Khet Bangkok Yai. To get there by boat, take a cross-river ferry at Tha Tien Pier. Open daily, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. www.watarun.net. Tourists are likely more familiar with Wat Phra Kaew’s home ...

Here are some must-do activities when visiting this dynamic city. Explore the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew No visit to Bangkok is complete without exploring the Grand Palace, a sprawling complex ...

Most of Bangkok's grandest temples and palaces are conveniently located in a cluster around the Old Town, so you can easily check out Wat Arun, Wat Phra Kaew, and the giant reclining Buddha of Wat ...

The princess, who oversaw a major restoration of the Wat Phra Kaew compound for the Bangkok bicentennial in 1982, ordered the Fine Arts Department to make a new pair of door panels of similar ...

Also housed within the palace is the Wat Phra Kaew, or temple of the highly revered emerald Buddha, one of Thailand’s most sacred religious sites. Bangkok Old Town is a lived-in neighbourhood.

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Tourists in Bangkok are discovering two new pedestrian tunnels to historic attractions such as the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha ...

There’s no denying Bangkok, Thailand’s capital ... Don’t miss Wat Arun, the “Temple of Dawn,” and Wat Phra Kaew, the “Temple of the Emerald Buddha”—both breathtaking and iconic.

You'll always find fewer visitors here than at Wat Phra Kaew, so it is a must-visit destination in Bangkok for me," she said. Leong Kah Man, 36, a Malaysian visitor, and his wife were queuing up ...

Khet Bangkok Yai. To get there by boat, take a cross-river ferry at Tha Tien Pier. Open daily, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. www.watarun.net. Tourists are likely more familiar with Wat Phra Kaew’s home ...