The princess, who oversaw a major restoration of the Wat Phra Kaew compound for the Bangkok bicentennial in 1982, ordered the Fine Arts Department to make a new pair of door panels of similar ...

Khet Bangkok Yai. To get there by boat, take a cross-river ferry at Tha Tien Pier. Open daily, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. www.watarun.net. Tourists are likely more familiar with Wat Phra Kaew’s home ...

Bangkok’s Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew will close June 3 for Her Majesty Queen Suthida’s royal birthday celebrations.

He graciously built the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram (Wat Phra Kaew) within the Grand Palace area and enshrined both Buddha images at Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram. In 1809, King ...

On the evening of June 3, Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand presided over the Royal Birthday Ceremony in honor ...

The Grand Palace is a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists in Bangkok as well as a tourist destination. Wat Phra Kaew temple is still within the same complex as The Grand Palace. Wat Phra Kaew has ...

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Tourists in Bangkok are discovering two new pedestrian tunnels to historic attractions such as the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha ...

No visit to Bangkok is complete without a visit to the iconic Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, also known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. These historical marvels showcase the grandeur of Thai ...