Thai AirAsia, Nok Air and Thai Lion Air all operate daily flights from Bangkok to Phitsanulok.
Flight schedule from Bangkok to Phitsanulok
Click on the Bangkok – Phitsanulok link in the timetable below for more information and to buy tickets.
| Don Mueang Airport - Phitsanulok ฿ 771–2,249 50m – 1h 5m | |
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Bangkok Airport
Flights to Phitsanulok depart from Don Mueang International Airport, 222 Vibhavadi Rangsit Rd, Khwaeng Sanambin, Khet Don Mueang, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10210, Thailand.
Phitsanulok Airport
Flights from Bangkok arrive at Phitsanulok Airport, Aranyik, Mueang Phitsanulok District, Phitsanulok 65000.
About Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat in Phitsanulok
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat is the most important temple in Phitsanulok and the town’s major tourist attraction. Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat was founded in 1357 by the King of the Sukhothai Empire. At the same time as he founded the temple the King also commissioned the casting of three bronze statues to be enshrined at the temple. Only one of these three statues, known as the Phra Phuttha Chinnarat, is on display at Wat Phra Si Rattana. The Phra Phuttha Chinnarat is considered by many Thai Buddhists to be the most beautiful Buddha statue in Thailand and the shrine hall where the statue is located receives a constant stream of mostly Thai visitors. The statue is 3.75 metres tall has and features a distinctive aureole around the body of the Lord Buddha shaped like flames.
Phra Buddha Chinnarat statue at Wat Phra Si Rattana MahathatWat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat also features a large standing Buddha, also created when the temple was founded, and a 36 metre high prang, which is a Khmer style tower in which Buddha relics are believed to be enshrined. Wat Phra Si Rattana is a city centre temple located 1.4 km from Phitsanulok Railway Station. Admission to see the inner part of the temple containing the Phra Phuttha Chinnarat statue costs foreign visitors 40 THB and the temple is open everyday from 06:30 to 18:00.