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    Top 200 sights in Thailand

    From the Grand Palace to a little coffee shop with a mountain view: the best places in Thailand by province, with a month-by-month guide to when to go.

    • 200sights
    • 57small gems
    • 51provinces

    📍 On the mapAll sights by province

    Drawing of a viewpoint with a café and mountains

    How to use this guide

    Filter by region, province or type of place, or pick a month to see where the weather is good. The "Small gems" button shows only the smaller, lesser-known places: cafés with a view, markets, villages and viewpoints.

    The month bar is based on average climate figures per region; the weather varies from year to year. Opening hours are only shown when we found them at a reliable source.

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    Bangkok Central · 34 sights

    Photo: Wakorinda
    Central🛍️ Market

    Asiatique The Riverfront

    เอเชียทีค เดอะ ริเวอร์ฟรอนท์ เดสติเนชั่น

    A large open-air night market and shopping area on the Chao Phraya, in restored riverside warehouses.

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    Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote
    Central🏛️ Museum

    Bangkok National Museum

    พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ พระนคร

    The main branch of Thailand's national museums and one of the largest museums in Southeast Asia, in the former palace of the vice-king facing Sanam Luang.

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    Photo: Nik Cyclist from Bangkok, Thailand
    Central🌳 Park / garden

    Benjakitti Park

    สวนเบญจกิติ

    A large public park in Khlong Toei with lakes and a newer forest section with elevated wooden walkways through wetland.

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    Photo: Preecha.MJ
    Central📍 Landmark

    Democracy Monument

    อนุสาวรีย์ประชาธิปไตย

    A monument on a traffic circle on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, built to commemorate the 1932 change to a constitutional monarchy.

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    Central🎎 Culture

    Erawan Shrine

    ศาลท้าวมหาพรหม โรงแรมเอราวัณ

    A busy shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection that houses a golden statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai form of Brahma.

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    Central📍 Landmark

    Giant Swing (Sao Ching Cha)

    เสาชิงช้า

    The 21-metre red Giant Swing stands in front of Wat Suthat in the old city.

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    Central🛕 Temple

    Golden Buddha (Wat Traimit)

    วัดไตรมิตรวิทยารามวรวิหาร

    The temple at the edge of Chinatown that houses a seated Buddha of solid gold, more than three metres tall, hidden under plaster for centuries.

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    Photo: Basile Morin
    Central👑 Palace

    Grand Palace

    พระบรมมหาราชวัง

    The Grand Palace in the heart of Bangkok has been the official residence of the Thai kings since 1782.

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    Central📍 Landmark

    ICONSIAM

    ไอคอนสยาม

    A huge riverside shopping complex on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya, opened in 2018.

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    Photo: Don Ramey Logan
    Central🏛️ Museum

    Jim Thompson House

    พิพิธภัณฑ์บ้านจิม ทอมป์สัน

    The museum home of American silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, built in 1959 from several old teak houses beside a canal.

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    Photo: Globe-trotter
    Central🚶 Street / area

    Khao San Road

    ถนนข้าวสาร

    A 410-metre street in Banglamphu, about a kilometre north of the Grand Palace, famous as Bangkok's backpacker hub.

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    Photo: Chainwit.
    Central🌄 Viewpoint

    King Power Mahanakhon (Mahanakhon SkyWalk)

    คิง เพาเวอร์​ มหานคร

    A 314-metre skyscraper in the Silom–Sathon business district, recognisable by the pixel-like spiral cut into its glass facade.

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    Photo: hkgalbert
    Central🌳 Park / garden

    Lumphini Park

    สวนลุมพินี

    Lumphini Park is a 58-hectare green oasis in central Bangkok with an artificial lake where you can rent boats.

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    Photo: Y.Thanongsak
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    Marble Temple (Wat Benchamabophit)

    วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนารามราชวรวิหาร

    A refined temple in leafy Dusit whose ordination hall is clad in white Italian marble, built in the reign of King Chulalongkorn.

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    Photo: Yakuzakorat
    Central🏛️ Museum

    Museum Siam

    มิวเซียมสยาม

    A hands-on discovery museum near Wat Pho about Thai identity and history, in the former Ministry of Commerce building.

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    Central🚶 Street / area

    Siam Square

    Siam Square is a lively shopping and entertainment area at the corner of Phaya Thai and Rama I roads, owned by Chulalongkorn University.

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    Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส
    Central🛕 Temple

    Wat Arun

    วัดอรุณราชวรารามราชวรมหาวิหาร

    The Temple of Dawn on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya, with a tall prang covered in coloured porcelain.

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    Photo: Wolfgang Holzem / https://ehalal.io/
    Central🛕 Temple

    Wat Pho

    วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลารามราชวรมหาวิหาร

    The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, just south of the Grand Palace, home to a 46-metre gilded Buddha and Thailand's best-known school of traditional massage.

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    Photo: Marcin Konsek
    Central🚶 Street / area

    Yaowarat (Chinatown)

    ถนนเยาวราช

    Yaowarat Road is the main artery of Bangkok's Chinatown, a trading quarter for some 200 years.

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    Photo: hkgalbert
    Central🏛️ Museum💎 Small gem

    Bangkokian Museum

    พิพิธภัณฑ์ชาวบางกอก

    A small free museum in a 1930s family house near the river, showing how well-off Bangkok families lived during and after the Second World War (1937–1957).

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    Photo: Phoebus 28
    Central🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    Chao Phraya Sky Park

    สวนลอยฟ้าเจ้าพระยา

    A 280-metre elevated park on an unfinished railway viaduct across the Chao Phraya, opened in 2020.

