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10 Cemeteries in Thailand That You Shouldn't Miss
Coordinates: 15°24′N 101°18′E / 15.4°N 101.3°E / 15.4; 101.3
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1. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,614 reviews
The town of Kanchanaburi is 129 kilometres North-West of Bangkok and is best reached by road, along the National Highway which runs north from the capital. There are bus and train services from Bangkok. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery is situated adjacent to Saeng Chuto Road which is the main road through the town. When approaching from Bangkok, the cemetery is on the left side of the road, towards the far (northern) end of the town. A Commission signpost faces the cemetery on the opposite side of the road.
Reviewed By LoFlyaNZ - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
A truly wonderful cemetery (if there ever could be such a thing) - the local people need to be heartily commended for the way they have looked after these fallen soldiers.
2. Wat Suan Dok
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 897 reviews
Temple built on what were once a 14th-century monarch's gardens. Today, site of a Buddhist university and a popular spot for photographers, especially during sunset. Some of the temple's chedis (spires) contain ashes of Chiang Mai's royal family. Also, one can see half of a holy Buddhist relic brought from Sukothai in 1371, which unfortunately split into two upon arrival in Chiang Mai. The other half is buried at Doi Suthep. A 500-year-old bronze Buddha image, one of the largest in northern Thailand, is also housed here, in the small hall at the back of the compound.
Reviewed By LPMT - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Wat Suan Dok, also known as Wat Buppharam is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai. The temple is on Suthep Road, approximately one kilometer west of Suan Dok gate at the west side of the moat (Google). I visited a lot of temples and this is one those you have to see and visit.
3. Chong Kai War Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 153 reviews
Chungkai was one of the base camps on the Burma-Siam railway and contained a hospital and church built by Allied prisoners of war. The war cemetery is the original burial ground started by the prisoners themselves, and the burials are mostly of men who died at the hospital. There are now 1,426 Commonwealth and 313 Dutch burials of the Second World War in this cemetery.
Reviewed By 128bradleyp - Sydney, Australia
This cemetery is very well maintained and is respectful to the valour of the men who lost their lives during a difficult time.
4. Trilak Cemetery
5. Khuang Sing Chinese Cemetery
6. Royal Cemetery (Wat Ratchabopit)
7. Teochew Chinese Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By qbarandrew - Bangkok, Thailand
Stumbled upon this huge 40 acre "park" which has overgrown a 120 year-old Chinese cemetery while out on a recent bike ride. It looks like just another Chinese community centre at first with some green area and outdoor exercise equipment, but cycling past the jogging route entrance, the path leads deeper into the property to a point where you forget you are in a city and there's green grass and trees for as far as you can see. We spent about 45 minutes cycling around the various paths but when we came back out around 3:00 pm, chains were put across the entrance and it seems they restrict bicycles in the afternoon an evening when the place fills up with joggers.
8. Bangkok Protestant Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By TravelingGardener101 - Brighton, United Kingdom
Interesting. People we never knew come to life in their images on their tombstones. What happened to them? Why so young? Struck by a car in Saigon! And returned to a last resting place here. Thailand’s population is mainly Buddhist; Buddhists cremate their dead. Here lie the bones of deceased Protestants whose lives ended here or hereabouts. Their stories live on! A visitor can identify with these travellers to a foreign land.
9. Wat Ratchaburana Ratchaworawihan
10. Muslim Cemetery
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 2 reviews
