{"id":979,"date":"2013-12-13T02:33:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T00:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=979"},"modified":"2013-12-13T02:33:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T00:33:27","slug":"our-5-favorite-historical-parks-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/979-our-5-favorite-historical-parks-in-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Our 5 favorite historical parks in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Thailand, there are many sites that are called “Historical Park”<\/em>. Here are our favorite historical parks, a subjective ranking relying on careful visits of each of them and some others …<\/p>\n

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\"Sukhothai\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

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The Sukhothai Historical Park<\/a><\/b>, the most famous in the country and probably the largest one. It includes many ruins of temples from the time the city was a thriving capital of the Kingdom of Siam. A must go for any cultural tour in Thailand.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Ayutthaya\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

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Ayutthaya Historical Park<\/strong><\/a>, also a former glorious capital of the Kingdom before the invasion of the Burmese. The built-in city park includes several temples including the Sri Sanphet<\/a> and its 3 chedis, symbol of the city and Wat Mahathat and its famous Buddha head trapped in a tree.<\/p>\n

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\"Phanom<\/a><\/td>\n\n

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The Phanom Rung Historical Park<\/strong><\/a>, which contains only the temple of Phanom Rung temple but what a temple ! And especially what paved driveway that ends with stairs ! Here we have a jewel of Khmer architecture in Thailand.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Kamphaeng<\/a><\/td>\n\n

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<\/strong>The Kampheang Phet Historical Park<\/strong><\/a>, about sixty kilometers from Sukhothai, it is much less known but worth to visit at least only for the three great Buddhas at Wat Phra Keaw.
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\"Phimai\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

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Phimai Historical Park<\/strong><\/a>, very small since it only contains the Prasat Phimai, another famous Khmer temple in Thailand. With more modest dimensions, it has many architectural similarities with Angkor Wat in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note that all the parks mentioned are listed as UNESCO\u00a0World Heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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