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    Photo: Dharmadana
    Central🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Khlong Lat Mayom Floating Market

    ตลาดน้ำคลองลัดมะยม

    A local floating market in Taling Chan on the Thonburi side, started by farmers in 2004.

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    Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote
    Central🎎 Culture💎 Small gem

    Lhong 1919

    ล้ง 1919

    A restored 1850 Chinese courtyard port and warehouse on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya.

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    Photo: Sry85
    Central🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)

    ปากคลองตลาด

    Bangkok's main flower market near Memorial Bridge, selling flowers, fruit and vegetables.

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    Central🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Sampheng Lane

    สำเพ็ง

    A historic market alley in Chinatown, settled by Teochew Chinese when Bangkok was founded in 1782.

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    Photo: Dharmadana
    Central🚶 Street / area💎 Small gem

    Song Wat Road

    ถนนทรงวาด

    A 1.2 km historic road along the river in Chinatown, lined with old shophouses and warehouses.

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    Photo: trungydang
    Central🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Talat Noi

    แขวงตลาดน้อย

    A historic riverside neighbourhood just south of Chinatown, settled by Chinese communities since early Bangkok.

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    Photo: Sry85
    Central🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Taling Chan Floating Market

    เขตตลิ่งชัน

    A small weekend floating market in Taling Chan district on the Thonburi side of Bangkok.

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    Central☕ Café with a view💎 Small gem

    Vivi The Coffee Place

    A small riverside café down a narrow alley near Tha Tien, right across the Chao Phraya from Wat Arun.

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    Kamphaeng Phet Central · 1 sight

    Photo: Kriengsak Jirasirirojanakorn
    Central🏯 Historic site

    Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park

    อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์กำแพงเพชร

    An archaeological park along the Ping River that forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage site with Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai.

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    Lopburi Central · 2 sights

    Photo: Xufanc
    Central🌄 Viewpoint

    Pa Sak Jolasid Dam

    เขื่อนป่าสักชลสิทธิ์

    The largest reservoir in central Thailand, held back by a 4.8 km earth dam in Lopburi.

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    Nakhon Pathom Central · 1 sight

    Photo: User:Heron2
    Central👑 Palace

    Sanam Chandra Palace

    พระราชวังสนามจันทร์

    A palace complex built by King Vajiravudh in Nakhon Pathom, about a kilometre from Phra Pathom Chedi.

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    Nonthaburi Central · 1 sight

    Photo: LigerCommon (assumed)
    Central🏘️ Village / old quarter

    Ko Kret

    เกาะเกร็ด

    A small island in the Chao Phraya in Nonthaburi, home to Mon people known for their pottery.

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    Phetchabun Central · 2 sights

    Photo: Stevehhaigh
    Central🎎 Culture

    Wat Pha Sorn Kaew

    วัดพระธาตุผาซ่อนแก้ว

    A hilltop temple on Khao Kho in Phetchabun, covered in millions of colourful mosaic pieces and porcelain.

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    Central☕ Café with a view💎 Small gem

    Pino Latte, Khao Kho

    A mountainside café and small resort in Khao Kho, near Wat Pha Sorn Kaew, with terraces looking out over the hills of Phetchabun.

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    Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Central · 4 sights

    Photo: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China
    Central🏯 Historic site

    Ayutthaya Historical Park

    อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์พระนครศรีอยุธยา

    The ruins of Ayutthaya, capital of Siam from 1351 until 1767, cover an island in the river and are a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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    Photo: Chainwit.
    Central👑 Palace

    Bang Pa-In Royal Palace (Summer Palace)

    พระราชวังบางปะอิน

    A royal palace complex beside the Chao Phraya south of Ayutthaya, also called the Summer Palace.

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    Central🛕 Temple

    Wat Chaiwatthanaram

    วัดไชยวัฒนาราม

    One of Ayutthaya's most photogenic ruins, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya just outside the island, with a Khmer-style central prang surrounded by smaller towers.

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    Photo: Mr.Peerapong Prasutr
    Central🛕 Temple

    Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon

    วัดใหญ่ชัยมงคล

    An active monastery southeast of Ayutthaya island with the city's tallest chedi and rows of saffron-robed seated Buddhas.

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    Samut Prakan Central · 3 sights

    Photo: Don Ramey Logan
    Central🏛️ Museum

    Ancient City (Muang Boran)

    เมืองโบราณ

    A huge open-air museum in Samut Prakan shaped like Thailand, with full-size and scaled-down replicas of famous temples, palaces and monuments from across the country.

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    Photo: James Antrobus
    Central🌿 Nature

    Bang Krachao

    เกาะบางกะเจ้า

    A green peninsula in a loop of the Chao Phraya, just across the river from Bangkok's business district.

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    Central🏛️ Museum

    Erawan Museum

    พิพิธภัณฑ์ช้างเอราวัณ

    A museum in Samut Prakan topped by a giant three-headed elephant.

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    Samut Songkhram Central · 3 sights

    Photo: calflier001
    Central🛍️ Market

    Maeklong Railway Market

    ทางรถไฟสายแม่กลอง

    One of Thailand's largest fresh seafood markets, built right on the tracks of the Maeklong Railway.

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    Central🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Don Hoi Lot

    ดอนหอยหลอด

    A sandbar and mudflat at the mouth of the Mae Klong river in Samut Songkhram, named after the razor clams that live here.

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    Sukhothai Central · 2 sights

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    Central🏯 Historic site

    Si Satchanalai Historical Park

    อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์ศรีสัชนาลัย

    The ruins of Si Satchanalai and Chaliang, founded in 1250 as the second centre of the Sukhothai Kingdom.

