Travel Reference
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TOP SIGHT
DUSIT PALACE PARK
Following Rama V's first European tour in 1897 (he was the first Thai monarch to
visit the continent), he returned home with visions of European castles swimming in
his head and set about transforming those styles into a uniquely Thai expression -
today's Dusit Palace Park. The royal palace, throne hall and minor palaces for exten-
ded family were all moved here from Ko Ratanakosin, and were supplemented with
beaux-arts institutions and Victorian manor houses. All of this and the expansive gar-
dens make the compound a worthwhile escape from the chaos of modern Bangkok.
