Klai Kangwon Palace
A seaside palace in Hua Hin, commissioned by King Prajadhipok in 1926 and completed in 1933. Its name means 'far from worries', and it was the main summer residence of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
- Where
- Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 12.5884, 99.9551
Get the Klai Kangwon Palace stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Klai Kangwon 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 Prachuap Khiri Khan volume with your photos and a note.
Near Klai Kangwon Palace
Hua Hin Railway Station 2.6 km
A small wooden station on the Southern Line, about 850 metres from the beach, from the days when Bangkok's court first came to Hua Hin by train for the sea air. Its ornate royal waiting pavilion still stands on the platform.
Rajabhakti Park 9.6 km
A park built by the Royal Thai Army in honour of Thai kings from the Sukhothai period to the Chakri dynasty. Its centrepiece is a row of seven giant bronze statues of past monarchs, and its name means the park built with the people's loyalty.
Mrigadayavan Palace 12 km
A seaside residence of King Vajiravudh at Cha-am, made of golden teak pavilions raised on pillars and linked by long covered walkways. The king stayed here only twice, in the summers of 1924 and 1925.
Phraya Nakhon Cave 44 km
A cave in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, reached by a forested hike over the headland. Its two chambers open to the sky, and in the larger one sunlight falls through a great hole in the roof onto the Kuha Karuhas Pavilion, a small royal pavilion standing on the cave floor.
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park 45 km
Thailand's first coastal national park, established in 1966, where limestone hills rise beside the Gulf of Thailand. Its name means mountain of three hundred peaks, and it includes the country's largest freshwater marsh.
Phra Ram Ratchaniwet 56 km
A former royal palace in Phetchaburi, built in a European style unusual for Thailand. Better known as Ban Puen Palace, it is now a museum run by the Royal Thai Army.
Phra Nakhon Khiri 58 km
A hilltop palace above Phetchaburi built for King Mongkut, its name meaning 'holy city hill', though locals call it Khao Wang, the hill with the palace. Halls, an observatory and white chedis spread across three peaks, with views over the town and the plain.
Tham Khao Luang 61 km
A great cave in the hills outside Phetchaburi, filled with Buddha images large and small. Shafts of sunlight fall through openings in its roof and light up the images below, best seen around the middle of the day.
Questions
Where is Klai Kangwon Palace?
Klai Kangwon Palace is in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hua Hin Railway Station (2.6 km), Rajabhakti Park (9.6 km), Mrigadayavan Palace (12 km).
How do I get the Klai Kangwon Palace stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Klai Kangwon Palace and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Prachuap Khiri Khan volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Klai Kangwon Palace before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Prachuap Khiri Khan volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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