Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Temple of the Reclining Buddha or Wat Pho

Located next to the Grand Palace on the south side, this is the oldest and biggest temple with the largest number of pagodas (95 in all) in the city. Wat Pho is well known for its huge Reclining Buddha, 46 m long and 15 m high. Besides, it was the first open university of Thailand which used to offer courses in several branches of knowledge like literature, archaeology, astrology and medicine.

Nowadays Wat Pho is famous among foreign visitors for its Thai Traditional Massage School which offers three kinds of massage services namely, body massage, body massage with herbs and foot massage. The massage service opens daily from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. For learning courses, there are three courses, i.e. general Thai massage, therapeutic and healing massage and foot massage. For more information about the massage services and courses, please call 0 2211 2974

Information : Tel. 0 2226 0335, 0 2226 0369 or www.watpho.com

Open : Daily, 08.00 to 18.30 hrs.

For taxi : วัดโพธิ์ ถนนเชตุพน ใกล้สนามหลวงและวัดพระแก้ว

Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Bangkok tour + accommodation package code P-25

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Duration : 4D3N

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Bangkok tour + accommodation package code P-27

Bangkok temple & city tour to the most famous temple Wat Pho, Wat Traimit and Marble Temple + Gems Factory

Duration : 3D2N

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Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Bangkok tour program code S-02

Temple and city tours, Wat Traimit, Wat Pho and Marble Temple

Duration : Half Day (a.m./p.m.)

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Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Bangkok tour program code S-26

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Duration : Full Day

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