Temple

Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha)

Talat Noi, Samphanthawong, Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand

A plain plaster statue cracked open during a 1955 move to reveal a 5.5 tonne solid gold Buddha, the largest solid gold Buddha statue in the world, that had been hidden inside for centuries.

Hours

Official source, current

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily

“Open daily 08.00 - 17.00 hrs.”

tourismthailand.org · Checked 6 Aug 2026

Price

Official source, current

Structured "Things To Know" field: "Entrance Fee: Foreigner Adult - 40.00" — but the free-text description on the same page separately states: "Open daily 08.00 - 17.00 hrs. Entrance fee : 100 baht."

tourismthailand.org · Checked 7 Aug 2026

Age suitability

Not verified

Not verified. No source we checked states this, so it stays blank instead of guessed.

No check date recorded

Caveats

Re-fetched both cited sources fresh on 2026-07-25. theendlesstravellers.com confirms both price (100 Baht) and hours (8:00-17:00), so those two fields stand as single-report, not upgraded since no official or booking-site page was found or fetched this run. Wikipedia confirms the temple's history and gives no hours,…

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