All you need to know to visit Si Saket

ศรีสะเกษ
Northeastern Thailand
547 km from Bangkok
Province of Sisaket
Thai prononciation : Si sa kett

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Practical guide to go and visit Si Saket

Located 105 km from Surin, the city of Si Saket has this little charm that you can find sometimes in not tourist destinations. As for me it has more to offer than Surin. There are some nice attractions in the city like the extravagant Phra That Ruang Rong temple 8 km outside Si Saket or Sringarinda Park and its small zoo. Food Safety Street in front of the train station on the other side of the railway and the market in the streets along the rail track on each side without forgetting the night market taking place every Sunday from 4 pm on Ratchakan Rodfai 3, just before Food Safety Street, immerse you in a typical Thai provincial town atmosphere. Sisaket is a human scale city that may surprise you and meke you stay longer than expected.
Outside the city, there is, as in all provinces of Isan, many ruins of Khmer temples, often very samll but also other attractions such as Wat Nong Thakian and its park with more than thirty pure white sitting Buddhas statues and the famous one million bottles temple of course. It is adviced to have a car or motocycle to explore the province. Sisaket is also the gateway to the Khao Phra Wihan National Park and Preah Vihear temple but because of tensions between Thailand and Cambodia about Preah Vihear the temple can not be accessed from Thailand and Khao Phra Wihan National Park is regularly closed without noticed. Kantharalak, 65 km south from Si Saket is a more practical base to visit the park (and the one million bottles temple ) as it is closer.

Hotel in Si Saket

Hotel in Si Saket

Hotel in Si Saket

Hotel in Si Saket

Practical information about Si Saket

Surprisingly, there are many accommodation in Si Saket regardless the city is so denigrated by reference travel guides and the fact that very few foreign tourists come here. The city is not very large, you can easily walk around by feet or hire a samlaw (trishaw) who will be happy to make you a small circuit. Otherwise, there is a system of numbered songthaews (pick-ups fitted to welcome passengers in the back) but it is quite difficult for an foreigner to know which one to take and where to take it without the advice of his hotel or guesthouse.
If you go to Surin before coming here, ask all your questions about Si Saket to the Tourism Authority of Thailand Office, which also manages Si Saket as the Informatio Visitors Center of Sisaket no longer exists.

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