They had their own ebikes to hire which is the best way to see and get around the many temples. As the resort is off the roads you don’t hear traffic and that ever present horn honking all the drivers do!! If I was to go back to Bagan again this is where I would stay again. Really consider this place to base yourself as you explore Bagan - oh and make sure you book a hot air balloon ride. That was stunning and breath takingly beautiful!!

Hotel is in fantastic location and view from restaurant and pool is to die for. However the choice of food is very limited

Excellent place, great staff, great location.

Hotel has a great view, very nice pool and the staff is very friendly. Breakfast is very basic and dishes tasteless and not limited choice, had some Croissants that had mold inside. Aircon in the assigned room did not work and needed repair, it took the team about and our to try to fix it with no luck and i then requested to move to another room.This could have been offered earlier as we traveled as a family and our child needed to sleep. Over all nice hotel but rooms are a bit dated.

It is a bit remote and nowhere near any restaurants for the evenings. Taxis are not easy to get and the hotel wants $15 everytime you wish to go out if not more. Spa/shop and restaurant are all expensive in comparison with outside. The hotel arranged a first class guide for us - Han was excellent. Also make sure you ask for a room overlooking the river - it is lovely. The pool area is nice but the sunbed cushions need replacing. Apart from that the place is a little bit of heaven!

We stayed here 4 nights in January. We booked this hotel specifically because it had a nice pool area where we could lounge in the heat of the day. Pool area is very nice as is the pool and it has great views across the river. The public areas of the hotel are all in good shape however the “cabins (4-plexes)” were quite dated and this was especially evident in the bathrooms. The service was very good and the staff were very pleasant whenever we dealt with them. The hotel is in walking distance of a good number of temples and you can also rent an e-bike for 5000 @ 4 hrs. Although the hotel was convenient for the temples there was nowhere else to eat within walking distance. We had dinner at the hotel the first night and were very disappointed with the quality and quantity relative to the price. ($16 for a chicken leg and a few vegetables, no rice, potato, bread or anything. We never had dinner there again but did order off the bar menu which is more reasonable. You can catch a taxi or horse buggy to the Hotel at Tharabar Gate for about 4,000 one way. Fairer prices, larger menu and much better food. The other issue is the hotel is a bit remote and you need a taxi to go anywhere. Taxis don’t hang out at the hotel and the hotel won’t call one for you, you have to use the hotel taxi which is 2+ times the normal rate.

Best hotel in Bagan :)

Nice enough place but very little atmosphere compared to anywhere we have been here so far. Every other hotel has been very welcoming & friendly- not so much this one, a few of the staff members said hello etc but not like most places. We ran across The Tharabar Gate hotel for dinner & what a difference- wished we had stayed there.