Ancient City (Muang Boran) Samut Prakan

The Ancient City is the door opening to the heritage of Thai wisdom. With a wide range of architectural symbols combined with fine arts and craftsmanship, structural layout and natural environment that integrate harmoniously, The Ancient City creates kind of atmosphere that induces visitors to perceive and appreciate the continuity of history, cultures, religions, arts and customs of Thai people from dawn until now.

The monuments are about a third or quarter of the original size of the monuments. They're also located within the park in the direct vicinity where they would be located in Thailand itself. You can enter the park by car or rent bicycles or golf carts. All over the place are restaurants conveniently located and shops to buy local products.

Grounds mimic the precise shape of Thailand, featuring replicas of the country's most historically significant structures, albeit usually down-scaled in size. Each of the over 116 monuments is in their proper geographic position, and include chedis, palaces, bell towers, pavilions, temples, halls, floating markets, Buddha images and shrines. Many buildings are reconstructions of sites that no longer exist, others originals rescued for their historical significance.

Highlights are hard to pick out. However, a garden of stupas reveals how deep rooted Buddhism is in Thai culture, with all the different styles they've appeared in since ancient times. A recreation of an ancient Ayutthaya-era theatre pavilion showcases the artistic grandeur of the time, with elaborately carved and gilded motifs.

The serene Garden of the Gods presents a lively three-dimensional tableau of Hindu deities Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva cast in bronze - a great place for physical refreshment and spiritual nourishment. These and many more embodiments of Thai culture, customs and architecture, make it a great place to see Thailand in a day.

There are so many nice places to look at but one of them is a scaled 'Floating Market' ( the original can be found in the North of Bangkok.)

Highlights :-

• Scaled-down and actual-size replicas of important historical sites of various provinces, such as Prasat Hin Phanom Rung, Wat Mahathat Sukhothai, Phraphuttabat Saraburi, Phrathat Mueang Nakhon, and Phrathat Chaiya.
• Rare traditional folk arts and cultures.

How to go :

• By car: From Bangkok, take Samrong - Samut Prakan Road to Samut Prakan T-junction and turn left along the old Sukhumvit road to Km. 33
• By bus: Take the A/C bus route 11 (Pinklao - Paknam) to the end of the route and take the local minibus route 36 to Ancient City.