{"id":807,"date":"2013-10-26T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T17:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/?post_type=it_places&#038;p=807"},"modified":"2017-12-02T06:55:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T06:55:14","slug":"wat-arun-temple-dawn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/places\/temples\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat Arun &#8211; The Temple Of Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0landmark\u00a0of this temple is a\u00a079-meter-tall massive central pagoda, &#8220;Phra Prang&#8221;, and four smaller ones at each corner. The ornamentation of the central pagoda consists of encrusted\u00a0pieces of porcelain\u00a0which\u00a0sparkle in the sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-808 aligncenter\" alt=\"Wat Arun - The Temple Of Dawn - Bangkok, Thailand.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-02-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-02-180x144.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-02-360x288.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite its name, the\u00a0best photographic opportunities\u00a0are in the late afternoon with the\u00a0sun setting\u00a0in the\u00a0red sky\u00a0behind the temple.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0visit the temple, shuttle\u00a0boats\u00a0from the\u00a0Tha Tian Pier\u00a0at the south-west side of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew area operate frequently. The\u00a0Chao Phraya Express Boat stops at the Tha Tian Pier and there are several Thon Buri canal tours, which include the temple. Enter the temple from 7.00 a.m. to 5.20 p.m. for 20 baht.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Wat Arun - The Temple Of Dawn - Bangkok, Thailand.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-810\" alt=\"Wat Arun - The Temple Of Dawn - Bangkok, Thailand.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-03.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-03.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-03-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-03-180x225.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-03-360x450.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0landmark\u00a0of this temple is a\u00a079-meter-tall massive central pagoda, &#8220;Phra Prang&#8221;, and four smaller ones at each corner. The ornamentation of the central pagoda consists of encrusted\u00a0pieces of porcelain\u00a0which\u00a0sparkle in the sun. Despite its name, the\u00a0best photographic opportunities\u00a0are in the late afternoon with the\u00a0sun setting\u00a0in the\u00a0red sky\u00a0behind the temple. To\u00a0visit the temple, shuttle\u00a0boats\u00a0from the\u00a0Tha Tian Pier\u00a0at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":809,"parent":1712,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-807","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wat Arun - The Temple Of Dawn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thaiwebguide.com\/bangkok\/places\/temples\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wat Arun - The Temple Of Dawn\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-01.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-26T17:24:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-02T06:55:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-01.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/10\\\/wat-arun-the-temple-of-dawn-bangkok-thailand-01.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/wat-arun-temple-dawn\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Places\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Temples\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thaiwebguide.com\\\/bangkok\\\/places\\\/temples\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Wat Arun &#8211; 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