Ancient City (Mueang Boran)

Ancient City (Mueang Boran)

Ancient City (Mueang Boran)
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This 200-acre open-air complex boasts over 100 replicas of the country's most iconic sites from over 4,000 years of history. You can admire the intricate details of these expertly crafted replicas from the viewpoints around the ponds. You can rent a golf car or bike to cover the vast grounds, which are typically included in tours of the Ancient City. The sun in Thailand can be scorching, so wear plenty of sunscreen. Visit in the early morning or late afternoon to beat the heat and for fewer crowds. Some of the sites are actual temples, so remember to dress appropriately. – Tripadvisor
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  • Ricoy
    Legazpi, Philippines661 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A must see!! This phrase says it all
    A must see!! this phrase says it all. Its so worth coming here. Its a huuuugggeeee place for you to explore and enjoy every sight. Me and my friends took hours touring the place and took millions of photos of this amazing place. We took the golf cart to maximize our time and so as not to be too tired walking under the scorching heat of the sun. We all bought the package from klook (which is the entrance + buffet lunch). It was all worth it. Highly recommended.
    Visited November 2023
    Traveled with friends
    Written December 3, 2023
  • Dana Andreea T
    46 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best outdoor museum
    Best outdoor museum visited as of yet. We have purchased the tickets from klook, which i recommend, it is half priced. Once arrived we rented a boogie and off we went. We have visited the premises with lots of cool visita, we have fed the elephants there, we ate some delicious food and all in all it was very pleasant.
    Visited October 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written January 29, 2024
  • Anna R
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Nice to travel and learn Thai culture.
    If you like taking photos, then this is a really good place to go, there is many things to look at. This park is massive, so we we rent a golf cart. We are on a tight schedule, only there for 2 hours, which obviously isn't enough. Driving the golf cart is heaps of fun, but just watch out for other traffics. Highly recommend if you like to sightseeing or taking photos.
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written March 23, 2024
  • BangkokSachse
    Bangkok, Thailand51,679 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing!
    We went to Ancient City on Songkran day. The Ancient City offered free admission for Thai seniors who are over 60 years old. However we paid 200 Baht to drive our car inside the Ancient City. The central attractions were amazing. You could rent a bike, an E-bike, and a golf. A shared shuttle was available. The Ancient City was well maintained.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written April 15, 2024
  • Karina S
    Istanbul, Türkiye135 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great place to visit!
    If you have time, you should visit this park. The place is really amazing! It's on the subburbs, so it takes time to reach it, but it worth it. I would recommend it take a golf cart for riding, because tram makes only 2 stops and lot's of location you cannot reach. Try to find promotion from the agencies to get a discount. Hope to have chance to visit this place again! Enjoyed it a lot!
    Visited May 2024
    Traveled solo
    Written April 30, 2024
  • Michelleandray
    California74 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Our favorite thing we did in Thailand!
    This place is completely amazing! My teens were dying to visit. They had seen it on Instagram😀 We arrived mid-afternoon via a Grab car. We purchased combo tickets from the Klook app for the Erawan museum and this ancient city. We went to the Erawan museum first and then called another Grab car to take us to the Ancient city. They are very close together. We only had about three hours until closing, and it was extremely hot. We rented the golf cart to go around the 200 acres. I know some of these are replicas, but wow! It was really cool that you got to see all the famous Thailand icons in one place. Gorgeous landscape and architecture. We got to see most of everything in the three hours, but would have loved to stay all day. There were plenty places to stop and eat. Also, lots of bathrooms along the way. We enjoyed everything about this place minus the elephants! We could not get a Grab car to take us back since it was outside of the city (according to the staff), however, there were a couple of taxi drivers waiting in the parking lot thankfully! We would highly recommend as a must do!
