It’s magic: the golden Shwedagon Pagoda at night

Again one of the most British and ‘colonial’ considered hotels of South-East Asia, conceived, built and run by an Armenian family firm. Never ever was it British. So what? After an afternoon of sight-seeing, we return to The Strand’s lobby, sipping Myanmar high tea to the soothing sounds of the harp and xylophone. The famous Strand bakery sends its basket with pastries, accompanied by gooseberry jam, banana muffins, jam tarts and honeycomb ice-cream for the kids.
At night the bar beckons and we indulge in one of its unbeatable concoctions: a Strand Cocktail perhaps or a Cosmopolitan.