Chanthaburi Chanthaburi Chanthaburi Namtok Phlio CONTENTS HOW TO GET THERE 7 ATTRACTIONS 9 Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi 9 Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi - Amphoe Laem Sing - 20 Hat Chao Lao - Hat Khung Wiman - Amphoe Tha Mai Route Amphoe Khao Khitchakhut Route 32 Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi - Amphoe Makham - 35 Amphoe Soi Dao Route Amphoe Kaeng Hang Maeo Route 40 Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi – Amphoe Laem Sing – 42 Amphoe Khlung Route 42 INTERESTING ACTIVITIES 49 Agro Tourism Attractions 49 Homestay 51 Sports 51 Spa 51 EVENTS AND FESTIVALS 52 LOCAL PRODUCTS 53 SOUVENIRS SHOPS 56 LOCAL FOOD 58 EXAMPLE OF TOUR PROGRAMMES 59 TRAVEL AGENCIES 60 RECOMMENDATIONS IN VISITING TEMPLES/MUSEUMS/ ANCIENT MONUMENTS 60 TRAVEL TIPS 61 MAPS 62 USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS 66 TOURISM INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER 67 Old Town Chanthabun CHANTHABURI Chanthaburi Town Chanthaburi, otherwise known as ‘Mueang Chan’, Boundary is an abundant province with various factors North orders Chachoengsao and contributing to the successful cultivation of Sa Kaeo provinces fruit, especially durian, rambutan, mangosteen, South borders the Gulf of Thailand and other economic crops; such as, pepper and East borders Trat province and the rubber trees. The province also serves as a hub Kingdom of Cambodia of gemstone trading, with diversified tourist West borders Rayong province attractions to offer ranging from mountains, forests, waterfalls, beaches, places and objects of antiquity to soft adventure and ecotourism How to get there activities; such as, trekking, mountain biking, By Car, The province is accessible by 5 routes: rafting, etc. 1. Highway No. 3: This old route starts from Bang Na, via Chon Buri province – Bang Saen Covering a total area of approximately 6,338 – Si Racha – Pattaya – Sattahip – Ban Chang – square kilometres, Chanthaburi is administra- Rayong – Chanthaburi, a total distance of 330 tively divided into 10 districts; namely, Amphoe kilometres. Mueang Chanthaburi, Amphoe Tha Mai, Amphoe 2. Motorway – Highway No. 7 starts from Srina- Khlung, Amphoe Laem Sing, Amphoe Pong garindra Road in Bangkok and ends in Pattaya, Nam Ron, Amphoe Makham, Amphoe Soi Dao, Chon Buri, a distance of 90 kilometres. Then, Amphoe Na Yai Am, Amphoe Kaeng Hang Maeo continue on Highway No. 36 for 50 kilometres and Amphoe Khao Khitchakut. Chanthaburi 7 and Highway No. 3 for another 108 kilometres, Private operators: a total distance of 248 kilometres. - Cherdchai Tour, Ekamai office, Tel. 0 2391 3. Highway No. 36, currently a main route, starts 2237, and Chanthaburi office, Tel. 0 3935 0357, from Km. 140 on Sukhumvit Road in Bang 0 3931 1801. Lamung, Chon Buri, turn left at the Krathing Lai - Pornnipa Tour, Ekamai office, Tel. 0 2391 5179, T-junction via the Pira Circuit to end at Tambon 0 2936 2256, and Chanthaburi office, Tel. 0 3931 Choeng Noen in Amphoe Mueang Rayong, 1278, 0 3931 2532. Rayong province, a distance of 60 kilometres, From the Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak) on then turn into Highway No. 3 for 108 kilometres Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road to Chanthaburi province, a total distance of 308 - Transport Co., Ltd. For more information, kilometres. please call Tel. 0 2936 2852 - 66. 4. Highway No. 344, the Ban Bueng – Klaeng Private operators: route, the other main road that can save a - Cherdchai Tour Tel. 0 2936 0199. distance of up to 70 kilometres, starts from Km. - Pornnipa Tour Tel. 0 2936 2256. 98 on Sukhumvit Road in Amphoe Mueang Buses are also available from Chanthaburi to Chon Buri, via Amphoe Ban Bueng of Chon Buri other provinces including Nakhon Ratchasima, province, Amphoe Wang Chan and Amphoe Trat, Rayong, Sa Kaeo, Saraburi, Buri Ram, Pra- Klaeng of Rayong province, a distance of 110 chin Buri, and Tak. For more information, please kilometres. Then, continue on Highway No. 3 for contact the Chanthaburi Bus Terminal at Tel. 0 58 kilometres to Chanthaburi, a total distance 3932 2197. of 266 kilometres. 5. The connecting route between the Northeast Distances from Amphoe Mueang and the East starts at Km. 200 on Highway No. 33 from Amphoe Kabin Buri, Prachin Buri Chanthaburi to other districts province, turn right at Km. 230 in Sa Kaeo Tha Mai 17 kilometres province onto Highway No. 317, continue for Makham 12 kilometres 189 kilometres via Amphoe Wang Nam Yen, Khlung 24 kilometres Amphoe Soi Dao, Amphoe Pong Nam Ron, Laem Sing 34 kilometres and Amphoe Makham to Chanthaburi, a total Khao Khitchakut 30 kilometres distance of 219 kilometres from Amphoe Kabin Na Yai Am 40 kilometres Buri. Pong Nam Ron 42 kilometres Soi Dao 72 kilometres By Bus Kaeng Hang Maeo 78 kilometres From Bangkok Eastern Bus Terminal (Ekamai) on Sukhumvit Road Distances from Chanthaburi - Transport Co., Ltd. offers both air-conditioned and ordinary buses leaving daily. For more province to other provinces details, please contact the Ekamai office, Tel. 0 Trat 70 kilometres 2391 6846 and Chanthaburi office, Tel. 0 3932 Rayong 110 kilometres 2197. Pattaya 175 kilometres 8 