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    Central🏯 Historic site

    Sukhothai Historical Park

    อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์สุโขทัย

    The ruins of Sukhothai, capital of the first Thai kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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    Chiang Mai North · 27 sights

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    North👑 Palace

    Bhubing Palace

    พระตำหนักภูพิงคราชนิเวศน์

    The royal winter residence on Doi Buak Ha in Doi Suthep–Pui National Park, a few kilometres past Wat Doi Suthep.

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    North🌿 Nature

    Chiang Dao Cave

    A long limestone cave at the foot of Doi Chiang Dao with Buddhist shrines among the rock formations.

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    Photo: calflier001
    North🛍️ Market

    Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

    เชียงใหม่ไนท์บาซาร์

    A large night market on Chang Khlan Road between the moat and the Ping River, known for handicrafts and portrait painters.

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    North🌿 Nature

    Doi Ang Khang

    ดอยอ่างขาง

    A 1,928-metre mountain in Fang district on the Myanmar border, home to the first royal agricultural research station, set up by King Bhumibol in 1969.

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    North🏘️ Village / old quarter

    Doi Pui and Ban Khun Chang Khian

    ดอยปุย

    Doi Pui is the 1,685-metre twin peak of Doi Suthep, just west of Chiang Mai.

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    Photo: DaronDierkes (talk)
    North🌿 Nature

    Elephant Nature Park

    เอลลิแฟนท์เนเจอร์ปาร์ค

    A sanctuary and rescue centre for elephants in Mae Taeng, about 60 km from Chiang Mai, founded by Sangduen "Lek" Chailert.

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    North🌿 Nature

    Grand Canyon Chiang Mai

    A flooded former quarry in Hang Dong with steep red walls, now a water park with floating obstacle courses, slides and paddling.

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    Photo: Setawut
    North🚶 Street / area

    Nimmanhaemin Road

    ถนนนิมมานเหมินท์

    The trendy area west of Chiang Mai's old city, full of cafés, side lanes (sois), galleries, boutiques and restaurants.

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    Photo: User:Amada44
    North🌳 Park / garden

    Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

    สวนพฤกษศาสตร์สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์

    A large botanical garden in the Mae Sa valley in Mae Rim, opened in 1993.

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    Photo: Love Krittaya
    North🌳 Park / garden

    Royal Park Rajapruek

    มหกรรมพืชสวนโลกเฉลิมพระเกียรติฯ ราชพฤกษ์ 2549

    A large garden park in Mae Hia, south of Chiang Mai, on the grounds of the 2006 Royal Flora Ratchaphruek horticultural expo.

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    Photo: Takeaway
    North🛍️ Market

    Sunday Walking Street, Chiang Mai

    Every Sunday from 16:00, 1.1 km of Ratchadamnoen Road from Tha Phae Gate to Wat Phra Singh turns into a huge walking market.

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    Photo: Douglas Perkins
    North🏘️ Village / old quarter

    Tha Phae Gate

    ประตูท่าแพ

    The eastern and best-known gate of Chiang Mai's old walled city, rebuilt in 1985–1986 on the historic site.

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    Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส
    North🛕 Temple

    Wat Chedi Luang

    วัดเจดีย์หลวงวรวิหาร

    The temple of the great stupa in the heart of Chiang Mai's old city, with a massive brick chedi partly collapsed by an earthquake centuries ago.

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    Photo: Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand
    North🏯 Historic site

    Wiang Kum Kam

    เวียงกุมกาม

    An ancient city on the Ping River built by King Mangrai as his capital before he founded Chiang Mai.

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    Photo: Christophe95
    North🌳 Park / garden💎 Small gem

    Ang Kaew Reservoir (Chiang Mai University)

    อ่างเก็บน้ำอ่างแก้ว

    A reservoir on the Chiang Mai University campus with a walking path around the water and views of Doi Suthep.

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    North🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Baan Kang Wat

    An artists' village near Wat Umong in Chiang Mai, with craft studios, handmade shops, workshops and cafés around a small amphitheatre.

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    North🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Bo Sang Umbrella Village

    บ่อสร้าง

    A village in San Kamphaeng on the outskirts of Chiang Mai, famous for hand-painted paper and cotton umbrellas.

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    Photo: Stefan Fussan
    North🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Huay Tung Tao Lake

    อ่างเก็บน้ำห้วยตึงเฒ่า

    A reservoir lake northwest of Chiang Mai with bamboo huts on the shore where you eat local food with a view of the mountains.

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    Photo: Zeuzcloud8
    North🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Mae Kampong

    แม่กำปอง

    A small mountain village about 50 km east of Chiang Mai with around 370 inhabitants, known for tea, coffee and homestays.

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    Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote
    North🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    Mon Cham

    A hilltop viewpoint above Nong Hoi in Mae Rim, part of a Royal Project area.

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    North☕ Café with a view💎 Small gem

    No.39 Café

    A garden café in Suthep at the foot of Doi Suthep, close to Wat Umong and Baan Kang Wat.

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    Photo: Doreme21150
    North🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Pha Chor

    Eroded sandstone cliffs and earth pillars in Mae Wang National Park, south of Chiang Mai, often compared to a small canyon.

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    Photo: Manop
    North🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Warorot Market (Kad Luang)

    ตลาดวโรรส

    Chiang Mai's "big market", the largest and best-known market in northern Thailand, on the edge of Chinatown near the Ping River.

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    Photo: ManoiCMU
    North🎎 Culture💎 Small gem

    Wat Phra That Doi Kham

    A hilltop temple southwest of Chiang Mai, about 200 metres above the plain, known for its large seated Buddha and an old chedi with a Buddha relic.

