Wat Traimit (Golden Buddha)

วัดไตรมิตรวิทยารามวรวิหาร

A solid gold Buddha of five tons, by Hua Lamphong

Hours

Daily about 8am–5pm (the museum may close Mondays)

Tickets

40 baht for foreigners (Golden Buddha); the Chinatown exhibit is a separate 100 baht

Address

Charoen Krung Road at the end of Yaowarat, Samphanthawong

Up in the top-floor hall the Buddha is gold all the way through, close to three metres tall. The famous story is that it spent years sealed in plaster as an ordinary statue until a crack during a move revealed the gold. Exhibits downstairs tell it. It sits at the end of the Chinatown road, so it pairs easily with a wander through the Yaowarat lanes.