Going to Lopburi zoo

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็็How to get to Lopburi Zoo
Point A is Lopburi railroad station
Point B is a bus stop (Get in city bus)
Point C is SRA KEAW Circle (Get off the city bus)
Point D is Lopburi Zoo

There is only one zoo in Lopburi where a lot of animals and activities for local people and tourist to see .The zoo is located just about 100 meters from SRA KEAW Circle.What a tourist can see is some animals like birds ,monkey ,bear ,crocodile, deer ,snake ,and ect. How about the recreation such as playground ,feeding fish and rowing boat for instance.How to come from Lopburi city is by taking a city bus which is run along the main road King Narai Road and get off at SRA KEAW Circle ,then take a walk to the north east pass the Army movie theater and then the zoo is on the front.
Daily open From 8 am-5.30 pm
Telephone : 036-413551
A snake handler show during the weekend by Royal Thai Army,special force unit in Lopburi.The show will demonstrate how to identify the poisonous and nonpoisonous snake as well as useful information about snake's bite.

A live show of DHI-KHE or LI-KE the show of sing and dance in a beautiful dress .Actually this show is adopted from the middle east and came into the south of Thailand.In the past the show is available for the capital city and then expanded to the up country.Today the show is not so popular as in the past since a new ways of technology such as movie,TV.,internet and etc. ,however fortunately the local authority want to keep this show as Thai heritage ,so the show get support from the local authority and local people as well.

Travelling in Lopburi

Walking around the city is good for your health ,however for going to the longer target taking some transportation could be better.I would supposed you started from Lopburi railroad station again then walk a short distance about 100 meters to SAN PRA KAN ,and a bit walk over by the east north for 50 meter ,cross the road and you will be at the bus stop which is you can take a city bus to SRA KEAW Circle and next to the city hall and King NARAI statue and then along the main route of Lopburi up to the big 3 supermarket store in Lopburi called BIG C,MACRO and LOTUS


The city bus which is depart from city every 20 minutes to SRA KEAW Circle and King NARAI Circle and to Big C supermarket store as well. The ticket is 5-10 baht each

Another way to see around the city and nearby is taking a tricycle or SAMLOR ,this is an old transportation which is still see in Lopburi by using physical strength to drive a wheel and earn a little bit of coin for living.In my point of view I think this is the way to help the green house effect by using this kind of transportation ,so let help our earth green and less pollution by taking the SAMLOR

Find something eat in Lopburi

There are very good and famous restaurants in Lopburi where are the visitor can enjoy the Delicious and tasty of Thai food as well as a normal restaurants vailable for visitor across the city.
Food stall along side the street is also available by order the price is very cheap for example a plate of rice which serve with cooked chicken and a small bowl of soup (in Thai language we called Khao Man Kai ,but in English I am not sure55) is only 25-30 baht which is 1$ in compare.Another menu is Thai noodle with the price is normally the same as the plate of rice or if you want to try somethings more delicious like fried rice with egg and pork (Thai call Khao Pad Kai) or a menu in which i saw many visitor in Thailand took it is a fried noodle with egg and some pork (Thai call Pad Thai) .then about drinking water ,normally they will provide us with a big can or jug of water that a customer has to self-service by taking one water of glass ,however what a picture I saw was a visitor especially a foreigner won't take this water may be I assume the fear of not clean water and will cause them ill or sick which is not a good thing if got sick during traveling ,so they will take more precaution with drinking water and what I have seen for age is a visitor with a bottle of pure water in each of their hand or bag.For those who might want something easy then you can take food and drink from convenient store call 7-11 shop which is around the clock open and the visitor can get fast food like burger ,bread ,milk ,coffee,sausage,rice,snack,cigarette,phone card,book and etc.For how many 7-11 in Lopburi I am really sorry ,never count,but guarantee you won't miss it because it is easy to notice with sign 7-11 and only a walk distance cross the area o Lopburi city.
Well all in all my basic information I hope it help somehow,but if you come in a group and want to have something more ,then I would recommend you go to the most famous restaurant in Lopburi called Bua Laung Restaurant where the visitor can enjoy a varieties of Thai food menu and western style in such an affordable price (I used to take my family there on special days and the price is very OK) for example a table with 5-7 items (could be fish ,chicken,beef etc.) for 5-7 people the price is around 800-1000 baht which is only about 200 baht for sharing. This restaurant is such a nice place and beautiful area with the warm welcome for all visitor and all menu both in Thai and English and open daily from 10 am-12 pm. in addition they provide a VIP room,a reception room and singing room for customers as well the phone number is for more detail and reservation