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written May 6, 2024
  • mameSingapore
    31 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    An unique Theme park
    We took the BTS to last station of the green line, Kheha. From there, we took their local songthaew aka mini shutter bus no. 36. It cost only 10 baht. Just exit from no. 1 or 3. You will see big sign no 36 painted on the songthaew. They are easy to find. We get to experience this unique local transport. The outdoor theme park/museum is unique. Take the golf chart to explore the place as the place is too big.
    Visited May 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 21, 2024
  • Nomadic Me
    London, United Kingdom15 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Must see!
    This is an outdoor museum. The exhibits are amazing. The collection here features the greatest architecture across all of time from ancient Siam to modern day Bangkok. We rented the cart to get around and also stayed at the property adjacent . Must see in Thailand!
    Visited June 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 29, 2024
  • Tracey W
    21 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Highly recommend
    Great place to visit. HIghly recommend hiring a golf cart if there are more than two of you. For the three of us this was cheaper than individual hiring bikes and the roof provided great protection from the sun. The Ancient city is way to big and it was way to hot to contemplating walking around. Easy enough to do independently, catch the green line to the last stop. Outside catch the local transport - a ute with seating in the back, 10 Thai Bhat per person. To come back use the overbridge to get to the opposite side of the road.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written July 7, 2024
  • Russell H
    21 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A flashback of Thai history.
    I found the whole experience amazing. Even though I had an e-bike for three hours to explore, I still didn’t get to see all of it. I will be taking a friend back with me to see the rest of it. There is accommodation there so maybe I will use that next time. All in all I would thoroughly recommend it to anybody.
    Visited July 2024
    Traveled solo
    Written July 10, 2024
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Bích Ngọc
Bangkok, Thailand1 contribution
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Feb 2020 • Friends
We paid a visit to Ancient City at Febuary 28th, 2020 as a group of 7 adults. We already booked online tickets so we came to the office at the gate first. They showed us some choices to travel inside including the tram, golf buggy or bicycle. In their regulation, it says that we can go by golf buggy with a group of 4 or 6 people. The lady at the office also told us that we can choose to drive ourselves or hire a driver with 200 Baht. So we thought it’s natural to go 7 persons by the buggy if we drive ourselves. It was not until we came to the Ticket counter inside that the reception over there told us the buggy can only contain 6 people including the driver. We tried to make a bargain and ask if we can go with 7 persons and they refused. The reception lady was not very helpful and friendly, also her English wasn’t very good, she just talked to us for a little while and then showed an expression like she was done with us then called another man to speak with us. We know that we’re asking something against their regulation here, but in the beginning they didn’t tell us properly that the buggy can only contain 6 pax including the driver. Of course everyone would feel upset, plus the reception lady attitude. Not even once did they say a single apologize to us. I mean, you’re the customer service, even though you can’t fulfill your customer’s requests, you need to say sorry first and show some sympathy for their inconvenience, right? What kind of reception that can not speak proper English and then need to call another one who is not customer service to speak with customer complaining like that? We asked why they didn’t write a little note regarding including the driver in the choices, because everyone can be confused like us. The man replied that they did it like that for several years now and “maybe” they’re gonna do as I suggested. Yeah and we doubt that they’ll actually do anything about that.
Aside all that, we had a nice experience and enjoyed our time there, although there’re still many places under construction. I really think they need to change their staff, someone who actually understand how to do Customer service and know how to speak English properly.
Written February 28, 2020
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skyeline786
Sydney, Australia36 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Couples
As of January 2020, many of the displays are still under construction.

