Wat Saket the golden mountain of Bangkok

Wat Saket, popularly known as the Golden Mount or 'Phu Khao Thong', is a low hill crowned with a gleaming gold chedi

Admission to the temple itself is free If you want to climb up the Golden Mount, you will have to buy a ticket Tickets for foreigners cost 50

the abyss The Golden Mount is actually a man-made hill Whilst the network of klongs, or canals, was being expanded through Bangkok the excavated soil was

the100 Nestled in the Pom Prap Sattru Phai district lies the Wat Saket Golden Mount, a buddhist temple dating back over three hundred years A landmark of the city