Bell stupas
Of laterite.
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Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park is an archaeological site in the town of Kamphaeng Phet on the Ping river in lower northern Thailand, about 64 km southwest of Sukhothai and 324 km northwest of Bangkok in a straight line. With the Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai historical parks it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site «Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns». The old town of Chakangrao on the east bank followed the same plan as Sukhothai, with separate zones for temples inside and outside the walls. Walls and fortifications enclose the old town in a rectangle 2,200 metres long and 300 to 700 metres wide. Most of its buildings are large and made of laterite. Rust-red temple ruins are scattered among huge trees and green lawns, with bell-shaped stupas, laterite bases and weathered columns between them. In the forested area outside the walls more temples lie quietly in the woods, with a calm that busy Sukhothai rarely has. Visitors get around the temples by bike or car, and the park sees far fewer people than Sukhothai. Go in the morning before the heat, and combine it with Sukhothai on the same trip.
Of laterite.
Temples in the woods.
Around the town.
Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
By bike or car.
Far less than Sukhothai.