Tao Hong Tai
Tao Hong Tai produces and sells a variety of creatively designed ceramic pieces for decoration and everyday use.
Ratchaburi Attractions
This directory lists 34 saved place records whose province field matches Ratchaburi. The records come from a saved TAT Data API snapshot; each record shows its saved date, which may not reflect current conditions. Confirm details with the venue or provider before travelling.
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Mae Thongyip Agricultural Garden
Mae Thongyip Agricultural Garden draws on the sufficiency-economy philosophy of King Rama IX. Its owner applied the principles by trying to grow two crops in one planting hole; the description reports that the method worked well.
Ban Khu Bua Ancient Town
Ban Khu Bua Ancient Town is in Khu Bua Subdistrict. Archaeological evidence found at the site suggests that this part of Ratchaburi was once a prosperous port during the Dvaravati period.
Ratchaburi National Museum
Ratchaburi National Museum is on Woradet Road in Na Mueang Subdistrict. The museum building formerly served as the provincial hall and was built during the reign of King Rama VI in B.E. 2465 (1922). It was established as a national museum in B.E. 2526 (1983). In B.E. 2534 (1991), Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the museum’s official opening.
Tham Khang Khao, Khao Chong Phran
The bat cave and Wat Khao Chong Phran are in Tao Poon Subdistrict, about 9 kilometres west of Photharam town. From Ratchaburi city, the route via Khao Ngu–Boek Phrai is about 17 kilometres.
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, also commonly known as Khlong Ton Khem Floating Market, is a well-known attraction in Ratchaburi, about 80 kilometres from Bangkok. Around B.E. 2409 (1866), King Rama IV ordered the excavation of the more than 32-kilometre Damnoen Saduak Canal. It connected the Mae Klong River at Bang Nok Khwaek with the Tha Chin River at Bang Yang Watergate. A network of smaller canals made travel by water easier for residents of Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram and Samut Sakhon.
Wat Pa Phra That Kao Noi
Wat Pa Phra That Kao Noi is in Moo 1, Ban Kha Subdistrict, about 500 meters from the Ban Kha minor district office. Its stupa contains the ashes and relics of Luang Pu Thet Tetsarangsi, a monk highly revered by Buddhists. The hilltop is a viewpoint described as the closest to the Tanaosi Range.
Usawadee Rose Garden
Usawadee Rose Garden is beyond Kao Chan Waterfall. From Suan Phueng District, travel about 19 kilometres, then turn toward Ban Huai Nam Sai and continue about 3 kilometres. A Tourism Authority of Thailand notice dated September B.E. 2551 (2008) said roses were no longer being grown there.
Thaiprachan Hot Spring
Also known as Pong Krating Hot Spring, Thaiprachan Hot Spring is in Ban Kha District. The pool water is 65°C. The page says that when visitors clap to create sound waves, bubbles rise from the hot spring pool.
Sirikit Forest Garden
The forest garden was established to honour Queen Sirikit on the occasion of her fifth-cycle birthday anniversary. It brings together many plant varieties of economic value and serves as a resource for nature study.
Royal Thai Handicraft Center
The centre is at 240, Village No. 6, about 11 kilometres beyond Bang Phae junction on Highway 325, near kilometre marker 15. It is a centre for carving teak into a variety of forms.
Khao Prathap Chang Wildlife Sanctuary
The sanctuary is in Pak Chong Subdistrict, beside Highway 3087 (Ratchaburi–Chom Bueng–Suan Phueng) at kilometre 18. The source says it is managed by the Royal Forest Department and contains a natural forest area on Khao Prathap Chang.
Bueng Kra Chap
Bueng Kra Chap is a large freshwater pond in Moo 4, Nong Kop Subdistrict. It is a fish-breeding area where visitors can jet ski and canoe. The pond area extends across Ban Pong and Photharam districts.
Wat Muang Folk Museum
Wat Muang Folk Museum is inside Wat Muang in Ban Muang Subdistrict, beside the Mae Klong River. The temple is old; a palm-leaf manuscript written in Mon script records that it dates to the late Ayutthaya period.
Suan Silp Baan Din
Suan Silp Baan Din is a lodging and arts venue in a natural setting. It covers 3 rai in Chet Samian Subdistrict, in an old-market area.
Pong Yup
Pong Yup is a natural attraction at 99 Moo 6, Ban Tha Khoei, Tha Khoei Subdistrict, on land in a local community. The roughly 60-rai area has unusual steep formations caused by ground subsidence, compared in the source to Phae Mueang Phi in Phrae. A notice attributes a site-management readiness concern to the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Phetchaburi office. The source lists daily hours of 06:00–18:00, vehicle admission at 30–50 baht, advance notice for groups and phone 0 1256 2550; these details may have changed.
Jipathapun Ban Khu Bua Museum
Jipathapun Ban Khu Bua Museum is in Village No. 6, Khu Bua Subdistrict, on the grounds of Wat Khlong Suwan Khiri. It is a local museum for the Ban Khu Bua community, established through the initiative of several local organizations. The building has two floors divided into rooms. The ground floor displays ancient Dvaravati artifacts and wax models depicting the museum project’s beginnings.
