While I am fan of Khao San Street and staying around this place, we have lot of things & hidden secrets to share about this neighbourhood. One of the great things do to around Khao San Street is to move out of the busy streets of Khao San in Bangkok and explore some of the brilliant architectural marvels of Bangkok city - Royal Palace, Wat Pho, Wat Arun & other museums & government buildings around the royal street.
Most of our nights in Bangkok were spent around Khao San Road and during one of the days, we thought of taking a night walk around the place. Since we found this one a great experience to watch Thailand Architectural marvels in night, we thought of sharing it with everyone and that too with a very well optimised itinerary to follow.
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Khao San Market and Wat Arun are on opposite sides of the Chao Phraya River and that too at a reasonable distance. So we started our walk from a place from where we could see Wat Arun across the river. There are multiple cafes across the river, so if you intend to spend more time around the river and watch these magical views of Wat Arun, there are multiple cafes with terrace. We grabbed some drinks from a street-side kiosk and walked across the river for some time and then started walking towards Museum Siam.
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Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan or Wat Arun is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Thailand. Wat Arun is located on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The temple derives its name from the Hindu god Aruna, often personified as the radiations of the rising sun. Wat Arun is among the best known of Thailand's landmark. The first light of the morning reflects off the surface of the temple.
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Above photograph shows Museum Siam and during night. All these photographs shared in this blog-post are clicked with Mobile Phone Camera.
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Above photograph shows a small street market behind Museum Siam and close to Wat Pho. Museum Siam is a discovery museum that is located at Sanam Chai road in Bangkok, Thailand. The museum was established in 2007 in the former building of the Ministry of Commerce. It was created to teach the national identity and history of the people of Thailand, and their relationships with neighboring cultures.
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While walking towards Royal Palace, Wat Pho comes on the way and the place glitters like anything in the night. It's amazing in the night and we were wondering why don't they open these temples during night. We visited Wat Pho during the day next day and it's popular for huge reclining Buddha in Bangkok.
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Wat Pho is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is located on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. Wat Pho is also known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its official name is Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Rajwaramahawihan. The more commonly known name, Wat Pho is short form of older name Wat Photaram.
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Wat Pho is also first on the list of six temples in Thailand classed as the highest grade of the first-class royal temples.
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Beyond Wat Pho, it was time to walk towards Saranrom Park. As we entered into the park, there were not many people and that scared us a little. So we didn't spend time inside the park. While you are walking in this part of Bangkok and you need a loo break, Saranrom Park has that provision till late night as all other places are completely closed after sunset.
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The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. The Royal palace of Bangkok has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam. The king, his court and his royal government were based on the grounds of the palace until 1925.
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Several royal ceremonies and state functions are held within the walls of the palace every year. The palace is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Thailand. Grand Palace is also very well lit during night and above photograph shows a part of Royal Palace of Bangkok.
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As you keep walking on the parallel road of Royala Palace, there are multiple government & administration buildings on the right. All of these buildings are very well lit during the night as you can see in the photographs. Many of these have various statutes of admired personalities from Thai history. Some of these government buildings have huge number of old canons in front of them around well maintained green landscapes.
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This was wonderful walk of 2 hours around Bangkok City which offers great views of most of the popular tourist places in Bangkok which are usually visited by folks during the day.
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After this brilliant walk through some of the wonderful architectural marvels of Bangkok, we reached Khao San Market and had another great night in capital city of Thailand.
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