Wat Ratchabophit (วัดราชบพิธสถิตมหาสีมารามราชวรวิหาร) also known as Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Ratcha Wara Maha Wihan, is a impressive and majestuous temple built in European and Thai styles. It is located on Atsadang Road, Bangkok, not far from the Grand Palace complex and Wat Pho. His Majesty King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), a lover of the western […]
Phra Sumen Fort (ป้อมพระสุเมรุ) is one of two last remaining original forts in Bangkok. The riverfront fortress was built in 1782 to protect the city from naval invasions. The snow-white fort rises majestically in the central district of the Thai capital, in the middle of Santi Chai Prakan Park. The architecturally well-preserved structure is one […]
Wat Pa Phu Hai Long (วัดป่าภูหายหลง) is a beautiful Buddhist monastery located on a mountain top in Pak Chong district of Nakhon Ratchasima province. The settlement of the mountain is located in Khao Yai, which covers an area of 300 square kilometers of forest and grassland. A superb mountain top temple The history of this […]
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple (วัดพระศรีมหาอุมาเทวี), also known as Wat Khaek is a colorful 100-years-old Hindu Temple located on the Silom road, Bangkok. The temple was built in 1879 in a South Indian architecture style combining between Chola and Palava by Vaithi Padayatchi, a Tamil Hindu immigrant, about a decade after he arrived in Thailand. The […]
The Suphan Buri City Pillar Shrine (ศาลเจ้าพ่อหลักเมืองสุพรรณบุรี) or City’s Guardian Shrine, is a beautiful Chinese temple and also the main city gate of Suphan Buri, in Central Thailand. It is located on on Malai Man Road, Tambon Rua Yai. The shrine houses Shiva and Narayana statues carved from green stone and a Buddhist bas-relief to […]
The Phimai Historical Park (ปราสาทหินพิมาย) or Prasat Hin Phimai is perhaps the largest Khmer temple of Thailand, located in the town of Phimai in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat). Built during the 11th-12th Century CE, this Khmer temple is among the best-preserved in Thailand, connected with Angkor by the Khmer highway, and it’s pretty similar and […]
The Chao Por Lak Muang Shrine is a beautiful shrine located in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen, in the heart of the city of the same name. This shrine hosts two impressive Siho finials with blue and gold finish as guards in front of the main entrance of the small building. Curiously, the Chao […]
The Tham Luang cave (ถ้ำหลวงนางนอน) or Tham Luang Nang Non (Great Cave of the Sleeping Lady) is a popular 10 kilometres long karstic cave complex beneath Doi Nang Non, a mountain range on the border between Thailand and Myanmar in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province. The cave has many deep recesses, narrow passages and tunnels […]
