★Local·Turtle temple
Wat Prayoon
วัดประยูรฯ
The white UNESCO-awarded chedi by the Memorial Bridge, with a turtle-pond mountain in the garden.
The white Ceylon-style chedi by Memorial Bridge — climb inside its hollow core, then find the turtle mount cemetery in the garden. A UNESCO-awarded restoration.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily · 06:00–18:00 (temple office, per official contact page); chedi-base museum 09:00–21:00
- Entry
- free (museum, per official site)
- Dress
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Allow
- 45 min–1 h
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against watprayoon.com, commons.wikimedia.org, openstreetmap.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~6 min walk
- Wat Arun pier·Cross-river ferries~17 min walk
- Itsaraphap·MRT Blue Line~17 min walk
- Wat Arun pier·Chao Phraya Tourist Boat~19 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Santa Cruz Church·Portuguese church~5 min walk
- Memorial Bridge·Historic bridge~6 min walk
- Princess Mother Memorial Park·Heritage park~7 min walk
- Baan Kudichin Museum·Community museum~7 min walk
The neighbourhood
Wat Prayoon sits in Thon Buri & Talat Phlu — The capital before the capital.