Your Travel Guide to Thailand
All information & tips to prepare your trip in Thailand
Must-sees & Must-Dos in Phetchabun?
What to do and see in Phetchabun
The must visit in Phetchabun is clearly Wat Phra Sorn Kaew temple. Planted in a mountain setting, it is renowned for its unique alignment of 5 white seated Buddha images of decreasing sizes. It is located in Khao Kho area very popular for its mountain coolness and the seas of mist that often come to cover the landscapes at dawn, especially during the rainy season. It is a very popular getaway for Thais who are quite numerous to come here on weekends and holidays. A little less known, the Phu Thap Boek also attracts visitors who spend the night there for the same reasons and for its winding road to reach it. Finally, Sri Thep Historical Park is also one of the main attraction but if I did not visited it myself, all the people I know who have been there did not recommend the place that much if you are not a big history or old stones lover.
Other nice places to visit in Phetchabun
Wat Phra Sorn Kaew
This little-known by foreign tourists temple has a series of white sitting Buddhas arranged from smallest to largest, which is simply superb. The setting with the mountains all around is also very nice.
Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
This national park located 1h30 drive from Phitsanulok and 1 hour from Phetchabun is known for its plateau with rock formations reminding the back of a huge crocodile on which you walk. It is not the most essential national park in Thailand but a pleasant piece of nature and mountains which is also an important historic place.Places to see elsewhere in Thailand
Bueng Boraphet Aquarium
This aquarium, with its remarkably low entrance fee, is located on the shores of Bueng Boraphet Lake and houses a wide variety of local freshwater fish species found in the Chao Phraya River and...
Indigo Walking Street
This weekly night market is held near Wat Phra That Choeng Chum temple and offers plenty of stalls to buy clothes and textiles indigo dyed by hand.
Wat Ban Rai
This temple has one of the most amazing and striking architecture in Thailand. Its very photogenic hall, all in mosaic, built on a pond in the shape of a giant elephant, has made it a tourist...
Talad Noï
This small district of Bangkok Chinatown, has the atmosphere of a small village. It is very pleasant and exotic to wander there on foot. Talad Noi with its small alleys, his street art works, his...
10 Best Activities and Guided Tours to Do in Bangkok
Bangkok is very often your first port of call—or rather, airport of arrival—in Thailand. It is a highly eclectic city packed with unforgettable activities. I have curated a selection of what I consider to be the 10 best things to do in...