Phutthamonthon (พุทธมณฑล, also often called Buddha Monthon) is a Buddhist park in the Phutthamonthon district, Nakhon Pathom Province of Thailand, west of Bangkok. It is highlighted by a 15.87 m (52 ft) high Buddha statue, which is considered to be the highest free-standing Buddha statue of the world. (Wikipedia)
Province: Nakhon Pathom
GPS coordinates: 13.776520524403, 100.32029340898
Also in this area:
- Thai Film Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์ภาพยนตร์ไทย)
- Thana Market (ตลาดท่านา)
- Jesada Technik Museum
- Wat Rai Khing (วัดไร่ขิง)
- Wat Phra Prathon Chedi (วัดพระประโทณเจดีย์)
- Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo (ลานแสดงช้างและฟาร์มจระเข้สามพราน)
- The Rose Garden (โรส การ์เด้น)
- Don Wai Riverside Market (ตลาดน้ำวัดดอนหวาย)
- Thai Human Imagery Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์หุ่นขี้ผึ้งไทย)
- Wat Bang Phra (วัดบางพระ)
- Wat Lampaya Floating Market (ตลาดน้ำวัดลำพญา)
- Sanam Chandra Palace (พระราชวังสนามจันทร์)
- Phra Pathom Chedi (พระปฐมเจดีย์)
- Wat Samphran (วัดสามพราน)
This is a beautiful park. It is just across the motorway from Mahidol university and I rode my bike over there a couple of times. There are a number of temples and turtle-feeding opportunities. There is also a museum and many kilometres of paved roads/bike paths. I was there for a couple of hours and didn’t see everything. Lovely. Well worth the trip.
I was only there briefly a couple of times. I would like to go back and take my bicycle to explore it more. The place is very big and easy to get lost. Seem a great place to relax and maybe take a picnic.