This canal-laced royal estate explains court life through museums in fretworked 'tropical European' style mansions, most famously Wang Vimanmek. Start at...

This state zoological park in Rama V's former botanical garden is one of Asia's best, but but it does keep rare fauna in rather grim enclosures. Elephant...

Devotees of King Chulalongkorn the Great (Rama V) gather on the anniversary of his death for rites at the six-metre (20-foot) equestrian statue he had cast...

The palace of Prince Baripatra until the end of absolutism in 1932, this baroque-cum-art nouveau edifice contains the Bank of Thailand's museum. It charts...

Clad in Italian Carrara marble, the 'marble temple' is a well-proportioned meld of East and West by Italian Hercules Manfredi. It was commissioned in 1899...

Down a shophouse alley, 'Wat In' is notable only for its standing Buddha. Eschewing normal proportions, this figure is a lofty 32m (105ft) tall - you can...