Things to do in  Central Thailand

Top 15 attractions in Central Thailand

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Maeklong Railway Market

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The Maeklong Railway Market is one of the more unusual markets in Thailand. Selling vegetables, fruit, and other food items, it looks like any other market on the streets of Thailand—until a passenger train goes roaring through the middle of it. When the siren calls, the stalls scatter and make way.More
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Bridge on the River Kwai

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The iconic Bridge on the River Kwai is part of the world’s collective historical memory. The site of many POW’s deaths during World War II, it is now the site of the JEATH War Museum and is close to the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.More
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Sukhothai Historical Park (Historic Town of Sukhothai)

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Nearly 200 different ruins are strewn across the 27-square-mile (70-square-kilometer) Sukhothai Historical Park (Historic Town of Sukhothai), including towering Buddhas, ornate palaces, and crumbling temples. The UNESCO World Heritage Site—one of Thailand’s most impressive—hints at what the country’s first capital might have looked like in its golden age.More
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Erawan National Park (Erawan Falls)

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Located in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi Province, Erawan National Park is one of the most famous natural areas in the country. Known for its impressive seven-tiered waterfall and abundance of native flora and fauna, the park is a popular weekend spot for locals from Bangkok and Kanchanaburi as well as for international visitors.More
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Khao Yai National Park

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The UNESCO World Heritage-listed Khao Yai National Park was Thailand’s first national park, located in the Panom Dongrak Mountains. It includes forests, grasslands, and a variety of animals and bird life. As it’s just a couple of hours from Bangkok, visiting the park is an easy way to experience Thailand’s natural side.More
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Burma Railway (Death Railway)

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Built by forced laborers under the control of the Japanese Army at the height of World War II, Thailand’s Burma Railway (Death Railway) is a 258 mile (415 kilometer) long railway line designed to connect Thailand and Myanmar. Although its existence serves as a grim landmark of recent history, the Burma Railway remains one of the country’s key historical attractions.More
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Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon

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This ancient Buddhist temple situated to the southeast of Ayutthaya was first built in 1357 by King U­thong to house returning monks who had gone to study practical Buddhism in Sri Lanka. This towering chedi can be seen from far and wide and features a platform offering wonderful views of the temple site and city beyond.More
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Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

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The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, also known as the Don Rak War Cemetery, commemorates victims of the building of the Thailand-Burma Railway during World War II. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and contains the 6,982 graves of Australian, British, and Dutch POWs who were forced into labor by the Japanese.More
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JEATH War Museum

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Located on the grounds of a temple, this small museum showcases the plight of the Allied POWs who labored on the Thailand-Burma Railway (Death Railway). An acronym for the countries involved (Japan, England, America, Australia, Thailand and Holland), the museum features three galleries, including a replica bamboo hut where prisoners lived.More
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Lopburi

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Lopburi is one of the oldest cities in Thailand, dating back to the Dvaravati period when it was known as Lavo. The influence of the Khmer Empire is particularly evident throughout the city, but it reached the peak of its commercial, cultural, and political importance in the 17th century, when King Narai made it his second capital.More
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Phitsanulok

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On the Nan River in the north of Thailand, Phitsanulok sits against a landscape of mountains, rice fields, and forests— a place that was home to a settlement of Khmer people in the 10th century. Centuries later, the capital of the Sukhothai kingdom moved here, and the Ayutthaya kingdom later declared it as its capital too.More
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Tham Krasae Bridge

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Thailand’s Tham Krasae Bridge is the longest railway bridge in Thailand. It’s a trestle bridge over the Khwae Noi River and part of the Death Railway, built during World War II by prisoners of war. The POWs had horrible working conditions, and more than 12,000 lost their lives. The railway stretched from Myanmar to Thailand to transport war supplies. Visiting this area will take you back in time to World War II.More
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Hellfire Pass

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The Hellfire Pass segment of the Burma-Thailand railway cuts through the Tenasserim Hills in western Thailand. It earned notoriety during the World War II construction of the railway by Allied POWS, who suffered high casualty rates due to the isolation, the amount of rock that needed to be removed, and the lack of proper equipment.More
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Hellfire Pass Memorial and Museum

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Located near Kanchanaburi, the Hellfire Pass Memorial and Museum pays tribute to the thousands of prisoners of war who lost their lives building the Thailand-Burma Railway (or Death Railway), during World War II. You can watch a movie and first-hand testimonies from former prisoners of war, and walk along the railway itself.More
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Phanom Rung Historical Park (Prasat Hin Phanon Rung)

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Just 38 miles (50 kilometers) from the Cambodian border in Thailand’s Isan region, the Phanom Rung Historical Park (Prasat Hin Phanom Rung) houses a spectacular Khmer temple perched atop an extinct volcano. Follow in the steps of long-dead pilgrims up the warm sandstone staircase to discover towers, bridges, galleries, walkways, and more.More
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Local Currency
Thai Baht (THB)
Time Zone
ICT (UTC +7)
Country Code
+66
Language(s)
Thai
Attractions
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Tours
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