Bangkok Sacred Places Walk
Bangkok · Thailand
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Offline
Follow a sequence of five places of worship in Bangkok, each offering a different setting for prayer and religious practice. Pause at the named temple buildings and worship spaces, and take special notice of The Reclining Buddha as a distinct focal point on the route. This walk is worthwhile for encountering sacred places directly and considering how each one shapes the journey.
The walk
Wat Suthat Thepwararam
A royal temple built across three reigns, guarding an older Buddha and a very strange ghost story.
Wat Rakhang Khositaram Woramahawihan
Wat Rakhang Khositaram Woramahawihan is a place of worship in Bangkok.
Wat Pho
The Reclining Buddha is a place of worship in Bangkok, Thailand.
Wat Prayurawongsawas Worawihan
Wat Prayurawongsawas Worawihan is a place of worship in Bangkok.
Wat Traimit
Wat Trai Mit Witthayaram Worawihan is a place of worship in Bangkok, Thailand.
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
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How a walk works
The guide starts talking when you arrive.
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Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
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Listen as you arrive
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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
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Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.