Wonderful Bangkok Tour : Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Trimit, Wat Pho & Wat Benchamabophit

Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Trip Overview

Head into the heart of Bangkok with a private guide as you explore the temples and royal buildings scattered around the Grand Palace. Learn about the extravagant construction of Buddhist places of worship, and get an insiders look around the city’s bustling center.
– Royal temple complex of Wat Pho with famed Reclining Buddha
– Wondering at the architectural structure of the Grand Palace
– Marble courtyard & ornate architecture of Wat Benchamabophit
– Visiting the most sacred temple in the city, Wat Phra Kaew
– Insight into role of monks & monasteries in Thai daily life

Additional Info

Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, Thailand
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours



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Head into the heart of Bangkok with a private guide as you explore the temples and royal buildings scattered around the Grand Palace. Learn about the extravagant construction of Buddhist places of worship, and get an insiders look around the city’s bustling center.
– Royal temple complex of Wat Pho with famed Reclining Buddha
– Wondering at the architectural structure of the Grand Palace
– Marble courtyard & ornate architecture of Wat Benchamabophit
– Visiting the most sacred temple in the city, Wat Phra Kaew
– Insight into role of monks & monasteries in Thai daily life

Itinerary
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Stop At: Bangkok, Bangkok

8.30am – Pick up from hotel or meeting point and start with the tour

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Temple of the Golden Buddha (Wat Traimit), 661 Chaoren Krung Road Talad Noi, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100 Thailand

Itinerary:
– This morning be picked up from the hotel. Visit the Golden Buddha Temple (Wat Trimit) which houses the world’s largest gold Buddha image, now more than 700 years old, and a valuable treasure of Thailand and Buddhism.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Wat Phra Chetuphon, 2 Sanamchai Road Grand Palace Subdistrict, Pranakorn District, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

– Next you will visit Wat Pho Wat Phra Chetuphon (locally known as Wat Pho) which is famed for the massive ‘Reclining Buddha’ it houses. At 46m long and 15m high, the gold-plated Buddha image depicts the Buddha’s passing into Nirvana. A highly ornate spectacle – its genuinely worth seeing. The Buddha eyes and feet are decorated with mother-of-pearl and carvings in the feet depict the ‘108’ characteristics of Buddha.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Wat Benchamabophit (The Marble Temple), 69 Nakornpathom Rd Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand

– You will also visit the Marble temple Wat Benchamabophit, once the most modern work of Thai religious architecture. This temple is very famous for its main chapel built in white Italian marble.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), Na Phra Lan Road Phra Borom Maha Rajawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

– Next visit The Grand Palace (Wat Phra Kaew). The palace is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Thailand. In the north of the royal residence and linked by a connecting gateway lies the royal monastery of the Emerald Buddha. The Emerald Buddha is a face carved from a block of green jade and was first discovered in 1437 in a stupa in Chiang Rai. At that time the image was covered with plaster and thought to be an ordinary Buddha image

Duration: 1 hour



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