Wat Chaiwattanaram, Ayutthaya
View of the Khmer Wat Chaiwattanaram. Photo by holysmokes!
Wat Chai Wattanaram by night. Photo by Magalie L'Abbé.
View towards the river. Photo by Vyacheslav Stepanyuchenko.
Photos by Photo by Rico Quimbo.
Some distance from the other main temple sites of Ayutthaya, just across the river to the southwest of the city, is Wat Chaiwattanaram (or Wat Chai Wattanaram).
This temple is an excellent example of Khmer architecture in the Ayuthaya period and still in good shape. It's so intact that you get a good idea what a working temple might have been like some 300 years ago.
You can climb to the steep steps of the central prang and have a beautiful view of the river and the surrounding countryside.
Map
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| Names: | Wat Chaiwattanaram; Wat Chai Wattanaram |
| Location: | Along Sikhun road near the terminus of Horattanachai and Naresuan |
| Hours: | Daily 8am-6pm |
| Cost: | 30B (75¢) |
- Frommer's Thailand, 6th edition.
More Information
- Historic City of Ayuttaya - UNESCO World Heritage
- Ayuttaya Tourism Guide - TripAdvisor
- Tri Amatayakul, The official guide to Ayutthaya and Bang Pa-in (Polyglott travel guide)
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- Derick Garnier, Ayutthaya.
