Bang Pa-In Royal Palace พระราชวังบางปะอิน: Where Europe meets Thailand

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Aisawan Thiphya-At Pavilion and the Devaraj-Kunlai Gate ประตูเทวราชครรไล


Something like Versailles in Thailand: Bang Pa-In Palace, also known as Summer Palace, has neem built by King Prasat Thong in 1632. It was abandoned, when the Burmese army sacked Ayutthaya in 1767. In the 1850s King Mongkut (Rama IV) restored a part of the site. But what you see today is the work of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). He developped a garden filled with European-style buildings in 1872-1889. In 2001 the Palace was restored.

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Saphakhan Ratchaprayun สภาคารราชประยูร. The colonial-style building, originally built for the King's brothers, today houses a museum about the history of the palace.

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Aisawan Thiphya-At Pavilion พระที่นั่งไอศวรรย์ทิพยอาสน์. The only Thai-style building in the palace, it's the archetype of the Thai pavilion (sala Thai). The statue of Rama V, standing in the moddle, was erected by his son.


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Devaraj-Kunlai Gate ประตูเทวราชครรไล


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Sages' Lookout (Ho Withun Thasana หอวิฑูรทัศนา). Served as lookout tower for viewing the countryside.

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Phra Thinang Wehart Chamrun พระที่นั่งเวหาศน์จำรูญ, built by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1889. This opulent Chinese-style palace is full of red, gold, dark woods and inlaid mother of pearl. Inside you discover a dragon sculpture carved from camel bone.


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The mansion of Sri Savarindira พระตำหนักสมเด็จพระศรีสวรินทิราบรมราชเทวีพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า


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Phra Thinang Utthayan Phumisathian พระที่นั่งอุทยานภูมิเสถียร

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Warophat Phiman Hall พระที่นั่งวโรภาษพิมาน

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The house of Cha Chom Maanda Saer เรือนเจ้าจอมมารดาแส ภายในพระราชวังบางปะอิน จังหวัดพระนครศรีอยุธยา ประเทศไทย


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The mansion of Saisavali Bhiromya พระตำหนักพระวิมาดาเธอ พระองค์เจ้าสายสวลีภิรมย์ กรมพระสุทธาสินีนาฏ ปิยมหาราชปดิวรัดา


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The mansion of Sukhumala Marasri พระตำหนักสมเด็จพระปิตุจฉาเจ้าสุขุมาลมารศรี พระอัครราชเทวี


From the palace across Chao Phraya River is Wat Niwet Thamprawat วัดนิเวศน์ธรรมประวัติ, built in 1878. This is a buddhist temple looking like a Gothic church. You get there Getting there by a cable car. The station is behind Bang Pa-In parking.



Open: Daily from 8am till 16pm, entrance fee 100 Bath. You can rent a golf cart for driving around for 400 Bath.

How to go: Buses from Bangkok Northern Bus Terminal (Moh Chit) every 30 minutes (takes nearly two hours). Minibuses from Ayutthaya central BKS Station (take 40 minutes). By train: From Hualamphong Station in Bangkok take the train to Ayutthaya an Chiang Mai, some trains stop at Bang Pa-In.


Sleep and eat: Around 2 kilometres south along Chao Phraya River you find Ayutthaya Garden River Home. Read reviews of ths resort.


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Ayutthaya off the beaten track

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On a boat around Ayutthaya


Ready for a Walking tour, a bicycling tour, a boat tour or a kayak tour in Ayutthaya?
Ayutthaya Historical Research has published nice useful guides. You can download them here:

Walking Tracks:
Ayutthaya Historical City Walk Track I

Bicycle Tracks
Ten Tracks to download

Boat Tracks
Ayutthaya City Island Roundtrip
Where to rent kayaks and where to paddle

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Your Guide to Ayutthaya พระนครศรีอยุธยา

You discover Ayutthaya พระนครศรีอยุธยา through the eyes of people, who have been there. This blog collects their voices from blogs and travel-related forums like tripadvisor.com or travelfish.org and their pictures from flickr.com and other sources. Ayutthaya Google Map by #treasuresofthailand helps you to create your own tour. Links give you background. Welcome to Ayutthaya!

What remained from a city of enormous wealth: The temple ruins of Ayutthaya Click




Beds for dreaming of the old times: Hotels, Guesthouses and Resorts in Ayutthaya Click




Shoppers and eaters paradise: Markets in Ayutthaya Click





Mouthwatering food in Ayutthaya: Restaurants and reviews Click

Markets in Ayutthaya พระนครศรีอยุธยา:Shoppers and eaters paradise

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Ayutthaya Floating Market: Don't expect a traditional floating market, this is a new one. Shops and food stalls along walkways built around a large pond - mainly for the pleasure of Thai people flocking here. Read more on Time Travel Turtle. Nearby you find Ayothaya Elephant Village.


Chao Phrom Market ตลาดเจ้าพรหม: This day and night market never closes. You get everything - from fresh and dried foods (fruits and vegetables, meat, fish) to clothes, household items, electronics and amulets. More shops are open during the day. Entering from Naresuan road you will discover stalls with tasty food. Read more about this market.

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Gong Khong Market in Bang Pa-in: Bangplap Rd., Ban Phlap. You can find fruits and vegetables grown organically, baskets, clay figurines, pots, lamps and all kind of food and desserts. Open on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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Mangosteen at Gong Khong Market


Hua Ro Market ตลาดหัารอ: 164 Moo 9, Tambon Hua Ro.
You enter from U-Thong road or by a pedestrian bridge across Klong Ku Muang. The yellow market building hosts mainly non-food shops: clothing and household items (open from 4am to 17pm). The other building on the western side and next to the channel and bridge hosts food stalls of all kinds. On the back side there is a small San Jao (Chinese-style temple). Red more about this market.


Khlong Sa Bua Floating Market ตลาดน้ำ อยุธยา คลองสระบัว: 44 Moo 5 Tambol Klong Sabua. Located north of Wat Na Phra Men. The market is set around a lotus pond, so it's not really a floating market. The boats of the marketwomen float around the lake. See picture by SuthinSoonthorn. There are water dancing performances, see video by earthmagictours. Open every weekend and holiday from 10am to 17pm.

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Lat Chado Weekend Market ตลาดลาดชะโด: A century-old canal-side market in Phak Hai district with well preserved wooden shophouses on both sides of a U-shaped walking line. Most vendors are elderly residents with talent for cooking and creating handmade products, so you discover handmade pillows and cotton bags as well as Thai desserts and traditional dishes such as thong yod, foi thong, tod man, hor mok and mee krob. A shophouse has been turned into a cinema hall. Old Thai movies that were filmed in Lat Chado are shown. A museum documents the history of the community and shows tools of farmers or species of fish found in the canal such as chado, which belongs to the same family as the snakehead fish. Karnjana Karnjanatawe tells the story of this market in Bangkok Post and also in this article by Patsinee Kranlert. The market was rated among the best preserved wooden buildings by the Association of Siamese Architects. Nearby Wat Dusit Ratchamatcha, also called Wat Lat Chado, with the Buddha image of Luang Phor Toh dates back over 200 years.

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Na Wangchankasem Night Market ตลาดหน้าวังจันทรเกษม: It's located in a square between U-Thong Road and the Pasak river, about 300 meters away from Hua Ro market. There are tables along the riverside. From here you can also get boats for a river cruise or for crossing over to Wat Monthop. Stalls open around 17pm. Read more about this market.


Wat Tha Ka Rong Floating Market ตลาดน้ำ วัดท่าการ้อง: See picture by SuthinSoonthorn


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