Grand Palace and Temples of Bangkok

Grand Palace and Temples of Bangkok

This tour let you experience the Thai capital and gives you a unique impression of the city. We visit some of the most famous places in Bangkok. You will be accompanied by a local guide who loves her country and really wants to explain you everything about Bangkok, Thai culture and history!

**Since you will visit the Grand Palace and important Buddhist temples, you are expected to dress respectfully. You need to wear long pants and have your shoulders covered otherwise you will be denied entry. Wear closed shoes, flip-flops and sandals are not allowed.**

Itinerary
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Stop At: BTS Saphan Taksin, Yan Nawa, Sathon, Bangkok 10120, Thailand

Meeting point is Saphan Taksin skytrain station EXIT 2.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Temple Of Dawn (Wat Arun), 158 Thanon Wang Doem, Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok 10600 Thailand

Our first stop is at Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, one of Bangkok's most famous landmarks.

After the fall of Ayutthaya, King Taksin established a royal palace and temple here to house the Emerald Buddha. The temple was named after the Indian god of dawn, Aruna.

It wasn't until the capital and the Emerald Buddha were moved to Wat Phra Kaew at the Bangkok side that Wat Arun received its most prominent characteristic: the 82 meters high prang (Khmer-style tower).

Wat Arun is decorated with ornate floral mosaics made from broken Chinese porcelain, a common temple ornamentation in the early Rattanakosin period, when Chinese ships calling at the port of Bangkok used tonnes of old porcelain as ballast.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Wat Pho Thai Traditional Massage School, 2 Sanamchai Road Wat Po, Tatian, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

Wat Pho is one of the oldest temples in the Thai capital. It is also one of the largest temple complexes in Bangkok and has the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand. Wat Pho maintains the title as the country’s earliest center for public education, specializing in religion, science and literature. Most of the Buddha images on display were brought to Wat Pho, by order of King Rama I, from abandoned temples in Ayutthaya and Sukhothai.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), Na Phra Lan Road Phra Borom Maha Rajawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

The glittering Grand Palace in Bangkok is an architectural wonder that was once home to the kings of the Chakri Dynasty.

A visit to the ornate and historic Grand Palace, and the adjacent Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is a highlight of any visit to the Kingdom.

The palace was built in 1782 by the Rama I, the first king of the Chakri Dynasty, when he moved the capital of what was then known as the Kingdom of Siam from Thonburi on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River to Bangkok on the east bank. For 150 years the palace was the home of the Thai King.

Today, the complex remains the spiritual heart of the Thai Kingdom.

Duration: 1 hour