A two-hour drive northeast of the Khao Yai National Park, and deeper into Isaan's many provinces, you find Prasat Phimai.
Hindu-Buddhist shrine
One of the oldest surviving Khmer temple sites in the area it was originally constructed of red sandstone in the 10th and 11th centuries. This Hindu-Buddhist shrine pre-dates Angkor Wat, yet shares a number of stylistic attributes.
Due in part to a sensitive restoration project by the Fine Arts Department, Prasat Phimai has a unique quality with some of the most detailed Khmer lintel work still visible after a thousand years of weather, war and occupation.
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Places near Phimai
- Phanom Rung 56 miles away
- Khao Yai National Park 88 miles away
- Ayutthaya 143 miles away
- Udon Thani 153 miles away
- Isaan 159 miles away
- Loei Province 165 miles away
- Phra Wihan 167 miles away
- Bangkok 168 miles away
- Nong Khai 185 miles away
- Koh Munnork 191 miles away
- Koh Samet 197 miles away
- Khong Jiam 205 miles away
- Nakhon Phanom 208 miles away
- Amphawa 211 miles away
- Kanchanaburi & The River Kwai 216 miles away
- Sukhothai 217 miles away
- Koh Kood 247 miles away
- Nan 272 miles away
Photos of Phimai
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Sai Ngam is Thailand's largest banyan tree, Phimai -
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Sai Ngam is Thailand's largest banyan tree, Phimai
