Highlight in our tour programs
- Pick up from hotel with private transportation, private tour guide
- Visit Golden Buddha Temple; the largest Golden Buddha image in the world, the 3 meters high statue made of solid gold, weighting over 5 tons
- Sightseeing Chinatown, Flower Market
- Visit Wat Pho; it is well known for its huge Reclining Buddha, 46m long, 15m high
- Visit The Emerald Buddha Temple. It houses the Emerald Buddha, the most highly revered Buddha image carved from a single block of fine jade
- Visit The Grand Palace, this is the most famous place that is the most for all tourists
- Follow by sightseeing Bangkok old town area, City Pillar Shrine, Ministry of Defense, Street Side Amulet Market, Giant Swing
Grand Palace + Emerald Buddha Temple + Wat Pho + Golden Buddha Temple
Grand Palace was built in 1782, when Bangkok became the Capital of the Kingdom. It consists of several buildings decorated into smallest details. The Royal Chapel, The Emerald Buddha Temple, houses the statue of Emerald Buddha, made from one piece of green Jade where some of Thailand’s significant religious ceremonies are performed by the King. The statue is deeply venerated image in Thailand
Golden Buddha Temple; is known for its famous Golden Buddha, the 3 meters high statue made of solid gold, weighting over 5 tons. Wat Pho; is famous for its colossal “Reclining Buddha”, 46 meters long gilded image inside spacious viharn, the building is a domed with centuries old mural paintings.
General Information
This Bangkok half day tour will bring you to the city landmark of Thailand and a must for every Bangkok visitor, the Grand Palace built in 1782 when Bangkok became the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam to become a royal residence. The Grand Palace was the residence of the King and the seat of government until 1925 and is now used for ceremonial purposes only. The Palace site boasts many ornately decorated buildings, architectural symbol and unique statues and has been featured in movies such as Anna and the King of Siam and “The King and I”.
The Royal Chapel is also called the Temple of The Emerald Buddha, the residence of Thailand’s most sacred Buddhist sculpture. This statue is made from one gigantic piece of green Jade situated amid gold-gilded sculptures and ornaments, and fresco paintings of the main ordination hall. Here, some of Thailand’s most significant Buddhist ceremonies are performed by the King. The famous statue is a deeply venerated image in Thailand
Grand Palace & The Emerald Buddha Temple
This is the most famous place that is the most for all tourists. The Grand Palace consists of several buildings with different styles of architectures and decorated into smallest details. Chakri Maha Prasat, the 3-storey building is the mixture of Thai and Western architecture. The top part is pure Thai with tapering spires and tiered sloping roofs, and the lower part, designed by a British architect are in the imperial Victorian style. Borompiman Hall. The French-
inspired structure was built by King Rama V for Crown Prince Vajiravudh as his residence. It is now used to accommodate visiting foreign heads of state.
The Emerald Buddha Temple is renowned as the most beautiful and important Buddha temple in Thailand. It houses the Emerald Buddha, the most highly revered Buddha image carved from a single block of fine jade.
Scattered in the temple grounds are numerous interesting sculptures of artistic value including the fanciful animals in mythology, the fierce-looking giants standing guard at the gates, the six pairs of the Cambodian-style bronze lions and the stone figures from China.
On the inside walls of the temple’s compound, there are extensive mural paintings depicting scenes from the famous epic “Ramayana”. It is the longest wall painting in the world as well as one of the Unseen Bangkok. A distinctive characteristic of the temple is that there are no monks living in it like other temples.
Golden Buddha Temple
Golden Buddha Temple; is known for its famous Golden Buddha, the 3 meters high statue made of solid gold, weighting over 5 tons.
This Sukhothai Trimit Golden Buddha Image is the largest Golden Buddha image in the world. It is made of pure gold. The image is unrivalled in beauty, measuring 12 feet 5 inches in diameter and has a height of 15 feet 9 inches from the base to the crown and it weighs approximately 5 tons. Now more than 700 years old, it is a valuable treasure of Thailand and of Buddhism.
Originally, this golden Buddha image was completely covered with plaster to conceal it from the enemy that invading Thailand and was installed as a principal Buddha image in the main temple building of Wat Phrayakrai, Bangkok.
When Wat Phrayakrai temple was deserted in about 1931 then moved this golden Buddha image to the Trimit Witthayaram Temple, discovering in 1955 while preparations to move this Golden Buddha image to the building, the covering plaster was partly broken. Only then did the people realize that it was a golden Buddha image.
Wat Pho or Reclining Buddha Temple
Wat Phra Chetuphon, commonly known as Wat Pho, belongs to the first-class category of royal monasteries. It lies south of the Grand Palace and covers an area of over 20 acres.
Wat Pho founded in the 16th century, is the oldest and biggest temple with the largest number of pagodas (95 in all of various sizes) in the city and four great pagodas each 41 meters high.
Wat Pho was the first open university of Thailand which used to offer courses in several branches of knowledge like literature, archaeology, astrology and medicine. It is well known for its huge Reclining Buddha, 46m long and 15m high which make it the largest reclining Buddha in Bangkok and the second largest in the country. The most interesting feature is the mother-of- pearl inlaid design on the soles of the feet showing the 108 auspicious signs arrayed in 67 small squares around the ‘chakra’, or a disc, at the center.
Wat Pho is one of the most visited temples in Thailand with 10,000 visitors in average per day.
If you’ve never tried traditional Thai massage Wat Pho is a good place to start. It’s quite different to most other forms of therapeutic massage and tends to be invigoration rather than relaxing, incorporating yoga style postures to relieve stress and improve blood circulation
Dress suggests for this tour
Casual outfits suitable for walking
Visitors are required to dress appropriately to visit royal temples, these following clothes are strictly not allowed as outer garments for both ladies and gentlemen:
- Shorts, mini-skirts, short skirts, tight fitting trousers, and tights
- See-through shirts and blouses, as well as culottes or quarter length trousers
- Sleeveless shirts or vests
- Sandals (without ankle or heel straps)
- Rolled-up-sleeved shirts
- Sweatshirts and sweatpants, wind-cheaters, pajamas and fisherman trousers
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