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Ratchaburi

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  • Photo of Ratchaburi National Museum

    Ratchaburi National Museum
    3 stars

    This interesting museum is housed in what was originally the large pink town hall - built in 1922 - the museum opened in 1988. Definetly worth visiting if you are in town, the museum has quite a comprehensive collection of artifacts and displays details the historical development of Ratchaburi ... read more

  • Photo of Khao Wang

    Khao Wang
    2.5 stars

    This pretty yellow wat at the top of low hill had its beginnings as a king's palace back in 1877. King Rama V had the place built to welcome a group of Portuguese envoys, and he himself only stayed there once. The palace was converted to a monastry during the reign of Rama VII (1925 to ... read more

  • Photo of Khao Ngu

    Khao Ngu
    3.5 stars

    At Khao Ngu you'll find caves cut into the sides of a series of staggering limestone mountains that seem to rise out of nowhere out of the otherwise flat scenery. Khao Ngu (meaning Snake Mountain in Thai) has long been popular with Thais as well as hundreds of chubby monkeys that you can treat feed ... read more

  • Photo of Wat Phra Si Ratana Mahathat

    Wat Phra Si Ratana Mahathat
    1.5 stars

    Known for its prang which is styled in ancient times after Angkor Wat, this wat is about a 1.5km walk to the west of Ratchaburi along the riverside. The prang is believed to date back to the 10th or 11th century but was modified in the intervening years. The wat is quite pleasant and there are a ... read more

  • Other minor attractions
    3 stars

    There's a bunch of other things rarely visited by forigners if you find you've got some time to kill around Ratchaburi. About 10km past Khao Ngu is another limestone mountain called Khao Chongpran. Within its bowels is a cave called Phra Non, which comes alive from about 17:30 each evening as ... read more


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