Erawan Shrine
Ratchadamri Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok
The Erawan Shrine sits at the intersection of two of Bangkok's busiest roads, surrounded by luxury hotels and shopping malls, with traffic roaring past on all sides — and somehow manages to be one of the most spiritually charged spots in the city.
Wat Arun
158 Thanon Wang Doem, Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok
Wat Arun looks like something a giant built out of broken china — and that's basically what happened.
Wat Benchamabophit (Marble Temple)
69 Thanon Si Ayutthaya, Dusit, Bangkok
The Marble Temple is the one Bangkok temple that looks like it was designed by an architect who had just returned from a trip to Italy — because it was.
Wat Pho
2 Sanam Chai Road, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Wat Pho is home to a Buddha so big they had to build the temple around it.
Wat Ratchanatdaram (Loha Prasat)
2 Maha Chai Road, San Chao Pho Suea, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Loha Prasat looks like nothing else in Bangkok — or anywhere else in the world.
Wat Saket (Golden Mount)
344 Thanon Chakkraphatdi Phong, Ban Bat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok
The Golden Mount is Bangkok's original skyscraper — a 77-metre artificial hill crowned with a gold chedi that was the tallest point in the city for over a century.
Wat Suthat & the Giant Swing
146 Bamrung Muang Road, Wat Ratchabophit, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
The Giant Swing is one of those things in Bangkok that makes you stop and say 'wait, what?' A 21-metre-tall red teak frame that looks like a massive goalpost stands in the middle of a traffic circle, and for 150 years it was the centrepiece of a Brahmin ceremony where young men would swing to terrifying heights trying to grab a bag of gold coins hung from a pole with their teeth.
Wat Traimit (Golden Buddha)
661 Charoen Krung Road, Talat Noi, Samphanthawong, Bangkok
Wat Traimit houses a secret that stayed hidden for over 200 years.
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