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    Chiang Rai North · 12 sights

    Photo: Szwendam się
    North🏛️ Museum

    Baan Dam Museum (Black House)

    A private art museum north of Chiang Rai by artist Thawan Duchanee: around 40 dark wooden buildings mixing northern Thai architecture with unusual contemporary design, filled with horns, skins and bones.

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    Photo: Chainwit.
    North🛕 Temple

    Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten)

    วัดร่องเสือเต้น

    A modern temple on the northern edge of Chiang Rai, painted deep sapphire blue with gold details and a white Buddha inside.

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    Photo: Gozitano
    North📍 Landmark

    Chiang Rai Clock Tower

    A golden clock tower in the centre of Chiang Rai, designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat, the artist behind the White Temple.

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    Photo: Jpatokal
    North🛍️ Market

    Chiang Rai Night Bazaar

    A nightly market next to the old bus terminal in Chiang Rai, with textiles, hill-tribe crafts and a large food court where traditional dance and music is performed on stage.

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    Photo: Ahoerstemeier
    North👑 Palace

    Doi Tung Royal Villa and Mae Fah Luang Garden

    ดอยตุง

    On Doi Tung mountain in Mae Fa Luang district stands the former residence of the Princess Mother, a Swiss-chalet-style villa, beside the colourful terraced Mae Fah Luang Garden.

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    Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg
    North🌄 Viewpoint

    Golden Triangle

    สามเหลี่ยมทองคำ

    The point near Chiang Saen where the Ruak river meets the Mekong and Thailand, Laos and Myanmar touch.

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    Photo: Tevaprapas (uploader)
    North🌄 Viewpoint

    Phu Chi Fa

    ภูชี้ฟ้า

    A mountain ridge and forest park on the Lao border in Thoeng district, Chiang Rai.

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    Photo: Aniruddha Buragohain
    North🌳 Park / garden

    Singha Park

    A large farm park near Chiang Rai with tea fields, lakes, gardens and farm tours, owned by the Singha brewery.

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    Photo: Chainwit.
    North🛕 Temple

    Wat Huay Pla Kang

    A hilltop temple just outside Chiang Rai with a huge white Guanyin statue you can enter by lift, and a nine-tiered Chinese-style pagoda.

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    Photo: Chainwit.
    North🛕 Temple

    White Temple (Wat Rong Khun)

    วัดร่องขุ่น

    A dazzling white art temple south of Chiang Rai by national artist Chalermchai Kositpipat, reached over a bridge above a sea of reaching hands.

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    North☕ Café with a view💎 Small gem

    101 Tea Plantation, Mae Salong

    A hillside tea estate near Doi Mae Salong, a mountain town founded by Chinese Kuomintang settlers.

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    Lampang North · 2 sights

    Photo: Rlevse
    North🌿 Nature

    Thai Elephant Conservation Center

    The National Elephant Institute in Hang Chat, Lampang, founded in 1993 as the Thai Elephant Conservation Center.

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    Photo: Kesaputta
    North🛕 Temple

    Wat Phra That Lampang Luang

    วัดพระธาตุลำปางหลวง

    A walled 15th-century Lanna temple about 15 km from Lampang town, one of the best-preserved examples of early northern Thai architecture.

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    Mae Hong Son North · 6 sights

    Photo: Bernhard T
    North🌄 Viewpoint

    Pai Canyon

    A sandstone canyon about 8 km south of Pai with narrow ridges and drops of up to 30 metres, without railings.

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    Photo: Tinss
    North🌿 Nature

    Tham Lod Cave

    ถ้ำลอด

    A large limestone cave in Pang Mapha district, Mae Hong Son, with a river running through it.

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    North☕ Café with a view💎 Small gem

    Coffee in Love, Pai

    A café in a yellow house on Route 1095, about 3 km south of Pai, with a terrace looking out over the Pai valley and the mountains.

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    North📍 Landmark💎 Small gem

    Pai Memorial Bridge

    An iron and wooden footbridge from the Second World War, about 9 km south of Pai on Highway 1095.

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    Photo: Platoos
    North🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Pang Ung

    ปางอุ๋ง

    A reservoir lake in the hills of Mae Hong Son, surrounded by pine forest, created as a royal project to restore the forest.

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    Photo: Visions of Domino
    North🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    Yun Lai Viewpoint

    A viewpoint about 6 km from Pai, above a Chinese village, with sweeping views over the valley and mountains.

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    Nan North · 4 sights

    Photo: LannaPhoto
    North🏘️ Village / old quarter

    Bo Kluea

    อำเภอบ่อเกลือ

    A mountain district in eastern Nan, known for its centuries-old salt wells where villagers still boil brine into salt by hand.

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    North🏛️ Museum

    Nan National Museum

    เทศบาลเมืองน่าน

    A national museum in the former palace of the rulers of Nan, opposite Wat Phumin in the centre of town.

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    Photo: (WT-fr) Ellnik at French Wikivoyage
    North🛕 Temple

    Wat Phumin

    วัดภูมินทร์

    Nan's most famous temple, with a cruciform hall from 1596 resting on two giant nagas and famous murals, including the "whispering couple".

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    North🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Sapan Village

    A misty mountain village in Bo Kluea, Nan, where the Wa and Sapan rivers meet.

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    Phayao North · 1 sight

    Photo: Chainwit.
    North🌿 Nature

    Kwan Phayao

    กว๊านพะเยา

    Phayao Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northern Thailand, a shallow half-moon lake on the edge of Phayao town.

