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Chao Phraya River Island Walk

Chao Phraya River Island Walk

Ayutthaya · Thailand

9 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Ayutthaya’s Chao Phraya River island, moving from a green park to brick ruins, places of worship, memorials, and civic spaces. Along the way, you will see how different kinds of landmarks give the island its distinctive historical character. The route is worth taking for the contrast between open landscapes, intimate religious remains, and places that represent Ayutthaya as a whole.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. Bueng Phra Ram Park

    Bueng Phra Ram Park

    Bueng Phra Ram Park is a park and tourism attraction in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

  2. Wat Mahathat

    Wat Mahathat

    A temple whose name and scale began with a royal reliquary in thirteen seventy-four.

  3. Wat Ratchaburana

    Wat Ratchaburana

    A royal cremation monument, a hidden crypt, and one of Ayutthaya’s great archaeological scandals.

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app

  5. King Ramathibodi I Monument

    King Ramathibodi I Monument, a tourism attraction in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

  6. Wat Phra Ram

    Wat Phra Ram

    Wat Phra Ram is a place of worship in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

  7. Ayutthaya Elephant Palace & Royal Kraal

    Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal, an attraction in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 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.