Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

It’s the country’s holiest Buddhist pilgrimage site, or stupa, with a history going back

2,500 years and houses strands of Buddha’s hair and other holy relics.

The riches of it are mind-blowing: the lower part of the 326ft stupa is plated with 8,688 solid gold bars, the upper part with another 13,153, with the tip encrusted with 5,448 diamonds plus more than 2,300 rubies, sapphires and other gemstones, 1,065 golden bells and topped by a single 76 carat diamond. Its value is estimated at up to £2.4billion.

More info: tourisminmyanmar.com