Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Originally constructed on Ko Si Chang in 1868 and moved to the present site in 1910,
9.30am-4pm, last entry 3.15pm)
contains 81 rooms, halls and anterooms, and is said to be the
world's largest golden-teak building, allegedly built without the use of a single nail. The
mansion was the first permanent building on the Dusit Palace grounds, and served as
Rama V's residence in the early 1900s. The interior of the mansion contains various per-
sonal effects of the king and a treasure trove of early Ratanakosin art objects and antiques.
Compulsory tours (in English) leave every half-hour between 9.45am and 3.15pm, and
last about an hour.
0 2628 6300; Th Ratchawithi, Dusit
Palace Park; ticket for all Dusit Palace Park sights 250B or free with Grand Palace ticket; 9.30am-4pm; 510,
72, Tha Thewet)
presents a beautiful collection of traditional silks and cottons that make
up the royal cloth collection.
Originally built as a throne hall for Rama V in 1904, the smaller
Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 0 2628 6300; Th Ratchawithi, Dusit Palace Park; admission full 250B, or free
with Wat Phra Kaew & Grand Palace ticket; 9.30am-4pm; 510, 72, air-con 10, 16, 18, Tha Thewet)
is
typical of the finer architecture of the era. Victorian-influenced gingerbread architecture
and Moorish porticoes blend to create a striking and distinctly Thai exterior. The structure
itself is more interesting than the display of regional handiwork crafted by members of the
Promotion of Supplementary Occupations & Related Techniques (Support) foundation, an
organisation sponsored by Queen Sirikit.
Near the Th U Thong Nai entrance, two large stables that once housed three white ele-
phants - animals whose auspicious albinism automatically make them crown property -
2628 6300; Th Ratchawithi,
Dusit Palace Park; admission full 250B, ticket for all Dusit Palace Park sights free with Grand Palace ticket;
9.30am-4pm; 510, 72)
. One of the structures contains artefacts and photos outlining the im-
portance of elephants in Thai history and explaining their various rankings according to
physical characteristics. The second stable holds a sculptural representation of a living
royal white elephant. Draped in royal vestments, the statue is more or less treated as a
shrine by the visiting Thai public.
Because this is royal property, visitors should wear long pants (no capri pants) or long
skirts and shirts with sleeves.
Rama V Memorial
MONUMENT
