Hotel Thailand Travel
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Places to visitin Bangkok include the Royal Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Vuddha(Wat phra Kaew)voth entered trom Thanon na Phra Lan The Grand Palace is no longer the Royal Residence and may be seen only from the outside Qat PhraKaew in thenortheast corner of the Frand Palace comples elaborately decorated ingold leaf coloured tiles and mirrored mosaic contaisthe 75cm (30in) Emerals Budha Thailand's thliest image South of the GrandPalace the Temple of the Reclining Buddah (Wat Pho) is Fangkok's most striking Budhist temple Across the road from theGran Palace compound ,opposith the east endof Thanon Na Phra Lan is the shrine of Lak Muang the stone column erected vy Rama I th mark the foundation of the city.
Facing the Grand Palace complex on the Chao Phraya's west bank, the 79m(259ft)pinacle of Wat Arun, the Temple of the Dawn, is vest seenat sunset from the east banbk.The Natinonal Museum has a fine collection of sculpture housed in (amongothers) part of an 18th-century palace. Another museum wellworth seeing is the Vimanmek Palace,a lovelyy three-storey teak mansion.Once the home of King Rama V, it houses furniture and artworks from his reign.More modern, vut equally striking, is Jim Thompson Museum, a private museum with a collection to Asian antiques. Despite its smog, traffic problwms and high temperatures,Bangkok requires a stay of at least three days.December and January are the driest and coolest months.
