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Dusit Palace

พระราชวังดุสิต

PERMANENTLY CLOSED! Sometimes called New Royal City, Dusit Park, Dusit Garden, or simply Dusit, is a complex of palaces and royal residences in the south of the Dusit district. The palace was established by King Rama V, the first Thai monarch to visit Europe. He was impressed by the royal parks and residences he had seen there, which were leafy, relaxed, spacious and cool, as opposed to the Grand Palace, which was cramped with buildings for his numerous wives, children, and servants. These buildings blocked air flow inside the Grand Palace, which heated it up considerably. As a replacement, King Rama V started building the Dusit Palace.

Hours: Closed · opens 9:30 am
Weekly hours
Mon 9:30 am–4 pm
Tue 9:30 am–4 pm
Wed 9:30 am–4 pm
Thu 9:30 am–4 pm
Fri 9:30 am–4 pm
Sat 9:30 am–4 pm
Sun 9:30 am–4 pm

Mon	9:30 am–4 pm
Tue	9:30 am–4 pm
Wed	9:30 am–4 pm
Thu	9:30 am–4 pm
Fri	9:30 am–4 pm
Sat	9:30 am–4 pm
Sun	9:30 am–4 pm

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สวนสัตว์ดุสิต
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พระบรมรูปทรงม้า
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