A few weeks ago, I visited Mini Siam Park in Pattaya, Thailand, I have written Part 1 and 2 this post will be Part 3. I have had to split the section up of this miniature world park into different parts for the reason that, there are over 100 miniature replicas in this 12 acre park, the icon structures are all scaled down to 1:25, In Part 2, I wrote about some of the miniature Thailand landmarks and historical buildings and in this post it will be a continuation of more Thailand landmarks and Historical buildings. To enter this Mini Siam Miniature Park there is a small fee of 300 baht ( around US $10 dollars ) per person.
This city landmark should be the first place on any visitor's itinerary been the Grand Palace in Bangkok, were this real temple can be found called the Wat Phra Kaew, which stands on Na Phra Lan Road near the Pramane Grounds in the city of Bangkok.
Wat Phra Kaew Temple in Bangkok City.
The Wat Phra Kaew Temple is surrounded by a huge white wall and occupies a area of about one square mile. This palace was built in 1782 and was completed in consists of several beautiful buildings with highly decorative architectural details and for 150 years this palace had been home to Thai Kings the Royal Court and the administrative seat of governments.
The Wat Phra Kaew Temple, is also known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and why it is known as that is because it is home to the Emerald Buddha which was meticulously carved from a single block of jade. The entrance fee to this historical landmark the Grand Palace in Bangkok, where you will see this Emerald Buddha will cost you 500 baht (around US $16) per person.
The Dusit Palace known as the Marble Throne Hall was inspired to be built for Rama V (King Chulalongkorn) after his return from Europe he wanted to have some European style of architect building in Thailand, it was done in a Italian Renaissance style building commence in 1907 and was completed in 1915.
The Dusit Palace in Bangkok City.
This huge Mansion has 81 rooms, lovely long white hallways and anterooms, it also has two huge stables one stable were the Kings use to house his three white elephants and in the other stable now is a life-sized model of the previous King's first royal white elephant the Thai public that visit this mansion now treat this royal white elephant as a shrine. The cost to enter and see this huge Italian Renaissance Mansion in Bangkok, is 400 baht (around US $12) per person.
The Wat Sra Sri, which is found in the province of Sukhothai, is the grounds were a lot of Buddhist ceremonies take place and a annual festival called the Loy Krathong, takes place because of it's holiness history and having the largest historical park pond full of water lilies and lotuses they regard this as the ancient holy grounds.