★Local·Boat temple
Wat Yannawa
วัดยานนาวา
Rama III's temple shaped like a Chinese junk, beached right at BTS Saphan Taksin — a two-minute stop before the river boats.
The boat temple of Sathorn — Rama III built a chedi shaped as a Chinese junk to remember the trade that built Bangkok. Two minutes from BTS Saphan Taksin.
Photo Dharma from Penang, Malaysia CC BY 2.0 · Supanut Arunoprayote CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized · tap to enlarge
Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Dress
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Allow
- 20–30 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
- Saphan Taksin·BTS Silom Line~3 min walk
- Sathorn (Taksin)·Chao Phraya Tourist Boat~3 min walk
- Sathorn (Taksin)·Asiatique free shuttle boat~3 min walk
- Sathorn (Taksin)·ICONSIAM shuttle boat (Sathorn)~3 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- Sathorn Pier·Central pier~3 min walk
- Sathorn Unique·Abandoned tower~3 min walk
- Lebua Sky Bar·Rooftop bar~10 min walk
- Bangrak Bazaar·Evening bazaar~8 min walk
The neighbourhood
Wat Yannawa sits in Sathorn — The skyline district.