Wat Samphran
วัดสามพราน
A 17-storey pink cylindrical tower in Nakhon Pathom west of Bangkok, with a giant dragon coiling up to the top. An unusual, lesser-known temple popular on social media.
Wat Samphran is in Samphran district of Nakhon Pathom province, about 40 km from central Bangkok. It is known as the 'Dragon Temple' for its roughly 80-metre, 17-storey pink cylindrical tower, around which a green-scaled dragon coils from the ground to the top. The dragon's body contains passages you can climb, and a Buddha statue sits at the summit. The temple is not a traditional tourist attraction and has no official entry fee. Access to the viewing areas and tower climbing changes from time to time, and at some periods you can only view and photograph it from outside. A car or taxi one way takes about 1 hour, and it can be combined into a day trip with Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and Phra Pathom Chedi. Please dress appropriately and keep quiet during your visit.
Opening hours
Daytime (opening varies)
Nearby sights
- Phra Pathom Chedi
- Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen
- Wat Arun
- Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew
- Wat Pho
- Bangkok National Museum
- Museum Siam
- Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)