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TOP SIGHT
WAT PHRA KAEW & GRAND PALACE
Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) gleams and glitters with so much
colour and glory that its earthly foundations seem barely able to resist the celestial
pull. Architecturally fantastic, the temple complex is also the spiritual core of Thai
Buddhism and the monarchy, symbolically united in what is the country's most holy
image, the Emerald Buddha. Attached to the temple complex is the former royal res-
idence, once a sealed city of intricate ritual and social stratification.
DON'T MISS…
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Emerald Buddha
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Ramakian
murals
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Grand Palace structures
PRACTICALITIES
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Th Na Phra Lan
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admission 500B
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8.30am-4pm
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Tha Chang
Guides can be hired at the ticket kiosk; ignore anyone outside. An audio guide can be
rented for 200B for two hours. Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace are best reached either
by a short walk south from Banglamphu, via Sanam Luang, or by Chao Phraya Express
