Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Grand Palace

The Grand Palace is the major tourist attraction in Bangkok. It is located at Rattanakosin, the Old Royal City, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River. It is bordered by Sanam Luang district on the north, Sanam Chai on the east, Maharaj on the west and Thy Wang on the south. It has an area of 218,400 sq. metres. It was created in 1782; a complex building comprises the Royal residence, the Royal Monastery of the Emerald Buddha, its surrounding Galleries depicting the paintings of the scenes from the Ramakien (the Thai version of the Indian epic of the Ramayana), the Outer Court, the Inner Court and the Central Court.

How to get there?

Getting to the Grand Palace is quite easy by boat. Take the Chaophraya Express Boat to the Chang Pier (Tha Chang). Walk through the market around the pier and out onto the plaza flanked by old shophouses. The long white wall of the Grand Palace is across the street on your right.

Grand Palace

The Grand Palace complex was laid out in 1782 and it comprises of illustrious and privileged position corridors, yet in addition various government workplaces as well as the eminent Temple of the Emerald Buddha. It covers an area of 218,000 square meters and is encircled by four walls, 1900 meters long. In the wake of King Rama I rose to the privileged position in 1782, the castle was assembled. Preceding this, the illustrious royal residence and focal point of organization had been situated in Thonburi, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. In light of multiple factors, the new King believed the previous funding to be unsatisfactory and chosen to lay out another capital on the opposite side of the waterway.

By his illustrious order, a castle was worked to serve as his home as well as the site of regulatory workplaces. The imperial compound has been referred to from that point forward as The Grand Palace. The two earliest structures raised inside the complex were the Dusit Haha Prasat Throne Hall, and the Phra Maha Monthian.