Phaya Thai Palace
A former royal residence on the Samsen Canal, given its name by King Chulalongkorn, Rama V. The name means lord of the Thais, and its European style halls now stand in the grounds of Phramongkutklao Hospital.
- Where
- Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.7686, 100.5329
Get the Phaya Thai Palace stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Phaya Thai Palace. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bangkok volume with your photos and a note.
Near Phaya Thai Palace
Victory Monument 0.7 km
A military monument raised in 1941 after the Franco-Thai War, its obelisk shaped like bayonets rising from a traffic circle in Ratchathewi. The roundabout around it is one of the city's busiest bus and Skytrain hubs.
Suan Pakkad Palace 1.4 km
Four traditional teak houses joined by covered walkways in a garden on Si Ayutthaya Road, once the home of Prince Chumbhotbongs Paribatra. It opened as a museum in 1952, with Thai antiques and Ban Chiang pottery over 4,000 years old.
Wat Benchamabophit 2.0 km
The Marble Temple of Dusit, its walls faced with Italian marble under tiers of orange roof tiles. Built in the reign of King Chulalongkorn, it blends Thai forms with touches of European taste, and its gallery holds rows of Buddha images in many styles.
Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall 2.2 km
A domed marble throne hall in Dusit Palace, commissioned by King Chulalongkorn in 1908 in the style of an Italian Renaissance palace. It was finished in 1915, after his death, and is still used for state occasions.
Pratunam Market 2.2 km
Thailand's largest clothing market, a maze of stalls and wholesale shops in central Bangkok. The name means water gate, after an old sluice on the canal nearby.
Jim Thompson House 2.2 km
The home of Jim Thompson, the American who revived Thai silk, built in 1959 from old teak houses and set in a leafy garden by a canal. It now displays his collection of Southeast Asian art.
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre 2.5 km
A contemporary arts centre at the Siam crossroads, its spiral ramps rising through floors of galleries. Music, theatre, film and design events fill it too, and well over a million people a year now come through.
Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World 2.5 km
An aquarium beneath the Siam Paragon mall, among the largest in Southeast Asia. Its 10,000 square metres and about five million litres of water hold hundreds of species, with a walk-through tunnel under the sharks and rays.
More national monuments in Bangkok
Questions
Where is Phaya Thai Palace?
Phaya Thai Palace is in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Victory Monument (0.7 km), Suan Pakkad Palace (1.4 km), Wat Benchamabophit (2.0 km).
How do I get the Phaya Thai Palace stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Phaya Thai Palace and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bangkok volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Phaya Thai Palace before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bangkok volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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