Things to see in Lopburi

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Point A is a starting point Loburi railroad station where you get off the train
Point B is a 1st stop San Pra Kan
Point C is a 3 pagodas a Lopburi city landmark
Point D is a Vichayen House an old house for diplomatic in the king Narai the great
Point E is the king Narai palace
and Point F is back to the front road at the corner available for food and drink before getting back to Bangkok or move to new destinations.


Take a walk around the city is a good for your health and body strength and will take about 2- 3 hours I would recommend you to start off from Lopburi railroad station,and then move forward to San Pra Kan where is a house of Lopburi monkey and about San Pra Kan is a place where local people and near by province come to respect as a holy place to wish for luck and happy. you are welcome to see inside the San Pra Kan ,but keep you shoes off before entering the place.A visitor will have a good chance to see all monkey closely in vary aspect such as baby monkey ,father mother monkey and young monkey with them closely.

Tips Monkey is a monkey most of them are familiar with the visitor and wont do anything to threaten the visitor ,however few case report of monkey bite and stolen the visitor's belonging such as hand bag and watch etc. so keep thing in a secure place is gonna be safer .then after that on the left hand side you would see a big three pagoda located over there . it is a walk distance about 2 minutes from San Pra Kan so ,let's move to the next



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Pra Prand Sam Yod or Three pagodas
I would like to tell that is a city land mark and has a unique identity with the 3 pagodas and erected in the middle part of the city where is easily seen by a visitor. today it has old age and under the take care of the local authority with need some money to take care then so that in a good shape for a visitor a little money for a ticket for looking inside is for taking care them,however this is a visitor choice that you will go inside or not.
Then take a walk along the road to the Wichayen House,about 5 minutes
The Next stop is BAN WICHAYEN or WICHAYEN HOUSE is a house which is used to be the place to receive the ambassador from France that come to Lopburi in king NARAI the great in 1685 and then Mr. Constantine Phaulkon (he is a priest ) from Greece who served for king Narai the great and did a job well so he got promote to the high raking official and received this house from the king as award .

The remarks of the house is consisted of three parts ,first is an architect of the residential area and the main room for any purposes ,most of the house are adapted from European style ,especially the big house is built by Renaissance style and the very important things are the church which is a European model but for the door and the windows are the mix style of Thai art ,so this can be say this is the first church in the world which is a mixer of Buddhism art as well
The Next stop is the Palace
About the palace it was built in the king Narai the great period in 1685 as a second capital city of Ayddthaya. The king was really like this palace and always come to stay and live for a long time.For today the palace is ruin and obsolete ,however by taking care of the local authority to preserve this as the value things from the past to the new people so the local authority is in charge of rebuild the ruin parts and keep protect them in a good condition and open to the visitor both Thai and foreigner to visit and study about the history .The visitor have to pay for the entrance tickets fee for about 25 baht for Thai and about 100 baht for a foreigner.Inside the palace are the museum ,the official house where the king used for work.

Tip during the 16 - 20 February of the year will be a festival call the land of king Narai the great which have a big celebration and show for of light and sound and many interesting action fall back to the past .The local people will dress in the past time cloth and decoration and for sure this is really fun and enjoy so this time is really clouded people in Lopburi