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    Phrae North · 1 sight

    Photo: Steve
    North🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Phae Mueang Phi

    แพะเมืองผี

    A "ghost town grove" of mushroom rocks and eroded pillars about eight kilometres northeast of Phrae town.

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    Bueng Kan Northeast (Isan) · 2 sights

    Photo: Carly 64
    Northeast (Isan)🛕 Temple

    Wat Phu Tok

    วัดเจติยาคีรีวิหาร

    A forest monastery on a sandstone mountain in Bueng Kan, with wooden walkways fixed to the cliffs that spiral up through several levels, with views towards the Mekong.

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    Northeast (Isan)🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    Three Whale Rock (Hin Sam Wan)

    หินสามวาฬ

    A 75-million-year-old rock formation in Phu Sing, Bueng Kan, that from some angles looks like a family of whales.

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    Buriram Northeast (Isan) · 2 sights

    Photo: Kokoliz
    Northeast (Isan)📍 Landmark

    Chang Arena (Buriram Stadium)

    ช้างอารีนา

    A 32,600-seat football stadium in Buriram, home of Buriram United and the largest club-owned stadium in Thailand.

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    Photo: Thanyakij at Thai Wikipedia
    Northeast (Isan)🏯 Historic site

    Phanom Rung

    A spectacular Khmer temple on the rim of an extinct volcano in Buriram, built between the 10th and 13th centuries.

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    Chaiyaphum Northeast (Isan) · 2 sights

    Photo: Kawpodmd
    Northeast (Isan)🌿 Nature

    Pa Hin Ngam and the Siam Tulip Fields

    อุทยานแห่งชาติป่าหินงาม

    Pa Hin Ngam National Park in Chaiyaphum is named after its eroded rock formations.

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    Photo: Nik Cyclist from Bangkok, Thailand
    Northeast (Isan)🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Mo Hin Khao

    White sandstone pillars on a hill in Phu Laen Kha National Park, Chaiyaphum, often called the "Stonehenge of Thailand".

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    Kalasin Northeast (Isan) · 1 sight

    Photo: ::::=UT=::::
    Northeast (Isan)🏛️ Museum

    Sirindhorn Dinosaur Museum

    ศูนย์ศึกษาวิจัยและพิพิธภัณฑ์ไดโนเสาร์ภูกุ้มข้าว

    A geology museum at Phu Kum Khao in Sahatsakhan, Kalasin, built over one of the richest dinosaur fossil sites in Thailand.

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    Khon Kaen Northeast (Isan) · 1 sight

    Photo: Wickanet
    Northeast (Isan)🏛️ Museum

    Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum

    พิพิธภัณฑ์ไดโนเสาร์ภูเวียง

    A geological museum in Wiang Kao, Khon Kaen, showing dinosaur fossils found in the Phu Wiang area.

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    Loei Northeast (Isan) · 2 sights

    Photo: Manoonp
    Northeast (Isan)🌿 Nature

    Phu Kradueng National Park

    อุทยานแห่งชาติภูกระดึง

    A flat-topped mountain in Loei with a plateau at about 1,300 metres, reached by a steep hike.

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    Photo: Xufanc
    Northeast (Isan)🌄 Viewpoint

    Phu Thap Boek

    ภูทับเบิก

    A 1,794-metre mountain in Lom Kao, Phetchabun, near the border with Loei, covered in cabbage fields and small resorts.

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    Mukdahan Northeast (Isan) · 1 sight

    Photo: Gary
    Northeast (Isan)🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Indochina Market, Mukdahan

    A riverside market in Mukdahan where Thai, Lao and Vietnamese traders sell silk, dried food and goods along the Mekong, opposite Savannakhet in Laos.

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    Nakhon Phanom Northeast (Isan) · 1 sight

    Photo: Kittipong khunnen
    Northeast (Isan)🛕 Temple

    Wat Phra That Phanom

    วัดพระธาตุพนมวรมหาวิหาร

    The most sacred Buddhist site in Isan, near the Mekong in That Phanom, with a slender white-and-gold Lao-style chedi.

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    Nakhon Ratchasima Northeast (Isan) · 3 sights

    Photo: Jtri at Dutch Wikipedia
    Northeast (Isan)🌿 Nature

    Khao Yai National Park

    อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาใหญ่

    Thailand's first national park, established in 1962, with wild elephants, gibbons, hornbills and waterfalls only a few hours from Bangkok.

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    Photo: Ahoerstemeier
    Northeast (Isan)🏯 Historic site

    Phimai Historical Park

    อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์พิมาย

    The ancient town of Phimai in Nakhon Ratchasima with Prasat Phimai, the largest ancient Mahayana Buddhist temple in Thailand, built in Khmer style.

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    Photo: Jingjing.pro
    Northeast (Isan)📍 Landmark

    Thao Suranari Monument

    Korat's most revered landmark: a 1934 bronze statue of Khun Ying Mo, who rallied locals against a Lao invasion in 1826.

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    Nong Khai Northeast (Isan) · 2 sights

    Photo: Alfons55555
    Northeast (Isan)🎎 Culture

    Sala Keoku

    ศาลาแก้วกู่

    A sculpture park near Nong Khai, close to the Mekong and the Lao border, with giant concrete figures inspired by Buddhism and Hinduism.

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    Photo: ::::=UT=::::
    Northeast (Isan)🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    Wat Pha Tak Suea Skywalk

    วัดผาตากเสื้อ

    The Tiger Cliff Temple in Sangkhom, Nong Khai, has golden Buddhas in cliff caves and a glass-floored skywalk hanging over the edge, high above the Mekong and Laos.

