Muang Boran - The Ancient City

After two days of temple runs in Bangkok and Ayutthaya, my wife and I still didn't get sick of all those temples, so we decided to push through with going to Muang Boran on our third day in Bangkok. As its name suggests, we expected "The Ancient City" to be authentic ruins similar to what we saw in Ayutthaya, but it's actually a park where most of Thailand's most famous temples and buildings were recreated.

We took the BTS from downtown Bangkok - hopped in at BTS Ratchadamri towards National Stadium, transferred at Siam station, and went the entire line up to the terminus, BTS Bearing. The train fare for that route was THB55/pax. From there, we took a taxi straight to Muang Boran. We prepared THB200 for this based on what I read from different fora, but though I forgot the exact amount, I'm sure it wasn't more than THB150.

Signs on the taxi's window

Once we arrived there, we bought our tickets immediately at the reception - each ticket cost THB500. Like in Bang Pa-In Summer Palace, there's a golf cart rental and we got one for THB150/hour. From the map provided to us, the park was really huge, so even though we needed to pay extra to use a golf cart, I thought renting it was a no-brainer. We could have rented bicycles, or rode the tram that goes around the entire park, and they would have been free because they're already included in the admission fee, but we wanted to see the place on our own pace. Aside from the bicycles and the tram, I think riding a boat in the floating market section was also included in the ticket.

We covered the entire place in about 3 hours, visiting different temples in Thailand in just one park. Some of those temples were actually life-size replicas, so considering the size of the Buddhas and the prangs in

those temples, I think it would have taken us more than 5 hours if we set on foot or rode bicycles. After returning the golf cart, we asked the receptionist to call a taxi for us. We asked the driver to bring us back to BTS Bearing station so that we could take the train back to downtown Bangkok. The link to the official website of Muang Boran is found at the bottom of this post.

Muang Boran - The Ancient City official website