Before heading out, do your research and if it's possible to purchase a cheaper ticket online, do so. We paid 700 baht per person, which was certainly not worth it.

We opted for a golf cart to avoid walking in the heat.

You'll get some nice photos here, but visit early to avoid the heat and crowds.

Perhaps the entry fee will be justified when all the features have been completed.
Written January 1, 2020
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JeanC16
George Town, Malaysia3 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 • Friends
Overall is a good experience if you love to view architecture and enjoy history. I visited in August 2022 in the morning. It was very hot and sunscreen and sunglasses are really needed, you will sweat alot too. Remember to eat full first as there are no cafe inside ancient city (only one cafe selling coffee). I took BTS skytrain green line (to Kheha station,which is the last station), and then I took Songthaew from BTS Kheha station to Ancient city. I use Google Map to navigate while I am in Songthaew so I know when to press the bell to stop. Songthaew will stop outside ancient city and I will need to walk inside to ancient city main entrance.

At that time pretty less people tour around ancient city. There are several tour groups over there but they just tour around the area near the main entrance. Bear in mind that Ancient city is very huge (it took me 2.5 hours to tour around with e-bike) and you definitely need a transportation to tour around. You can rent mountain bike/e-bike/golf cart with different prices at the ticket station. However, they will need to with hold your ID card to rent (I use my driver's license). I bought my entrance ticket from Klook and I just show the staff on my proof of purchase to redeem the ticket.

Some architecture are run down (no maintainence I guess after COVID-19 lockdown), some architecture are under renovation. Overall the ancient city still maintain ok.

After finish touring around ancient city, I decided to sit Grab car back to Kheha BTS station.
Written August 9, 2022
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MS Chin
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia290 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2019 • Couples
Samut Prakan is located around 40km south east of Bangkok and it is a nice place for one day trip. The Muang Boran Ancient City is a place we must visit in this area. It is a very big museum park occupying over 200 acres in the shape of Thailand. The museum features more than 100 structures of Thailand's famous monuments and architectural attractions. These monuments are built and located geographically following the shape of Thailand. Some of the buildings are life-size replicas of existing or former sites, while others are scaled down.

Since the park is too big to be covered by foot, it is advisable to rent the buggy which can carry 4 persons. We can operate the buggy on our own and we took 4 hours to cover the museum. For a more detail viewing of the museum may take up to 6 hours. There are many beatiful structures in nice surroundings for photography.

Other places of interest that can be included in this day trip are the nice Wat Asokaram (temple), watching many sea gulls at Bangpu Recreation Centre, the huge reclining Buddha of Wat Bang Phli Yai Klang and the giant three headed elephant statue at Erawan Museum.
Written January 9, 2020
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Jonny Chen
Taipei, Taiwan11 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020
It was our first time there and we where very happy about it. Tickets we booked trough Bigtourthailand.com - it was very easy fast and cheap.
The park is very big and it advised to take a tram or rent a bicycle. We choose the tram with audio guide.
This is very good looking park with lots of places. And one of the best part - there is not so much people, and you can feel calm and relax.
This place 100% worth to visit, and we recommend BigTourThailand.com website for tickets.
Written May 14, 2020
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Kakiroa
Feilding, New Zealand61 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
This was the highlight of my daughters trip. Just a nice place to bike around for the day. Heaps of shade to stop and take photos. Plenty of different architecture to look, lovely landscaping, plenty of toilets and eateries.
The bikes were fine but check them out before you take off, mine had dodgy brakes but worth being able to cruise at you own pace. So many roads and bike tracks I did get lost a couple of times and missed the one building I was drawn to and which made me check this park/museum out. lol
It is such a large place that when we got back over half the bikes were out but we had not seen that many cruising around. So it is a big park.
You can drive up the entrance and see quite a bit before having to pay and go through the gate. Good food places outside also.
The bus was waiting at the train and taxis are easy to get back to the train.
Written January 14, 2020
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damsqu
Bedford, UK85 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022 • Family
What a hidden gem! We went with our two young children, 5 & 7 and had the best day out!
We drove to the site, unsure if we would be able to park, however there is a large, free carpark available. You can actually drive your car around the whole site, we chose the fun golf cart option! You can hire a 4 or 6 seater and it’s the perfect way to get around. More accessible than the car. You can also rent bikes or electric bikes.
The site is HUGE! Over 150 buildings to explore! We loved playing on the forts, playing hide and seek around some of the exhibits and the children LOVED the spooky ghost museum.
Lots of food options, cheap drinks and ice creams.
Take your work permit for Thai priced admission, although the admission fee was nothing compared to the value of the full day experience! Klook also has an offer on a combined ticket with the Erowen Museum (just down the road) which I also HIGHLY recommend.
Written December 9, 2022
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John B
Bangkok, Thailand817 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021
I really liked visiting, for touring the replica attractions and for seeing the International Lantern and Food festival, which I think only continues for another two weeks or so (until early Dec. 2021, maybe). I can see why people might feel differently, related to parts of the park being under construction for renovation. I didn't get the sense that we missed a lot but a dozen or so places were either closed or being worked on.