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    Sisaket Northeast (Isan) · 1 sight

    Surin Northeast (Isan) · 2 sights

    Northeast (Isan)🏘️ Village / old quarter

    Ban Ta Klang Elephant Village

    A village in Surin whose Kuy (Suay) people have kept elephants for generations, often living side by side with them.

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    Photo: Ddalbiez
    Northeast (Isan)🏯 Historic site

    Prasat Ta Muen

    ปราสาทตาเมือนธม

    A group of three Khmer temples on the old royal road from Angkor, right on the Cambodian border in Surin province.

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    Ubon Ratchathani Northeast (Isan) · 3 sights

    Photo: Ddalbiez
    Northeast (Isan)🌿 Nature

    Pha Taem National Park

    อุทยานแห่งชาติผาแต้ม

    A national park on the Mekong in Ubon Ratchathani with 3,000-year-old rock paintings on the cliffs, mushroom rocks and big flower fields.

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    Photo: Charin ninsu
    Northeast (Isan)🌿 Nature

    Sam Phan Bok

    สามพันโบก

    The "Grand Canyon of Thailand": the largest rock reef in the Mekong, in Ubon Ratchathani, with more than 3,000 potholes and basins carved by the river.

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    Udon Thani Northeast (Isan) · 3 sights

    Photo: Gryffindor
    Northeast (Isan)🏯 Historic site

    Ban Chiang Archaeological Site

    แหล่งโบราณคดีบ้านเชียง

    A UNESCO World Heritage site in Udon Thani, discovered in 1966, famous for its red-painted prehistoric pottery and early evidence of farming and bronze working.

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    Photo: Theppitak Karoonboonyanan
    Northeast (Isan)🏯 Historic site

    Phu Phrabat Historical Park

    อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์ภูพระบาท

    A forested sandstone plateau in Udon Thani with strange rock formations, prehistoric rock paintings and Dvaravati-era boundary stones.

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    Photo: ToeHA
    Northeast (Isan)🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Red Lotus Sea (Nong Han Kumphawapi)

    A shallow lake and wetland in Kumphawapi, Udon Thani, that is covered in pink and red lotus flowers in the cool season.

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    Chanthaburi East · 2 sights

    Photo: Narongchaiv
    East🎎 Culture

    Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Chanthaburi

    อาสนวิหารพระนางมารีอาปฏิสนธินิรมล

    A French-style Catholic cathedral beside the river in Chanthaburi, often called the most picturesque building in town.

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    East🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Chanthaboon Waterfront Community

    ชุมชนริมน้ำจันทบูร

    A historic riverside street in Chanthaburi with old wooden shophouses where Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese and French influences meet.

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    Chonburi East · 5 sights

    Photo: atreyu
    East🏖️ Beach

    Bang Saen Beach

    บางแสน

    A 2.5 km town beach in Chonburi, about 100 km from Bangkok, loved by Thai families and students for weekend seafood and deckchairs under the trees.

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    Photo: Wayne77
    East🌳 Park / garden

    Nong Nooch Tropical Garden

    สวนนงนุช

    A huge botanical garden south of Pattaya, one of the largest in Southeast Asia and a centre for cycad research.

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    Photo: Horiuchi
    East🛍️ Market

    Pattaya Floating Market

    A large purpose-built floating market on the outskirts of Pattaya, opened in 2008.

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    Photo: Luka Krstulović
    East🎎 Culture

    Sanctuary of Truth

    ปราสาทสัจธรรม

    A huge temple-palace in Pattaya built entirely of wood and covered in carvings of Hindu and Buddhist themes.

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    Rayong East · 1 sight

    Photo: Bjørn Erik Pedersen
    East🏝️ Island / bay

    Koh Samet

    เกาะเสม็ด

    A small island off Rayong, about 220 km from Bangkok, part of a national park, with soft white sand and calm bays.

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    Sa Kaeo East · 2 sights

    Photo: Ddalbiez
    East🏯 Historic site

    Prasat Sdok Kok Thom

    ปราสาทสด๊กก๊อกธม

    An 11th-century Angkorian temple dedicated to Shiva, about 34 km northeast of Aranyaprathet near the Cambodian border.

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    Photo: Patiparn.Nice2002bkk
    East🛍️ Market

    Rong Kluea Market

    ตลาดชายแดนบ้านคลองลึก

    A big border market at Aranyaprathet, 250 km from Bangkok, with about 1,380 shops selling goods mostly from Cambodia: brassware, porcelain, clothes, baskets and cheap electronics.

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    Trat East · 1 sight

    Photo: kallerna
    East🏝️ Island / bay

    Koh Chang

    Thailand's second-largest island, green and mountainous, with jungle, waterfalls and a string of beaches along the west coast.

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    Kanchanaburi West · 9 sights

    Photo: Ninini
    West📍 Landmark

    Bridge over the River Kwai

    สะพานข้ามแม่น้ำแคว

    The steel railway bridge in Kanchanaburi from the Second World War Death Railway, now the symbol of the province.

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    West🏯 Historic site

    Hellfire Pass

    ช่องเขาขาด

    A railway cutting on the former Death Railway, dug by hand by prisoners of war and Asian labourers under brutal conditions.

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    Photo: Horiuchi
    West🏛️ Museum

    JEATH War Museum

    พิพิธภัณฑ์อักษะเชลยศึก

    A small war museum in Kanchanaburi about the Death Railway, built in 1942–1943 by Allied prisoners of war.

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    Photo: Deror Avi
    West📍 Landmark

    Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

    สุสานทหารสัมพันธมิตรดอนรัก

    The main cemetery for prisoners of war who died building the Burma Railway, with 6,982 graves of British, Australian and Dutch soldiers.

