Your Travel Guide to Thailand
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Find below the festivals and events of Phetchaburi: first the recurring ones, month by month, then the upcoming festivals whose dates are known. Each page describes the festival, how it unfolds and its next dates, so you can plan your stay around one of them and book your accommodation early, as hotels are often full at festival time.
With a lot of traditions, festivals in Thailand are numerous and some are worldwide famous. Loy Krathong sometimes also called the Festival of Lights is held in November and was elected second best festival in the world. It must be said that this is the most photogenic festival in Thailand.
The main events of the Buddhist calendar but also the anniversaries of the King and Queen of Thailand and other days related to the History of the country are holidays in Thailand. If banks and governments offices are generally closed those days, transport, shops and restaurants operate normally.