Bang Pa-In Royal Palace

Royal Summer Palace Founded In The 17th Century Under King Prasat Thong And Rebuilt Under Kings Rama IV And V · Bang Pa-In, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya

Bang Pa-In Royal Palace is a royal summer residence on an island in the Chao Phraya River about 20 km south of Ayutthaya, where lawns, lakes and topiary gardens hold a remarkable mix of Thai, Chinese, European and Gothic buildings. The site dates to the 17th century, when King Prasat Thong of Ayutthaya built a palace here, traditionally in 1632; abandoned after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, it was revived by King Mongkut, Rama IV, and largely rebuilt in its present form by King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, in the late 19th century. Its best-known sight is the Aisawan Thiphya-Art, a small gilded Thai pavilion standing in the middle of a pond, and around it stand a Chinese-style throne hall given by Chinese merchants, European-style residences, a striped lookout tower and a marble memorial to Queen Sunanda, who drowned in a boating accident in 1880. Across the river, a small cable car carries visitors to Wat Niwet Thammaprawat, a Buddhist temple built to look like a Gothic church. The palace is still used by the royal family, enforces a strict dress code and closes for royal occasions.

Ban Len, Bang Pa-In, Bang Pa-In, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, 13160, Thailand

NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: the palace has opened daily, with no fixed weekly closing day, from about 8 am to about 4 pm, with the last tickets sold from about 3 to 3:30 pm; some halls open shorter hours or not at all, and the whole palace closes, sometimes at short notice, for royal ceremonies, state occasions and royal visits. Wat Niwet Thammaprawat and its cable car keep daytime hours. The traps that ruin a day are arriving after the last ticket because you did Ayutthaya first, travelling out on a day the palace is closed for a royal event, turning up in shorts or a sleeveless top, and taking an express train that does not stop at Bang Pa-In. Confirm current times before relying on them.

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