Suan Luang Rama IX
Bangkok's largest park, built for a king's sixtieth birthday, with botanical gardens of over three thousand species and a mid-lake royal pavilion replica.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Suan Luang Rama IX follows the park's origin on 1 December 1987, when King Bhumibol Adulyadej marked his sixtieth birthday — a milestone with particular weight in the Thai zodiac calendar — with a gift from the nation he insisted not become a mere monument. It traces how his decades-long focus on conservation and sustainable agriculture shaped the botanical garden's design. The pavilion standing mid-lake is worth pausing at, its reflection sitting still on the water.
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