Bangkok & Around - Thailand - page 165

Sights

1 Suan Pakkad Palace Museum A4

Eating

2 Mallika Restaurant B3

3 Pathé C2

Drinking & Nightlife

4 Sky Train Jazz Club A3

Entertainment

5 Raintree B3

6 Saxophone Pub & Restaurant B2

Transport

7 Minivans to Aranya Prathet (for Cambodian border) & Mae Klong (for Amphawa) B1

8 Minivans to Ayuthaya & Ban Phe (for Ko Samet) B2

9 Minivans to Cha-am & Hua Hin B2

10 Minivans to Chanthaburi, Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi & Suvarnabhumi International Airport B2

11 Minivans to Lopburi, Pattaya & Trat (for Ko Chang) B2

12 Minivans to Nakhon Pathom & Southern Bus Terminal B2

Suan Pakkad Palace Museum
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MUSEUM

(Th Si Ayuthaya; admission 100B; 9am-4pm; Phaya Thai exit 4) The overlooked treasure of Suan
Pakkad is a collection of eight traditional wooden Thai houses that was once the residence
of Princess Chumbon of Nakhon Sawan and before that a lettuce farm - hence the name.
Within the stilt buildings are displays of art, antiques and furnishings, and the landscaped
grounds are a peaceful oasis complete with ducks, swans and a semi-enclosed garden.
The diminutive Lacquer Pavilion, at the back of the complex, dates from the Ayuthaya
period and features gold-leaf jataka and Ramayana murals, as well as scenes from daily
Ayuthaya life. The building originally sat in a monastery compound on Mae Nam Chao
Phraya, just south of Ayuthaya.