★Local·Temple
Wat Kalayanamit
วัดกัลยาณมิตร
Riverside giant Buddha and a great bronze bell.
The riverside temple with Thonburi's biggest indoor Buddha and a great bronze bell — Chinese pilgrims come for safe voyages. The river terrace faces Chinatown's spires.
Cun Cun CC BY-SA 4.0 · Athichitra CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized · tap to enlarge
Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Dress
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Allow
- 30–45 min
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against openstreetmap.org, commons.wikimedia.org. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
Visiting a temple
- Shoulders and knees covered, for everyone. Sarongs are usually available at the gate, sometimes for a small deposit.
- Shoes come off before you step into an ordination hall — watch what everyone else is doing at the threshold.
- Most compounds open early, around 08:00, and close by 17:00–18:00; the major ones charge foreign visitors a small entry fee.
- Early morning is cooler, quieter and far better light than midday.
Check current entry fee and today's closing time when you arrive — we have no verified official site for this one.
Getting there
- Santa Cruz Church pier·Cross-river ferries~2 min walk
- Wat Arun pier·Cross-river ferries~8 min walk
- Itsaraphap·MRT Blue Line~10 min walk
- Wat Arun pier·Chao Phraya Tourist Boat~10 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Kian Un Keng Shrine·Chinese shrine~2 min walk
- Baan Kudichin Museum·Community museum~3 min walk
- Santa Cruz Church·Portuguese church~5 min walk
- Ton Son Mosque·Mosque~4 min walk
The neighbourhood
Wat Kalayanamit sits in Thon Buri & Talat Phlu — The capital before the capital.