Phetcha

Temples of Phetchaburi

Temples in Phetchaburi

Search 253 temples across the province by name, subdistrict or district, from the old town to cave temples and shrines by the Gulf of Thailand. Pick a ready-made route, or plan your own from the temples with mapped coordinates.

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Temple routes in 3D

Each temple is drawn in pencil as what makes it itself: Wat Mahathat's five prangs, Wat Kamphaeng Laeng's laterite towers, the great reclining Buddha, the caves in the hills. The red line is the way between them.

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Which temple trip suits you

Choose by the time you have and what you want to see. Every route lists its temples in order with road distances and travel times, and opens on the map to add or drop temples.

Nine temples in one day

The popular route: all nine temples in one drive

Temples on foot in town

Temples close enough to walk between, several in half a day

By interest

Cave temples, murals, or all four royal temples

By district

Khao Yoi, the Ban Laem coast, and Ban Lat, Tha Yang and Cha-am

All temples

253 temples

Questions

Which temples are on the Phetchaburi 9-temple route?

1. Wat Khao Yoi 2. Wat Khao Ban Dai It 3. Wat Phra Kaeo Noi 4. Wat Phra Phuttha Saiyat 5. Wat Khoi 6. Wat Mahathat Worawihan 7. Wat Ko 8. Wat Kamphaeng Laeng 9. Wat Yai Suwannaram (9 temples · 34 km · 41 min drive). Published versions differ; this one uses the seven temples the Wongnai and TrueID routes share, plus Wat Ko and Wat Phra Kaeo Noi.

What kinds of temple routes are there in Phetchaburi?

9 routes: Phetchaburi 9-temple merit route (9 temples · 34 km · 41 min drive) · Phetchaburi old-town temple walk (11 temples · 3.8 km · 51 min walk) · Temples around Khao Wang (Phra Nakhon Khiri) (6 temples · 1.3 km · 17 min walk) · Cave temples of Phetchaburi (5 temples · 45 km · 44 min drive) · Murals of Phetchaburi (5 temples · 4.6 km · 9 min drive) · The four royal temples of Phetchaburi (4 temples · 3.0 km · 7 min drive) · Temples of Khao Yoi (3 temples · 11 km · 12 min drive) · Ban Laem: temples by the Gulf of Thailand (9 temples · 50 km · 1 h 24 min drive) · South of town: Ban Lat, Tha Yang and Cha-am (9 temples · 110 km · 2 h 13 min drive)

Can I plan my own temple route?

Yes. In the route planner, pick from 50 temples on the map, order them yourself or let it find the shortest order, see road distances and driving or walking times, then open directions in Google Maps.

How many temples does this guide cover?

253 temples across 8 districts (8 in the province), searchable by name, subdistrict or district. 50 have coordinates for the route planner; the supplementary entries currently have names and subdistrict addresses, with details and coordinates awaiting review.

Sources

The temples with histories and mapped locations use Thai Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), OpenStreetMap and Wikidata. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licence shown; road distances and times use OSRM. Supplementary entries come from the submitted Phetchaburi temple dataset, with names and subdistrict addresses. Their details and coordinates await review; individual pages explain their sources.