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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sukothai - Ancient Village or Settlement in Thailand

Submitted by ModernExplorers on Wednesday, 09 May 2012  Page Views: 4943

Multi-periodSite Name: Sukothai Alternative Name: Sukhothai Historical Park
Country: Thailand
NOTE: This site is 37.2 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mueang Sukothai  Nearest Village: Ban Kluai
Latitude: 17.025992N  Longitude: 99.472299E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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ModernExplorers visited on 21st Aug 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Ancient city in the middle of Thailand - lots of old temples and plenty of Buddha's. A large enough site to warrant hiring a bike

Chrus visited on 1st Jan 1993 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : There are temples and buddhas everywhere (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Thailand

Sukhothai is the former capital of the Sukhothai kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, situated in Central Thailand. It is located near the modern city of Sukhothai, capital of the province with the same name.

There are multiple areas with ruined temples and plenty of Buddha statues of different sizes

It is a World Heritage listed site
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Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : A beautiful site with plenty of atmosphere (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : Some of the Buddhas were massive (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : There were plenty of intact Buddhas

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : There were plenty of intact Buddhas

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : There were plenty of intact Buddhas

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : One of the bigger temples

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : The Tourist map of the area

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : Some buddhas were more ruined than others too

Sukothai
Sukothai submitted by ModernExplorers : This temple was leaning, some sites were more ruined than others

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