The Temples of Thailand

Destination: Thailand

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The temples of Thailand’s historical capitals — Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, and Bankgok — overflow with golden Buddhas, soaring spires, and glistening surfaces of infinite complexity. We invite travelers to explore these wonders with our latest guidebook.

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“When we originally set out do a guidebook on Thailand’s Buddhist art and architecture, we thought we’d profile each historical capital separately, but once we were on location it was clear that the stylistic evolution from Sukhothai, to Ayutthaya to Bangkok was so striking that you could not profile one without the others. For this reason, in this guidebook, we stress this theme of stylistic development, always showing how each city relates to what came before. I think it’s one of our best efforts yet.”

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The temples of Thailand — overflowing with golden Buddhas, soaring spires and glistening surfaces of infinite complexity — stir the spirit, inviting contemplation and wonder. This Approach Guide reveals the country’s best art and architecture from its three great historical capitals: Sukhothai (1238-1368), Ayutthaya (1350-1767), and Bangkok (1782-present). It is yours to discover.

What’s in this guidebook

        • Art and architecture review. We provide an overview of Thai art and architecture, isolating trademark features that you will see again and again while touring. To make things come alive, we have packed our review with high-resolution images.
        • Tour of the highlights. Following our tradition of being the most valuable resource for culture-focused travelers, we offer a tour of Sukhothai, Ayutthaya and Bangkok’s greatest Buddhist monuments (itinerary below). For each, we reveal its most important architectural and decorative features and offer a discussion that ties it all together.
        • Advice for getting the best cultural experience. To help you plan your visit, this guidebook supplies logistical advice, maps and links to online resources. Plus, we give our personal tips for getting the most from your experience while on location.
      • Information the way you like it. As with all of our guides, this book is optimized for intuitive, quick navigation; information is organized into bullet points to make absorption easy; and images are marked up with text that explains important features.

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