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    Photo: Chainwit.
    West📍 Landmark

    Mon Bridge, Sangkhla Buri

    สะพานมอญ

    A long wooden footbridge across the reservoir lake at Sangkhla Buri, linking the Thai town with the Mon village on the other side.

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    Photo: Arthur Taksin
    West🏛️ Museum

    Thailand–Burma Railway Centre

    A museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi about the Thailand–Burma "Death Railway", built by prisoners of war and Asian forced labourers.

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    West🌄 Viewpoint

    Tham Krasae Bridge and Cave

    A cave temple in Sai Yok where the Death Railway runs on a wooden viaduct along the cliff above the Kwai Noi River.

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    Photo: joaquin uy from Seattle
    West🏯 Historic site

    Three Pagodas Pass

    ด่านเจดีย์สามองค์

    A pass in the Tenasserim Hills on the border with Myanmar, 282 metres high, named after three small white pagodas.

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    Phetchaburi West · 3 sights

    Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote
    West👑 Palace

    Mrigadayavan Palace

    พระราชนิเวศน์มฤคทายวัน ราชนิเวศน์กรีฑาสถาน

    A teak summer palace on the beach at Cha-am, built for King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) in the 1920s.

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    West👑 Palace

    Phra Nakhon Khiri (Khao Wang)

    อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์พระนครคีรี

    A hilltop palace park overlooking Phetchaburi, built by King Mongkut, with a palace, a white chedi and a temple on three peaks of a 95-metre hill.

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    Photo: Kawpodmd
    West👑 Palace

    Phra Ram Ratchaniwet (Ban Puen Palace)

    พระรามราชนิเวศน์

    A former royal palace in Phetchaburi built in a European Jugendstil style, now a museum run by the Royal Thai Army.

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    Prachuap Khiri Khan West · 6 sights

    Photo: Niels Mickers
    West🌿 Nature

    Phraya Nakhon Cave

    ถ้ำพระยานคร

    A cave in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park with the royal Kuha Karuhas pavilion, lit by sunlight through a large skylight.

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    Photo: Seligne
    West📍 Landmark

    Rajabhakti Park

    Rajabhakti Park near Hua Hin honours Thai kings from the Sukhothai era to the Chakri dynasty with seven giant bronze statues.

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    Photo: SChirapant
    West📍 Landmark💎 Small gem

    Hua Hin Railway Station

    สถานีรถไฟหัวหิน

    Often called the most beautiful station in Thailand, with a red-and-cream wooden royal waiting room.

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    West🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    Khao Chong Krachok

    เขาช่องกระจก

    The "mirror tunnel mountain", a limestone hill in Prachuap Khiri Khan town with a temple on top.

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    Ratchaburi West · 3 sights

    Photo: PA
    West🛍️ Market

    Damnoen Saduak Floating Market

    ตลาดน้ำดำเนินสะดวก

    Thailand's most famous floating market, about 100 km southwest of Bangkok.

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    Photo: Mozhar
    West🏘️ Village / old quarter

    Suan Phueng

    อำเภอสวนผึ้ง

    A hilly district in western Ratchaburi near the Myanmar border, popular with Bangkok weekenders for its cool air, farm stays, themed resorts and small cafés.

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    Photo: Ahoerstemeier
    West🌿 Nature

    Tham Khao Bin

    ถ้ำเขาบิน

    A limestone cave near Ratchaburi with impressive stalactites and stalagmites, lit for visitors along a walkway.

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    Tak West · 1 sight

    Photo: Yxejamir
    West🌿 Nature

    Thi Lo Su Waterfall

    น้ำตกทีลอซู

    Claimed to be the largest waterfall in Thailand, about 250 metres high and 450 metres wide, deep in the Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary in Tak.

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    Krabi South · 6 sights

    Photo: Diego Delso
    South🏝️ Island / bay

    Koh Phi Phi Don

    เกาะพีพีดอน

    The largest and only inhabited island of the Phi Phi archipelago, with twin bays, a lively village and a famous viewpoint over the island's narrow middle.

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    Photo: Diego Delso
    South🏝️ Island / bay

    Maya Bay

    เกาะพีพีเล

    The famous bay on Koh Phi Phi Le from the film The Beach (2000), enclosed by tall limestone cliffs.

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    Photo: Wendy Harman
    South🏖️ Beach

    Railay

    หาดไร่เลย์

    A small peninsula between Krabi Town and Ao Nang, reachable only by boat because of its limestone cliffs.

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    Photo: kallerna
    South🛕 Temple

    Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tham Suea)

    A famous temple north of Krabi Town with a cave and a steep climb of more than 1,200 steps to a golden Buddha on the summit and a view over the karst landscape.

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    Photo: Stefan Fussan
    South🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Koh Lanta Old Town

    A small village on Koh Lanta's east coast, once the island's port for Arab and Chinese trading ships.

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    Photo: Christophe95
    South🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Krabi Walking Street

    The weekend night market on Soi Maharaj 8 in Krabi Town, with southern Thai food, handicrafts and live music on a stage.

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    Nakhon Si Thammarat South · 1 sight

    South🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Khiriwong Village

    บ้านคีรีวง

    A village at the foot of Khao Luang in Nakhon Si Thammarat, known for its fresh air, fruit orchards and natural tie-dye.

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    Phang Nga South · 6 sights

    Photo: Christoph Schuetzenhofer
    South🏝️ Island / bay

    Similan Islands

    หมู่เกาะสิมิลัน

    An archipelago in the Andaman Sea off Phang Nga, a national park since 1982, famous for granite boulders, white beaches and world-class diving.