Chakri Monument Park
At the foot of Khao Kaen Chan beside Phetkasem Road, this public park is a place for recreation and the site of the royal monument to King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I), honoring and commemorating him.
Ratchaburi Tin Chok Textile Museum
The centre is inside Wat Khae Sai on Phetkasem Road (Highway 3338, kilometre 4) in Khubua Subdistrict. It demonstrates weaving and sells Thai-Yuan tin chok textiles, while preserving samples with traditional patterns. Listed visiting hours are daily from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The source gives 0 3230 0031 for enquiries.
Siam Cultural Park
Siam Cultural Park is on Phetkasem Road in Wang Yen Subdistrict, Bang Phae District, Ratchaburi. The site covers about 45 rai and has exhibition buildings displaying fiberglass wax figures of notable Thai and international people.
Natural History Park, Initiated by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
The park was established under the initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn as a place for young people and others interested in learning about nature.
Khao Kaen Chan
Formerly called Khao Chan Daeng, Khao Kaen Chan is approximately 141 metres high and is described as the highest mountain in Ratchaburi. A road reaches the summit, where a pavilion houses Phra Buddha Nirokantarai Chaiwat Chaturit, also known locally as the Four-City Buddha. The page says it is one of four images commissioned by the King and installed in Ratchaburi, Lampang, Saraburi, and Phatthalung. It lists opening hours as 07:00–18:00. From the summit, visitors can see Ratchaburi city.
Chom Phon Cave
Chom Phon Cave is in Chom Bueng Subdistrict Municipality, in an arboretum about 11 km from Khao Bin Cave. The page also says that the entrance to Chom Bueng Cave is at Muban Chom Bueng Rajabhat University and that many monkeys live in the area. The cave was formerly called Mujalin Cave.
Bo Khlueng Hot Stream
From Suan Phueng District, travel about 5 kilometres to the turnoff for Bo Khlueng Hot Stream, then continue for another 10 kilometres. The natural hot stream originates in the Tanaosri Range.
Fish Park and Monchida Butterfly Garden
The attraction is at 90 Moo 1, Nong O Subdistrict, on the way to the Nakhon Chum water-management project and beside Karuna Garden Ville village. It displays many unusual ornamental fish varieties from Thailand and abroad.
Tham Ruesi Khao Ngu
The cave is at the foot of the hill in Khao Ngu Public Park, Ko Phlapphla Subdistrict. It is a cave or religious site associated with Buddhism.
Pavothai Local Museum
From the Suan Phueng Police Station, turn left and continue for about 2 kilometres. Pass Wat Suan Phueng, then turn right, cross the bridge and the museum will be on the left. The building is an adapted Thai-style house.
Luang Pho Kaenchan
Luang Pho Kaenchan is enshrined at Wat Chong Lom near the old town, on Woradet Road in central Ratchaburi. The Buddha image is in the alms-bowl-carrying posture and is cast in bronze; its lower section is carved from fragrant sandalwood. It stands about 2.26 meters tall and is widely revered.
Wat Luang Phor Sod Dhammakayaram
Wat Luang Phor Sod Dhammakayaram is in Phaeng Phuai Subdistrict on the Bang Phae–Damnoen Saduak Road. Coming from Bang Phae, it is on the right before the Damnoen Saduak intersection, about 10 kilometers away. The ordination hall dates from the late Ayutthaya period and preserves jade Buddha images in various postures.
Wat Mahathat Worawihan
Also known locally as Wat Na Phra That or Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, this old temple stands on Khao Ngu Road in Na Mueang Subdistrict, within Ratchaburi Municipality. It is believed to have been built during the Dvaravati period, around the 15th–16th Buddhist centuries, around the time the old city of Ratchaburi was founded. A Khmer-style prang was later built over it around the 18th Buddhist century to make the site a city centre in keeping with Khmer cosmological beliefs. That structure apparently collapsed, and a new prang was built in the early Ayutthaya period, around the 20th–21st Buddhist centuries, forming the architectural layers seen today.
Nine Waterfall
Nine Waterfall, also known as Kao Jon or Kao Krajon, is at Ban Huai Phak, Village No. 7, Pha Phueng Subdistrict. It is about 1 kilometre beyond Bo Khlueng Hot Spring. This medium-sized waterfall has nine tiers and drops from a high cliff in a valley. Water flows throughout the year, with greater volume at the upper tiers.
Wat Nong Hoi
Wat Nong Hoi is in Moo 2, Khao Raeng Subdistrict, on Khao Raeng Hill. It houses a 16-meter-high Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Guanyin image with a lap width of 9 meters. On the other side of the hill is Phra Buddha Rattanakosin Mahamuni, also called Luang Pho Yai. Many devotees visit to pay respects. The temple is open from 07.00 to 17.00, with an annual event during Chinese New Year.
Chao Por Lak Muang Shrine (City God Shrine)
The shrine is within the Ratchaburi Engineer Regiment residential area at Phanurangsi Camp, about 600 meters from town. It is an old city pillar shrine built during the reign of King Rama II.
Phra Phut Nira Rokan Tarai Chai Wat Chatura Thit
Visitors come to pay respect to Phra Phut Nira Rokan Tarai Chai Wat Chatura Thit, also known as the Four-Corner City Buddha, on Khao Kaen Chan.