For a Brit it is as if you were allowed to walk round Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey on a single campus. The buildings are beautifully ornate, covered in gold, brightly decorated and painted and there are numerous statues with Buddhist connotations. It is certainly worth a visit and the impressive architecture will score highly with some people. What you... more

As an effort to save our wallet from burning deeper, we decided to spend half a day at the Grand Palace, where the King of Thailand used to live and also home to one of the famous Buddha statue in Bangkok, the Emerald Buddha. We only spend 300BHT for the entrance ticket and we spent almost 3 hours inside. This... more

My family of 4 ( incl 2 children11 and 8) visted the grand palace as part of a tour during our recent holiday to bangkok. We did our tour with Tour east and our tour guide was very knowledgeable and provided a great insight to the palace. It was a very busy and interesting place to visit and i think... more

A beautiful place with GREAT architecture!! You can spend hours going around the vast compound and you will definitely have fond memories to take home!! However, beware of con artist all around. We had a 'teacher' who was willing to show us the nearest pier!! more

My boyf and I walked to the Grand Palace from our hotel (Royal Bangkok Hotel) which took approx. 15minutes. We didn't experience the scam artists that we had been warned about like some people have. We got there at 9.30am and there were quite a lot of people there already, but we managed to get our tickets quickly. There is... more

A couple tips if you go to the Grand Palace. 1) Beware of people telling you that it's closed - it's a scam. See the other review about this. The palace is open every day of the week - all day and to everyone. 2) you can where shorts or skirts there. However, once inside you will need to cover.... more

first site we saw in bangkok and loved it!! Only problem...I was wearing a tank top! Make sure you have closed toe shoes, knees covered...men that means pants, and your shoulders covered! many things to look at an amazing pictures! There are scam people outside but just walk past them. more

the best temple in thailand/ its beutifull! we went there for 2 hours an enjoied every moment! more

Just a note to alert anybody planning to visit the Grand Palace and see the Emerald Buddha, along with the other fabulous sights here. There are scam artists working around the walls of the palace grounds - and these walls are almost 1/2 mile long on each side, who will stop an obvious foreigner to tell you that the palace... more