Chanthaburi King Taksin the Great Shrine ATTRACTIONS Taksin Camp of the Royal Thai Marine Division Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi opposite the City Pillar Shrine and designed King Taksin the Great Shrine by the Fine Arts Department in the form of a (ศาลสมเด็จ cruciform concrete building with three way พระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช) staircases at the front and on 2 sides. The located in front of the Taksin Military Camp building enshrined a deity figure, which was on Tha Luang Road, is a nonagonal building a designated god of King Taksin the Great, but with a roof taking the shape of a royal hat his self-statue had not yet appeared. In 1991, with a pointed spire. Housing a statue of King government officers, businesspeople and the Taksin the Great, the Shrine was built from the people of Chanthaburi donated money for faithfulness of the people of Chanthaburi building a new King Taksin the Great Shrine and nearby provinces to pay respect for located side by side with the former shrine. auspiciousness. Formerly, it was just a wooden The new shrine measures 16.9 metres high shrine next to the City Pillar Shrine. Later, in the and is adorned with golden designs; on the serving time of M.C. Saritdidej Chayangkun as a top is a golden 9-tiered umbrella with a brass Royal Commissioner of the Chanthaburi Circle, black oxide cast statue of King Taksin the Great the Shrine was rebuilt in 1920 at the front of the Chanthaburi 9 inside in a seated gesture. The interior wall was the Kingdom of Ayutthaya. Originally, it was beautifully painted with the Thai Phum Khaobin assumed that the Shrine was built with laterite pattern. There is an annual merit-making and since there was some physical evidence; offering ceremony in commemoration of his however, the construction was so ruined that heroic deeds on 28 December, the day of his it was difficult to tell how it looked like. The accession to the throne. current shrine and city pillar were constructed in 1981 and have undergone restoration as City Pillar Shrine (ศาลหลักเมืองจันทบุรี) well as changed the surrounding landscapes. located on Tha Luang Road opposite the King Taksin the Great Shrine, was presumably King Taksin the Great Monument (พระบรม constructed when King Taksin entered ราชานุสาวรีย์สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช) Chanthaburi in 1767 and used the city as a located at Somdet Phrachao Taksin Maharat stronghold for recruitment and collection of Public Park (Thung Na Choei Public Park) on armaments and foodstuff for the liberation of Tha Luang Road opposite the City Hall on Liap Wat Phai Lom 10 Chanthaburi Noen Road. It covers an area of approximately Wat Phai Lom (วัดไผ่ล้อม), 480,000 square metres surrounded by a fish located on Tri Rat Road, Tambon Chanthanimit breeding swamp of the Provincial Fishery on the left of the Chanthaburi Riverbank, is a Office. On an islet in the middle of the swamp royal temple built in 1777 and royally granted a is installed the monument of King Taksin the consecrated boundary in 1782. The temple was Great accompanied by his 4 trusted soldiers; chosen to be a developed temple model in 1966 namely, Phra Chiang Ngoen, Luang Phichai Asa, and royally upgraded to be a third-class royal Luang Phrom Sena, and Luang Ratchasaneha, temple in an ordinary type in 1996. In terms of as a memorial to King Taksin the Great’s its architecture, the building is surrounded with selection of Chanthaburi to be a stronghold boundary walls in 4 directions with an entrance for the historic liberation of the Kingdom of on each side. The cloister behind the ordination Ayutthaya. (A ramp for the disabled is provided.) hall is supported by 5 pillars without a capital on top. The building’s foundation is a straight Thanon Anyamani - Jewellery Road (ถนน line. There are also mural paintings of bonsais อัญมณี หรือ ตลาดพลอย), and Chinese-style flowers, the story of the Lord located on Si Chan Road and Soi Krachang, is Buddha’s ten incarnations, and his biography. a trade area of many gem-cutting shops and jewellery stores, which is considered to be the The Catholic Church Chanthaburi or the biggest commercial market of the gemstone Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception business in the country. On Friday – Sunday (โบสถ์คาทอลิกจันทบุรี หรือ อาสนวิหารพระนางมารีอา during 10.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m., for people who are ปฏิสนธินิรมล), interested, they can observe the gems trading is situated at 111 Mu 5, Santisuk Road, Tambon atmosphere of jewellery traders coming from Chanthanimit, Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi, many places both Thai and foreigners. opposite the Old Town Chanthabun Waterfront with the Chanthaburi River running past at The Chanthaburi Gem and Jewellery the front. This long historical Catholic Church Traders Association (สมาคมผู้ค้าอัญมณีและ has a construction history of over 300 years. เครื่องประดับจันทบุรี) Gem and Jewellery First, it was built in 1711 on the left side of the Centre (ศูนย์อัญมณีและเครื่องประดับ), Chanthaburi River by Father Nicolas Tolentino situated at 1/59 Maharat Road, Tambon Talat, and Annamese Christians.