Bangkok Dolphins'
Guide
ATTRACTIONS IN & AROUND BANGKOK
The Grand Palace
and Wat Phra Kaeo
(Tel. 2220094, 2226889, 2222208)
This city landmark should be the first place
on any visitor's itinerary. It is a huge compound on Na
Phra Lan Road near Sanam Luang, surrounded by high white
walls and occupies an area of about a square mile. The
palace, begun in 1782, consists of several buildings with
highly decorated architectural details. The Royal chapel,
Wat Phra Kaeo, which is in the same compound, houses the
Emerald Buddha, the most sacred Buddha image in Thailand.
Photography inside the building housing the Emerald
Buddha is forbidden. The complex is open daily from 8.30
am.-3.30 pm. Admission fee is 125 bath (including
tickets to the Coin Pavillion & Phra Thi Nang
Vimanmek & Abhisek Dust Throne Hall)
Proper dress is essential.
A source for further information in Bangkok is the Tourism Authority of Thailand, phone 226-0060. If you are calling from outside the country, that number will need to be prefaced by country code 66, city code 2. In the U.S. the Tourism Authority can be contacted at (312) 819-3990, fax (312) 565-0359; in Canada at (604) 733-4540, fax (604) 733-4599; in Sydney at 9247-7540, fax 9251-2465; and in London at (171) 499-7679, fax 629-5519.
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