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Don Hoi Lot
The area’s second-most famous tourist attraction is a bank of fossilised shells at the mouth of Mae Nam Mae Klong, not far from Samut Songkhram. These shells come from hŏy lòrt (clams with a tube-like shell). While nearby seafood restaurants are popular with city folk year-round, t
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Bang Nam Pheung Market
An easy escape from the city, this buzzy, weekends-only market is located on the Phrapradaeng Peninsula, a vast rural-feeling district. Because it’s a Thai market, the emphasis is on food, and it’s a great place for unrestrained outdoor snacking.To get there, take the BTS to Bang N
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Kilim Karst Geoforest Park
The jetty near Tanjung Rhu is the main departure point for boat trips into the extensive mangrove forests with stunning limestone formations that edge much of the northeastern coast of Langkawi. Tours usually include a stop at Gua Kelawar (the bat cave, home to – you’ve guessed it
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October 14 Memorial
A peaceful amphitheatre commemorates the civilian demonstrators who were killed by the military during a pro-democracy rally on 14 October 1973. Over 200,000 people had assembled at the Democracy Monument and along the length of Th Ratchadamnoen to protest against the arrest of pol
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Talat Ton Lam Yai
Adjacent to Talat Warorot, Talat Ton Lam Yai morphs from a covered household market into an animated flower market (gàht dòrk mái ), flanking the river on Th Praisani. Florists here are almost architects, assembling blooms and banana leaves into fantastically elaborate sculptures f
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Buranathai Buddha Image Foundry
Across the street from Sergeant Major Thawee Folk Museum and also belonging to Sergeant Major Thawee is the small Buranathai Buddha Image Foundry, where bronze Buddha images of all sizes are cast. Visitors are welcome to watch the process, and there are detailed photo exhibits demo
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Wat Sri Khom Kham
Phayao’s most important temple is thought to date back to 1491, but its present structure was finished in 1923. The immense prayer hall holds the Phra Jao Ton Luang, the largest Chiang Saen–era Buddha statue in the country. Standing 18m high, legend has it that the construction of
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Hualamphong Train Station
At the southeastern edge of Chinatown, Bangkok’s main train station was built by Dutch architects and engineers between 1910 and 1916. It was designed in a neoclassical style by Italian architect-and-engineer combination Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti, who were working at the s
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Wat Salaloi
The citys most interesting temple was supposedly founded by Thao Suranari and her husband in 1827. Half of her ashes are interred in a small stupa (the other half are at her monument) and so there are also singing troupes on hire to perform for her spirit here. A small statue of th
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Pha Chu Thong
A 1km trail leads to Pha Chu Thong (sometimes called Red Flag Cliff), where the communists would raise the red flag to announce a military victory. Also in this area is an air-raid shelter, a lookout and the remains of the main CPT headquarters – the most inaccessible point in the
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Hat Puak Tian
On weekends locals come to this dark-sands beach, 20km southeast of Phetchaburi and famed for its role in Thai literature, to eat seafood and frolic in the surf. Youll need private transport to get here. The beach is mentioned in the Thai epic poem Phra Aphaimani, written by Suntho
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Kota Mahsuri
The story of Mahsuri, a Malay princess who was unjustly accused of adultery and put a curse on Langkawi in revenge, is commemorated at this historical complex that includes Mahsuri’s shrine as well as a recreation of a traditional house, a theatre, a ‘diorama museum’ and some simpl
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Wat Phra That Doi Tung
At the peak, 1800m above sea level, Wat Phra That Doi Tung is built around the twin Lanna-style chedi . The chedi were renovated by Chiang Mai monk Khruba Siwichai, famous for his prodigious building projects, early in the 20th century. . Pilgrims bang on the usual row of temple b
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Phra That Kong Khao Noi
A rather sinister myth surrounds Phra That Kong Khao Noi , a brick-and-stucco chedi dating from the late Ayuthaya period found along Hwy 23, 5km out of town towards Ubon. According to one legend (which is taught to school children around the country as an example of why it’s import
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Ban Chiang National Museum
This excellent museum exhibits a wealth of pottery from all Ban Chiang periods, plus myriad spearheads, sickles, fish hooks, ladies neck rings and other metal objects. The displays (with English labels) offer excellent insight into the regions distant past and, just as interestingl
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Wat Phra That Hariphunchai
This temple, Lamphun’s most famous, spans back to the Mon period, having originally been built on the site of Queen Chama Thewi’s palace in 1044 (or 1108 or 1157 according to some datings). The temple boasts some interesting architecture, a couple of fine Buddha images and two old
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Prasat Puay Noi
The 12th-century Prasat Puay Noi is the largest and most interesting Khmer ruin in northern Isan. About the size of Buriram’s Prasat Meuang Tam, but far less intact, the east-facing monument comprises a large central sandstone sanctuary surmounted by a partially collapsed prang and
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Wat Ratchanatdaram
This temple was built for Rama III (King Phranangklao; r 1824-51) in the 1840s, and its design is said to derive from metal temples built in India and Sri Lanka more than 2000 years ago.At the back of the compound, behind the formal gardens, is a well-known market selling prá krêu·
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Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park
A Unesco World Heritage Site, the Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park features the ruins of structures dating back to the 14th century, roughly the same time as the better-known kingdom of Sukhothai. Kamphaeng Phet’s Buddhist monuments continued to be built up until the Ayuthaya period,
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Amulet Market
This arcane and fascinating market claims both the footpaths along Th Maha Rat and Th Phra Chan, as well as a dense network of covered market stalls that run south from Phra Chan Pier; the easiest entry point is clearly marked Trok Maha That. The trade is based around small talisma
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