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Ayutthaya’s Historic Temples and Heritage

Ayutthaya’s Historic Temples and Heritage

Ayutthaya · Thailand

14 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Ayutthaya’s historic landscape, moving between places of worship, archaeological sites, parks, and heritage attractions. You will see the remains and settings of major religious buildings, compare different kinds of preserved historic places, and pause in open green spaces along the way. The route also includes the Ayutthaya Historical Park, its government office, and the Elephant Palace & Royal Kraal, adding civic and cultural context to the temple stops. Take this walk to experience the variety of Ayutthaya’s historic places in one ordered journey.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Wat Mahathat

    Wat Mahathat

    A royal temple whose story begins with a relic tower built in thirteen seventy-four.

  2. Wat Ratchaburana

    Wat Ratchaburana

    A royal succession duel, a hidden crypt, and one of Ayutthaya’s finest prangs

  3. Wat Phra Ngam

    Wat Phra Ngam

    A ruined Ayutthaya temple whose bodhi-framed gate turns sunlight into a calendar of sorts.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Wat Tha Ka Rong

    Wat Tha Ka Rong

    Wat Tha Ka Rong is a place of worship and tourist attraction in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

  6. Wat Ratchaphli

    Wat Ratchaphli

    A ruined Ayutthaya monastery that became a Burmese artillery camp in the war of Alaungpaya

  7. Wat Chaiwatthanaram

    Wat Chaiwatthanaram

    A royal temple where cosmic symbolism meets the political ambition of King Prasat Thong.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.