Fueang Fah

Sukhothai


Pretend you’re a local in the know and have a meal at this long-standing riverside restaurant. The speciality here is freshwater fish dishes, such as the tasty 'fried fish', the first item on the barely comprehensible English-language menu. There's no Roman-script sign; it’s just after the bridge on Th Kuhasuwan.


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3. Sangkhalok Museum

1.25 MILES

This small but comprehensive museum is an excellent introduction to ancient Sukhothai’s most famous product and export, its ceramics. The ground floor…

4. Wat Chang Lom

6.48 MILES

Wat Chang Lom (Elephant Circled Monastery) is about 1km east of the main park entrance. A large bell-shaped chedi is supported by 36 elephants sculpted…

5. Wat Chetupon

6.74 MILES

Located 1.4km south of the old city walls, this temple once held a four-sided mon·dòp (a chedi-like spire) featuring the four classic poses of the Buddha …

6. Wat Chedi Si Hong

6.77 MILES

Directly across from Wat Chetupon, the main chedi here has retained much of its original stucco relief work, which shows still vivid depictions of…

7. Wat Mumlangka

6.78 MILES

Little is known about these Buddhist ruins, but the compound is thought to once have had a bell-shaped chedi. Today, all that remains is a base and some…

8. Sukhothai Historical Park Central Zone

7.02 MILES

This is the historical park’s main zone and home to what are arguably some of the park’s most impressive ruins. On Saturday night much of the central…