★★Worth it·Temple
Wat Traimit
วัดไตรมิตร
Five and a half tons of solid-gold Buddha.
Home of the Golden Buddha — five and a half tonnes of solid gold, hidden for centuries under plaster and rediscovered by accident in 1955 when it slipped from a crane. The upper-floor museum tells the story well. It guards Chinatown's gate; pair it with a Yaowarat evening.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Entry
- ฿100 hall; ฿100 exhibitionForeigners; Thais free. Hall = 4th-floor Golden Buddha; exhibition = Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center and Golden Buddha exhibition (floors 2–3), closed Mondays. Some sources still quote ฿40 for the hall (reported)Reported by visitors and guides, not by the venue.
- Dress
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Allow
- 45 min–1 h (with exhibition)
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against openstreetmap.org, commons.wikimedia.org, strappedtraveler.com, yourthaiguide.com. 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
- Hua Lamphong·MRT Blue Line~6 min walk
- Sawatdi pier·Cross-river ferries~8 min walk
- Wat Mangkon·MRT Blue Line~10 min walk
- Marine Department·Chao Phraya Express Boat~11 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Chinatown Gate·Ceremonial gate~1 min walk
- Kuan Yim Shrine·Chinese shrine~2 min walk
- Soi Nana (Chinatown)·Cocktail lane~4 min walk
- Yaowarat night street food·Street food~6 min walk
The neighbourhood
Wat Traimit sits in Yaowarat · Chinatown — The golden mile of street food.