Off the beaten track-The Ancient Siam

[lonelywombat]

Dusit Thani latest newletter included a small piece "Off the beaten track -The Ancient Siam." Ifollowed the link and found they were referring to Muang Boran. There was very little info so I googled and got this link, I have never heard of it before . The trip reports are spread over about 5 years so maybe I selected a not busy forum

Like to know more about this as an alternative place to visit. The photos were too small to publish

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/As ... -BR-1.html (http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/Thailand/Central_Eastern_Thailand/Bangkok-1445238/Things_To_Do-Bangkok-Muang_Boran_Ancient_City-BR-1.html)

[Smiles]

Dusit Thani latest newletter included a small piece "Off the beaten track -The Ancient Siam." Ifollowed the link and found they were referring to Muang Boran. There was very little info so I googled and got this link, I have never heard of it before . The trip reports are spread over about 5 years so maybe I selected a not busy forum

Like to know more about this as an alternative place to visit. The photos were too small to publish

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/As ... -BR-1.html (http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Asia/Thailand/Central_Eastern_Thailand/Bangkok-1445238/Things_To_Do-Bangkok-Muang_Boran_Ancient_City-BR-1.html)
Ancient City is in Samut Prakhan, south of Bangkok.
It's actually very good (not always an easy task when picking Thailand's tourist attractions). It has mini copies of old temples/ruins like Prasat Phanom Rung, Phi Mai, Phra Wihan etc etc etc which are OK, but it does best when it comes to their rebuilding of full scale Thai-style buildings. Many of them are excellent, and all are built from real-not-copied natural woods and other materials.
I enjoyed the Ancient City much more than some of the Disneyland-style attractions in the Pattaya area (Nong Nooch being an example of the latter, as well as the three-trillion year old bone yard).
Ancient City is quite large and if one is decrepit ~ not you of course ~ it's best to rent a car to take you around the joint. If I recall correctly they provide bicycles for rent.

http://www.ancientcity.com/?q=/en/how-to-visit

Surprised you haven't already heard of this place .... and it's not off the beaten track: Samut Prakhan is a hive of activity of all kinds, and the trip to Ancient City from Bangkok could hardly be described as 'difficult'.
Typing 'Ancient City' into the Sawatdee search engine produces 3 pages of posts.

[christianpfc]

It's on my list of places to visit when I come to Thailand in two weeks. If I make it there, you will get a full trip report sometime next year.