★★Worth it·Royal temple
Wat Suthat
วัดสุทัศน์
The serene giant behind the Giant Swing — a vast courtyard of shadowed cloisters, bronze Buddhas and almost no tour groups. Old Bangkok at its calmest.
One of Bangkok's six highest-grade royal temples — a vast viharn holding an eight-meter Sukhothai bronze, wrapped in some of the finest murals in the country, with the Giant Swing at its gate. Fewer crowds than the palace circuit; more room to breathe.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Entry
- ฿100Foreigners; Thais free; the Giant Swing outside is free
- Dress
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Allow
- 45 min
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against openstreetmap.org, commons.wikimedia.org, tourismthailand.org, am2026thailand.go.th. 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
- Sam Yot·MRT Blue Line~8 min walk
- Phanfa Leelard·Khlong Saen Saep Boat~13 min walk
- Sanam Chai·MRT Blue Line~16 min walk
- Tha Tien·Cross-river ferries~20 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Giant Swing·Landmark~1 min walk
- Devasathan·Brahmin shrine~3 min walk
- Trok Mor Morning Market·Morning market~4 min walk
- San Chao Pho Suea·Tiger shrine~5 min walk
The neighbourhood
Wat Suthat sits in Old Town · Rattanakosin — Where Bangkok began.