Muang Boran - the ancient city in Bangkok

The vast piece of land, spreading over 200 acres,floating restaurant. Also we can see small shops
resembling the shape of Thailand with manyselling Thai handicrafts and souvenirs to the
original and reproductions of buildings, monumentstourists which are not in very higher prices. The
and statues, was built up under the patronage ofmost admirable fact is that the entrance fee is
Lek Viriyaphant and considered as the largestjust 300 THB which is a very reasonable amount
open air museum in the world. It is situated incomparing to what can be gained out of it and
Samut Prakan province and close to the Crocodileevery visitor gets free use of a bicycle during the
Farm and consists of the beautiful gardens, someopen time from 8am to 5pm in order to explore
of which are depicting Thai legends.the whole area.
The replicas in the ancient city have beenAlso to mention some of the other outstanding
constructed with the support of professionals ofworks in this legendary city, the former Grand
the national museum in order to make sure thatPalace of Ayutthaya can be mentioned. But it was
their historical accuracy would be shown as it is.ruined by the Burmese during the invasion in 1767.
Also some buildings are life-size models of existingAnd Phimai Sanctuary also can be mentioned as
and former sites, and the others are one-thirdone of the key attractions within the ancient city.
scale. Muang Boran has sculptures from the ThaiThe common factor of these constructions is
legend, "the Ramakien" which demonstrates thethat the plan and ornaments of the structure
Royal Barge procession, and a model Thai village inhave been affected by their real historical ruins
which craftsmen have used ceramics, paperand the relevant documents in order to keep its
umbrellas and lacquer items as building materials.original forms.
The floating market in the ancient city is anotherAnd another important fact for those prefer to
major part of the attraction which has been filledhave a long stay a number of Bangkok serviced
with water. In this lake there are flocks of largeapartments such as Royal President are located
fish that can be fed with local food. And nay onenear by the Muang Boran that welcomes the
can feast the tasty food including traditional Thaivisitors offering superior level facilities with
food according to his or her selection in thereasonable charging.