Tradition
Thai Wat
10 in the atlas. Grouped by what the building actually is, not by one word for everything.
Temples in this tradition
Wat Benchamabophit
The Marble Temple, built in 1911 from Italian Carrara marble by a prince who was also an architect, which is why it looks like nothing else in...
Wat Phra Kaew
The most sacred temple in Thailand, holding a small jade Buddha whose robes the king changes with the seasons.
Wat Chedi Luang
A vast brick chedi in the middle of Chiang Mai, half collapsed by a 16th century earthquake and left that way, which is exactly why it is the most...
Wat Chiang Man
The oldest temple in Chiang Mai, founded when the city was, and it still feels like a working monastery rather than a sight.
Wat Phra Singh
The most revered temple in Chiang Mai and the centre of the city's Songkran celebrations.
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Up a mountain outside Chiang Mai, reached by 306 naga staircase steps or a funicular, with the city spread out below.
Wat Rong Khun
The White Temple, and not really a temple at all: a private art project by Chalermchai Kositpipat, still unfinished, all white and mirrored glass.