|
DAILY 7:30-12:00 / 13:30 -17:00 -- Drive pass different commercial and residential areas of Bangkok. Visit the three historical temples :
- Wat Trai Mit, well known for its famous Golden Buddha, constructed during the Sukhothai period. The beautiful image of solid gold is three meters high and weighs five and a half tons.
- Wat Pho, is one of Bangkok's oldest and largest temple housing the gigantic gold plated reclining Buddha with beautifully inlaid mother-of-pearl soles. Wat Pho is also regarded as the first center of public education and is sometimes called 'Thailand's first university' . Mural paintings, inscriptions, and statues fiund in the temple educated people on varied subjects; for example, literature, warfare, astronomy, meditation, and Thai traditional massage.
- Wat Benjamabophit (The Marble Temple) , this magnificent monastery was built with white Italian marble from Carara.
|
