🇹🇭 Thailand
16 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Mahakan Fort, 1 km north-west of the city centre; the most famous is Grand Palace — #70 of 8,134 worldwide — 3 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Chulachomklao Fort, founded 153.
Every one of them stands in Thailand — the country page shows the full national picture.
3 km west · Palace & château · #70 worldwide
The Grand Palace is a complex of buildings at the heart of Bangkok, Thailand.
3 km north · Palace & château
Dusit Palace is a compound of royal residences in Bangkok, Thailand. The palace was constructed over a large area north of Rattanakosin Island…
2 km north · Palace & château
Chitralada Royal Villa is a royal villa located within Dusit Palace. This villa was permanent-residence of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the…
3 km north · Palace & château
The Vimanmek Mansion is a former royal villa in Bangkok, Thailand. It is in the Dusit Palace complex in Dusit District.
2 km east · Palace & château
Suan Pakkad Palace or Suan Pakkard Palace is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located on Si Ayutthaya Road, south of the Victory Monument.
3 km north-east · Palace & château
The Phya Thai Palace or Royal Phya Thai Palace is on the banks of the Samsen Canal on Rajavithee Road in the Ratchathewi District of Bangkok.
25 km south · Fortress
Phra Chulachomklao Fort is a water fortress in a sub-district of Laem Fa Pha, Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province.
1 km north-west · Fortress
Mahakan Fort is a late 18th-century military structure, one of the two surviving ones that protected the then walled city of Bangkok.
3 km west · Fortress
Wichai Prasit Fort is an old fortress on the Chao Phraya River, situated on the western bank of the Chao Phraya, to the north of the mouth of Khlong…
3 km north-west · Fortress
Phra Sumen Fort is a fortress built in the reign of King Rama I. At that time 14 fortresses were built to defend the capital, but as time passed the…
19 km south-east · Fortress
Phi Suea Samut Fort is situated on a river island in the Chao Phraya River, south of Phra Samut Chedi, Samut Prakan province.
10 km south · Fortress
Phlaeng Faifa Fort is a fortress located in the Phra Pradaeng municipality, Talat subdistrict, Phra Pradaeng district, Samut Prakan province.
54 km north · Palace & château
Bang Pa-In Royal Palace, also known as the Summer Palace, is a palace complex formerly used by the Thai kings.
51 km west · Palace & château
Sanam Chandra Palace is a palace complex built by Vajiravudh in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, 56 km west of Bangkok.
35 km south-west · Fortress
Wichien Chodok Fort is a fortress located in Mahachai subdistrict, Mueang Samut Sakhon district, Samut Sakhon province.
67 km north · Fortress
Pom Phet is a historic fort along the city walls of Ayutthaya, in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1861.
The Castlemap atlas maps 16 landmarks (8 fortresses · 8 palaces & châteaux) within 100 km of the centre of Bangkok, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Mahakan Fort, a fortress 1 km north-west of the city centre.
Grand Palace, ranked #70 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 3 km west from Bangkok.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Chulachomklao Fort, founded 153 — 25 km south. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
