Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) 

Wat Pho located next to The Grand Palace and Wat Phrakaeo. Officially name is Wat Chetuphon or Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangklaram. King Rama I rebuilt the original temple and enlarged the complex in 1780. In 1832 King Rama III built the chapel of the Reclining Buddha.

Wat Pho is the national headquarters for the teaching and preservation of
traditional Thai medicine, including Thai massage. A massage school convenes in the
afternoons at the eastern end of the compound, a message costs 180 baht per hour
and 100 baht for a half-hour.You can also study massage in seven to 10-day courses.


Wat Pho is one of Bangkok's oldest and largest temple.


16 th-century decorative gate at Wat Pho



Reclining Buddha 46 metres in length with beautiful intricate mother of pearl images on the soles of the feet.



Wat Pho is regarded as the first center of public education and is sometime called "The first university of Thailand"



Today Wat Pho is a traditional medicine center and famous institute of Thai massage.



These huge stone guards stand at the inner gates.


Wat Pho
A - West Gate
B - School of Medicine
C - Library
D - Group of pagodas (Chedee)
E - Reclining Buddah House
F - The Pavillion of the Europeon
G - The Pavillion of the Chinese
H - Chapel (Bot)
I - Long Galleries
J - Large Chedees

  • located next to The Grand Palace and Wat Phrakaeo
  • Open daily 8.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m.
  • Admission fee is 20 baht
  • Tel.(662) 222-5910, 226-2942, 226-1743             Fax (662) 225-9779
  • Bus #  1, 4, 7, 25, 40, 53, 73
    Air Conditioned Bus #  1, 7
  • For taxi   Pai - Wat - Pho
    ** Pai = go, go to    Wat = temple    Pho = a kind of tree
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