Bangkok
Phra Nakhon
Phraborom Maharatchawang

Grand Palace

The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of , Thailand. The palace has been the official residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782.
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—3:30 PM
  • Email: ticket@palaces.mail.go.th
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: official residence of the King of Thailand since 1782
  • Also known as: “Grand Palace Bangkok”, “Grand Royal Palace”, “Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang”, “Phra Ratchawang Luang”, “The Grand Palace”, “The Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew”, and “The Grand Palace Bangkok”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Khao San Road and Wat Phra Kaew.

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is a small road about a block from the Chao Phraya River at the northern side of . Backpackers and budget travellers are drawn here by some of the cheapest accommodation and travel deals in Thailand.

Buddhist temple
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, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in . is situated 240 metres northeast of Grand Palace.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangkok and Rattanakosin.

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is the capital and largest city of . With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, is by far Thailand's main city, with the urban sprawl comprising nearly half of Thailand's population, and the largest city on the Southeast Asian mainland.

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, also known as Island, is the historic centre of , where most of Bangkok's "must see" sights can be found, including the Grand Palace and Wat Pho.

Neighborhood
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is the name of a street and its corresponding neighbourhood in 's Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District. It is located just outside the old inner moat in the historic area.

Grand Palace

Latitude
13.74957° or 13° 44′ 59″ north
Longitude
100.49179° or 100° 29′ 31″ east
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
7P52PFXR+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23482754
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6946120
Wiki­data ID
Q873769
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Grand Palace” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Paleis van Bangkok”
  • Arabic: “القصر الكبير بانكوك”
  • Arabic: “القصر الكبير في بانكوك”
  • Arabic: “القصر الكبير”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ պալատ (Բանգկոկ)”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ պալատ”
  • Asturian: “Gran Palaciu de Bangkok”
  • Burmese: “တော်ဝင်နန်းတော် (ဘန်ကောက်)”
  • Burmese: “တော်ဝင်နန်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Gran Palau de Bangkok”
  • Central Bikol: “The Grand Palace”
  • Chinese: “大皇宫”
  • Chinese: “曼谷大王宫”
  • Chinese: “曼谷大皇宫”
  • Chinese: “曼谷大皇宮”
  • Czech: “Velký palác v Bangkoku”
  • Czech: “Velký palác”
  • Danish: “Grand Palace”
  • Dutch: “Grand Palace”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Paleis van Bangkok”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijk Paleis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القصر الكبير (بانكوك)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القصر الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Palaco de Bankoko”
  • Finnish: “Suuri palatsi”
  • French: “palais royal”
  • French: “Palais royal”
  • German: “Grosser Palast”
  • German: “Großer Palast”
  • German: “Phra Borom Maharadscha Wang”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון מלך תאילנד”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy Palota”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Raja”
  • Italian: “grande palazzo reale”
  • Italian: “Grande palazzo reale”
  • Italian: “Grande Palazzo Reale”
  • Japanese: “グランドパレス”
  • Japanese: “プラボーロンマハーラーッチャワン”
  • Japanese: “王宮”
  • Javanese: “Istana Raja Bangkok”
  • Javanese: “Pura Agung”
  • Khmer: “ព្រះបរមមហារាជវាំង”
  • Korean: “방콕 왕궁”
  • Korean: “차끄리 마하프라삿 궁전”
  • Lao: “ພະບໍລົມມະຫາລາຊະວັງ”
  • Latvian: “Bangkokas Lielā pils”
  • Macedonian: “Голем дворец”
  • Maithili: “ग्रान्ड प्यालेस”
  • Malay: “Istana Perama”
  • Malayalam: “ഗ്രാൻഡ് പാലസ്”
  • Nepali: “ग्रान्ड प्यालेस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “det kongelige slott i Bangkok”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਰੈਂਡ ਪੈਲਸ”
  • Persian: “کاخ بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Wielki Pałac Królewski”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Palácio de Bangkok”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Palácio”
  • Russian: “Большой дворец”
  • Russian: “Королевский дворец”
  • Sinhala: “Kiri Garuda”
  • Slovenian: “Velika palača, Bangkok”
  • Slovenian: “velika palača”
  • Spanish: “Gran Palacio de Bangkok”
  • Spanish: “Gran Palacio”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Real de Bangkok”
  • Swedish: “Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang”
  • Tagalog: “Dakilang Palasyo”
  • Tamil: “பெரிய அரண்மனை, தாய்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “பெரிய அரண்மனை”
  • Thai: “พระบรมมหาราชวัง”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังพระนคร”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังหลวง”
  • Thai: “วังหลวง”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Saray”
  • Turkish: “Grand Palace”
  • Ukrainian: “Великий палац”
  • Urdu: “گرینڈ پیلس”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Hoàng gia Thái Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoàng cung”
  • Wu Chinese: “曼谷大皇宫”

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