★★Worth it·River pier
Tha Tien Pier
ท่าเตียน
The Wat Pho pier — and home of the little cross-river ferry that makes Wat Arun a two-minute hop instead of a half-hour detour.
The Wat Pho pier, and home of the little cross-river ferry that makes Wat Arun a two-minute hop — a few baht, no schedule, just constant shuttling. The renovated pier market behind it does decent pre-temple coffee.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Entry
- ฿19 express (orange flag); ferry a few baht
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against chaophrayaexpressboat.com, openstreetmap.org. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
Using it
- Rail and boat services run to headways rather than published minute-by-minute timetables; the atlas quotes typical times, never a schedule.
- Stored-value cards work within a single operator, not across all of them.
Check fares, first and last service, and ticket types when you arrive — we have no verified official site for this one.
Getting there
- Tha Tien·Cross-river ferries~1 min walk
- Tha Tien·Chao Phraya Express Boat~1 min walk
- Sanam Chai·MRT Blue Line~8 min walk
- Rajinee·Chao Phraya Express Boat~10 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Wat Pho·Temple~5 min walk
- Museum Siam·Museum~7 min walk
- Grand Palace·Palace~8 min walk
- Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles·Textile museum~12 min walk
The neighbourhood
Tha Tien Pier sits in Old Town · Rattanakosin — Where Bangkok began.