Wat Arun
A riverside wat whose central prang is covered in pieces of Chinese porcelain that catch the light. It takes its name from Aruna, the dawn, though it is at its best at dusk, seen from across the Chao Phraya.
- Where
- Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.7437, 100.4889
Get the Wat Arun stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Arun. 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 Wat Arun
Ton Son Mosque 0.4 km
Often called Bangkok's oldest mosque, a Sunni mosque on the bank of Khlong Bangkok Yai in Thonburi. It faces Wat Moli Lokayaram across the water, with Bang Luang Mosque on the opposite bank.
Museum Siam 0.6 km
A discovery museum in the old Ministry of Commerce building near Wat Pho, opened in 2007. Its interactive rooms ask what it means to be Thai, tracing the country's story and its ties with its neighbours.
Wat Pho 0.6 km
A sprawling wat just south of the Grand Palace, home to a gilded reclining Buddha 46 metres long whose feet are inlaid with mother of pearl. It is also the traditional seat of Thai massage, still taught and practised within its walls.
Bang Luang Mosque 0.6 km
A historic mosque on the Thonburi side, by Khlong Bangkok Yai near where it meets the Chao Phraya. Locals call it Kudi Khao, the white mosque, and it is built in a Thai style rather than with domes and minarets.
Baan Kudichin Museum 0.7 km
A small house museum on the Thonburi riverbank telling the story of Kudi Chin, home to a Portuguese community since the Ayutthaya period. It keeps the tools of early residents and old photographs, in a neighbourhood still centred on Santa Cruz Church.
Santa Cruz Church 0.7 km
A Catholic church on the west bank of the Chao Phraya, in Kudi Chin, on land granted to Portuguese settlers around 1770. The present building, in Renaissance Revival style, dates from 1913 to 1916.
Grand Palace 0.8 km
The walled royal city at the heart of Bangkok, home of the Kings of Siam from 1782 and still used for state ceremonies. Its courts hold throne halls with gilded spires and Wat Phra Kaew, the wat of the Emerald Buddha.
Pak Khlong Talat 0.8 km
Bangkok's main flower market, near Memorial Bridge where an old canal meets the Chao Phraya. It is open around the clock but busiest before dawn, when boats and trucks unload marigolds, roses and orchids from nearby provinces.
More national monuments in Bangkok
Questions
Where is Wat Arun?
Wat Arun is in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ton Son Mosque (0.4 km), Museum Siam (0.6 km), Wat Pho (0.6 km).
How do I get the Wat Arun stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wat Arun 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 Wat Arun 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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