There wasn't much to the food festival but I really liked the atmosphere, the music and pleasant lighting in that unique kind of quiet open space. It felt a little like a local fair from back home (in the US), with cotton candy and booths for throwing darts and a shooting gallery. That still leaves out plenty of parts; there were no rides, and the American fair food range wasn't replicated, no funnel cakes and the rest. The feel worked well. It would be easy to get that wrong, to blare music that is slightly wrong, or not make the lights as diverse, or as tasteful related to that setting, but they nailed it. German sausages and the cotton candy essentially covered it for the "international" theme, unless someone sees gyoza as an example, which was fine for me.

Day visit cost is substantial, related to local Thai theme outings, something like 800 baht, $20+. The festival part cost 250 baht ($8 or so), with the same rate offered to local foreigners with a work permit. Some local foreigners, or expats, if one prefers, hate the "dual pricing" themes for paying more taxes than most locals, and this place used such a theme for daytime admission but it wasn't like that for the festival.

A lot of places in Thailand work really well within the paradigm of not being exactly like what is on offer in the US or Europe. I don't mean more primitive or rougher edged, necessarily, but if you go everywhere expecting places to look like Disneyland then you have to make choices based on that. I suppose such a person might find the Smithstonian outdated and badly maintained too, which is getting off the point. For showing over 100 replicas of Thai historical and religious sites (some at 2 or 3 to 1 scale, not really so small), this place is fantastic, and the Lantern Festival event drew on that in a positive, balanced, and appropriate way.
Written November 18, 2021
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mqk
2 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020
Considering the quite expensive entrance fees (400thb for Thais), the overall experience is not impressive at all as most of the sites in there are either closed or under construction. Apparently, the yearly ticket used to cost around 400+THB but now it's increased to 565THB after lockdown...and over 50% attractions in there are completely deserted and poorly maintained.

Not worth the money really. It would be totally reasonable if they cut the price down since they couldn't provide us full experience. For me, that would be acceptable.
Written August 30, 2020
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Jay E
Washington DC, DC34 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2022
Have made two separate trips to Bangkok this year, about two total months. I’ve seen most of the tourist sites, and in my opinion, this is the best tourist attraction in Bangkok. The park is massive and the quality of the exhibits is top notch and they are quite beautiful. I strongly recommend getting a golf cart to get around the park. We got there a little after opening and spent six hours going through the park, and we only did “drive bys” past most of the exhibits. The ones we walked through were accurate recreations of those we had seen before (in Bangkok and Ayutthaya). The park was not crowded and we had most of the exhibits to ourselves. There are recreations of Thai villages as well and the food is reasonably priced, about the same price as you would pay from a street food vendor in Bangkok. Getting to the park is pretty easy. We took the BTS to Kheha station and the number 36 songtheaw (10 TB) to the park entrance. Crossing over a pedestrian bridge (to the right of the park exit) gets you to the number 36 to get back to the BTS. We bought our tickets using Klook for half (350TB) the normal admission price (700TB), which mostly covered the cost of the golf cart rental (350 TB first hour, 100 TB each additional hour - at least through end of December 2022). Note that I have had problems buying items with Klook in the past, but I used Apple Pay this time and had no problems. If you really want to get an overview of the depth and breadth of the historic sites in Thailand, I can’t recommend this place strongly enough. One of the more interesting aspects is some of the Khmer type architecture in the Northern Thalland section. Plan on spending most of the day to really see it.
Written December 30, 2022
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