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    Photo: Deror Avi
    South🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Koh Panyee

    บ้านเกาะปันหยี

    A Muslim fishing village built on stilts in Phang Nga Bay, founded by seafaring families from Indonesia, with about 1,600 inhabitants.

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    Photo: Bjoertvedt
    South📍 Landmark💎 Small gem

    Police Boat 813 (Tsunami Memorial)

    A 60-tonne police patrol boat in Bang Niang, Khao Lak, carried almost two kilometres inland by the 2004 tsunami.

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    Photo: Kamol2523
    South🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    Samet Nangshe Viewpoint

    A hilltop viewpoint on the mainland near Takua Thung looking out over the limestone karsts of Phang Nga Bay.

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    South🏘️ Village / old quarter💎 Small gem

    Takua Pa Old Town

    Sino-European shophouses along five streets in Takua Pa, once a key trading port in southern Thailand.

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    Phatthalung South · 1 sight

    Phuket South · 6 sights

    Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
    South🛕 Temple

    Big Buddha Phuket

    A huge white seated Buddha on Nakkerd Hill between Chalong and Kata, covered in Burmese jade, with views over much of southern Phuket.

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    Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
    South🏘️ Village / old quarter

    Phuket Old Town

    The historic centre of Phuket Town, with colourful Sino-Portuguese shophouses along Thalang, Dibuk, Krabi and Phang Nga roads.

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    Photo: edwin.11
    South🌄 Viewpoint

    Promthep Cape

    แหลมพรหมเทพ

    The southern tip of Phuket, a headland between Nai Harn and Rawai with a lighthouse and an elephant shrine.

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    Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
    South🛕 Temple

    Wat Chalong

    วัดไชยธาราราม

    Phuket's most important temple, honouring two monks who helped locals during the 1876 uprising, with a tall chedi that holds a Buddha relic.

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    Photo: ::::=UT=::::
    South📍 Landmark💎 Small gem

    Sarasin Bridge

    สะพานสารสิน

    The first bridge linking Phuket with Phang Nga on the mainland, 660 metres long and opened in 1967.

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    South☕ Café with a view💎 Small gem

    Tunk-ka Café on Khao Rang

    A hilltop restaurant on Khao Rang above Phuket Town, open since 1973.

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    Satun South · 1 sight

    Photo: VascoPlanet World Photography
    South🏝️ Island / bay

    Koh Lipe

    เกาะหลีเป๊ะ

    A small island in the Adang–Rawi archipelago near the Malaysian border, on the edge of Tarutao National Marine Park, with clear water, coral and a walking street of restaurants.

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    Songkhla South · 2 sights

    Photo: Ahoerstemeier
    South🏖️ Beach

    Samila Beach

    หาดสมิหลา

    The town beach of Songkhla, lined with casuarina trees, known for its bronze mermaid statue on the rocks.

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    Photo: Taha9009
    South🛍️ Market💎 Small gem

    Khlong Hae Floating Market

    ตลาดน้ำคลองแห

    The first floating market in southern Thailand, in Hat Yai, opposite Wat Khlong Hae.

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    Surat Thani South · 9 sights

    Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg
    South🏝️ Island / bay

    Ang Thong Marine Park

    อุทยานแห่งชาติหมู่เกาะอ่างทอง

    A marine national park of 42 islands in the Gulf west of Koh Samui.

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    Photo: Abrget47j
    South🛕 Temple

    Big Buddha Samui (Wat Phra Yai)

    วัดพระใหญ่

    A 12-metre golden Buddha from 1972 on the tiny island of Ko Phan, joined to Koh Samui's northeast coast by a causeway.

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    Photo: Rittigai
    South🌿 Nature

    Cheow Lan Lake

    เขื่อนรัชชประภา

    The reservoir behind Rajjaprabha Dam in Khao Sok, Surat Thani, surrounded by limestone cliffs that rise straight out of the green water.

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    South🚶 Street / area

    Fisherman's Village, Bophut

    The old Chinese fishing village at Bophut on Koh Samui, with wooden shophouses turned into restaurants, boutiques and bars along the beach.

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    Photo: Balou46
    South📍 Landmark

    Hin Ta and Hin Yai

    "Grandfather Rock" and "Grandmother Rock", two granite formations at the south end of Lamai Beach on Koh Samui, known for their suggestive shapes.

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    Photo: kallerna
    South🏝️ Island / bay

    Koh Nang Yuan

    เกาะเต่า

    Three small islands off Koh Tao joined by sandbars, with a short climb to a famous viewpoint over the white sand and turquoise water.

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    Photo: kallerna
    South🌄 Viewpoint💎 Small gem

    John-Suwan Viewpoint, Koh Tao

    A rocky viewpoint at the southern tip of Koh Tao, reached by a short but steep scramble.

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    South☕ Café with a view💎 Small gem

    The Jungle Club

    A hilltop restaurant and viewpoint above Chaweng Noi on Koh Samui, with terraces looking out over Chaweng Bay.

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    Trang South · 2 sights

    South🏝️ Island / bay

    Emerald Cave (Koh Muk)

    A sea cave on Koh Muk in Trang: you swim about 80 metres through a dark tunnel to reach a hidden beach and lagoon enclosed by cliffs.

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    South🌿 Nature💎 Small gem

    Tham Le Khao Kop

    A cave in Trang with a stream flowing right through the mountain.

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    Yala South · 1 sight

    Photo: Slleong
    South📍 Landmark💎 Small gem

    Piyamit Tunnel, Betong

    A tunnel dug in 1976 by fighters of the Malayan Communist Party in the forest near Betong, about 1 km long with several entrances.

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