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Ko Kret

Ko Kret (Thai: เกาะเกร็ด, also Koh Kred) is an island in the Chao Phraya River, in Nonthaburi province 20 km north of Bangkok, Thailand. Since the 18th century Ko Kret has been settled by the Mon people, famous for their pottery.

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12 places

  1. Drink

    Chit Beer

    Craft beer and live music by the riverside. Get up on stage and sing a song, and you'll get a free beer. Open weekends only.

    Sat-Sun 12:00-21:00Beers from 150 baht

  2. Eat

    Dessert Canal

    Khlong khanom waan

    The local people living in the compound of the dessert canal as well as other canals around Ko Kret earn their living by selling several traditional Thai home-made desserts and sweets. Tourists can also enjoy the show on how to make Thai desserts and shopping all the sweetmeats as souvenirs from Khlong Khanom Wan.

  3. See

    King Rama V Museum

    Wat Poramaiyikawat Museum

    Next to the temple, this small museum displays various interesting items such as votive tablets, crystal ware, porcelains including "hem", a masterpiece made by Colonel Chatwat Ngamniyom. Some say that Hem must have been created by a Mon who had an inspiration from the coffin of the Lord Buddha. Dried remains will be put in the normal hem coffin but the hem of monks is different with a tiny window where the body can be seen from outside.

    Open Mon-Fri, 09:00-16:00

  4. Eat

    Ko Kret

    เกาะเกร็ด

    For a more relaxing lunch, try this pleasantly airy blue-tiled riverside restaurant just past Village 1. Thai basics (noodles, som tam, etc.) cost around 30 baht per dish. No English menu or sign but some English spoken.

    Daily, 10:00-23:00

  5. See

    Kwan Aman Pottery Museum

    This pottery museum is notable for its large collection of the distinctive ancient Mon design ceramics (see Buy below). Mon people have always been skilled in pottery since their settlement in the delta of Irawadi River. Later, at the time of Mon's installation to Thailand during the Thonburi era, pottery has become since then Nonthaburi's oldest handicraft and symbol with the notably beautiful characteristic Mon design.

    Daily, 09:00-17:00

  6. See

    Phra Wiharn

    This is the venue where the 9.5 m long reclining Buddha of the late Ayutthaya period is enshrined. The edifice’s outside is decorated with King Rama V’s emblem. Nonthaburi’s Buddha image named "Phra Nonthamunin" enshrined here behind Phra Wiharn was formed in the late Ayutthaya period. Besides, a charming marble Buddha image offered to King Rama V by a Burmese named Sang Sew Sun is placed in front of the Viharn.

    Daily, 09:00-16:00

  7. See

    Wat Chimpli Suttahawat

    วัดฉิมพลีสุทธาวาส

    Is on the east bank, about 1 km south of the ferry landing and a good point to turn around if you're not planning to make the full circuit. The temple has a beautiful small chapel in a very good condition.

  8. See

    Wat Phai Lom

    วัดไผ่ล้อม

    This monastery built in the late Ayutthaya period and called by Mon people "Pia To" has a charming chapel.

  9. See

    Wat Poramai Yikawat

    วัดปรมัยยิกาวาส

    The main temple on the island, this old monastery is constructed in Mon (Burmese) style and is a focal point of Thailand's small Mon community: both the scriptures and the daily prayers here are in Mon. The ubosot is decorated in Italian marble brought in by King Rama V, and a wooden pagoda near the pier houses the remains of one of the abbots. The white, Burmese-style stupa, modelled on Phra Tat Chedi Mutao in Hongsawadi, Myanmar, is said to contain the Buddha's relics.

  10. See

    Wat Sao Tong Thong

    วัดเสาธงทอง

    This long-dated temple used to be called ‘Wat Suan Mak’ is the site of Amphoe Pak Kret's first primary school. Behind the chapel, the tallest pagoda of Pak Kret was constructed in the Ayutthaya style. Inside the chapel, the gorgeous ceiling paintings finely decorate the edifice. Another name of the temple in Mon is "Pia Arlart".