King Narai's Palace

Historical palace from Ayuthaya era. nice to wandering in Thai dresses (You can find rental shop around outside of palace). If you need to park, you need to park outside along the streets.

It is truly marvelous and magnificent. A very impressive experience in a very well organized festival.

Very well worth the 30 baht entry for Thais. Parking available at the front of the museum for free. The Museum provides a lot of interesting history from the stone age and particularly concentrated during the height of lopburi influence (11th & 17th century). Lots of important artefacts that belong in much bigger museums. The palace grounds are not covered and can get very hot but still an interesting walk through the ruins. Ticket can be bought as combo with other lopburi attractions. Be wary of monkeys around on the roads outside during the late afternoons.

I also recommend tourists to visit this place to learn about the history of this province. This place is very peaceful and nice to take a break from walking. You can find a nice cafe for desserts and drinks around this place too.

Duel pricing in place for foreigners, but I don't have a problem with that. Surprisingly good inside, big area with plenty to explore. Enjoyed the museums and would definitely recommend if you're visiting Lopburi. Added bonus, unlike many areas of the city, I didn't see one Monkey.

Great place, most of the buildings are destroyed anyway but workers maintain the garden really well. It's 100 baht for foreigners.

King Narai's palace,though in ruins,is now being showcase in a commemoration for the great ayutthaya king from 10 feb 2023. I managed to visit it on the eve of the opening day in the night. The crowd was thin, as the set up is still in progress. It was a memorable night out for photographers as many were there to soak in the glamorous lights. The thin crowd is the last ingredient to capture the splendor of the exhibits. The street food vendors surrounding the ruins of the palace were not in full house as well and it was great to be able to walk through and sampling the real thai food and korean fòod in thai style. Many thais were dressed in their traditional costume for the occasion and these costumes were also on sale along the street next to the complex. I heard that the bedroom of King Narai will be open for viewing as well. There were bamboo mats at certain locations placed for visitors to walk along. It the dressing up of the ruins that has brought out it's glory

It is well worth a visit to the museum and ruins of king Narai ancient palace. Peaceful and quiet. The park is well maintained and clean. The museum is air conditioned, well organized and quite educational. No parking inside the palace, though. So it’s a little problematic finding street parking near the place.

A wonderful place, with big trees and very green grass. Walking through points of internet on this green grass is excellent. A lot of interesting architectural details can be seen through out historic structures! Loved it.
There are also couple museums on site and highly recommended to visit:) A lot of interesting items are inside .

A must to visit place !
Ps
Look for a Chill Cat ( last photo)

The price for a foreigner is 150 baht. It has one of the best museums I've visited in Thailand. It takes you through all the historical eras clearly and in just the right amount of detail. The artifacts are impressive and relevant to the material. Nearly everything has been translated to English (and it's good English). I would recommend coming here first before visiting the other sites so you have some context about what you are seeing.

An old place worth visiting.
The King Narai's Palace (Thai: พระนารายณ์ราชนิเวศน์; RTGS: Phra Narai Ratchaniwet) in Lopburi was built by King Narai the Great, the king who ruled Ayutthaya from 1656 to 1688. He ordered the palace built in 1666 in the same area as King Ramesuan's Palace. King Narai stayed here for about 8–9 months a year, except during the rainy season. He designated Lopburi as the second capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. The palace was a place for relaxation, hunting, administering the country's affairs, and welcoming official visitors.
King Mongkut (Rama IV) of Rattanakosin ordered the restoration of King Narai's Palace. He built a new throne hall complex (Phiman Monkut Pavilion) for his stay in 1856. He also renamed the palace Phra Narai Rajanivet. During King Chulalongkorn's (Rama V) reign, Phiman Mongkut Pavilion, which had been King Mongkut's accommodations, was given to the government to use as the Lopburi City Hall. On October 11, 1924, Prince Damrong Rajanubhab and Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong opened the Chantarapisarn Pavilion in King Narai's palace as a museum, calling it the Lopburi Museum. Later, in 1961 the name of the museum was changed to Somdet Phra Narai National Museum. To date, the museum has exhibited more than 1,864 items of the collection of ancient artifacts in different pavilions and buildings of the palace.

It's a beautiful place. tours the ruins of the palace. in the second part there is a tour of the museum. the place has a minibar.

Very nice complex with a lot of history and green areas, Lopburi was a very interesting city and meeting point of a lot of cultures. This was much better than the monkey festival event na

Please visit King Narai's Day during the 16th Feb of every year and dress yourself in traditional Thai costume, Enjoy!

This historic site is so amazing. The ruined place, shrines and temple are still in perfect shape with hand craved decorations. Beside the story is impact for Thai history.

KING NARAI'S PALACE IS WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL PLACE THAT YOU HAVE TO VISIT AS WHEN YOU COME TO LOPBURI PROVINCE, THERE IS SO GREENERY PLACE AND COOL STYLISH BUILDING AND ALSO THE HISTORY OF LOPBURI PROVINCE THAT HOW WAS IT GREAT IN THE PERIOD OF KING NARAI.
YOU CAN JOIN THE MUSEUM THAT IS DISPLAY THE RARE ANTIQUE ITEMS.
THAT'S WORTH FOR SPEND YOU TIME IN HERE.
ESPECIALLY, IF YOU COME HERE AS IT HAS ANNUAL FESTIVAL, KING NARAI'S CELEBRATION DAY, IT WILL MORE FANTASTIC, BECAUSE ALL OF LOCAL PEOPLE WILL JOIN THESE DAY WITH IN THE THEME OF THAI TRADITIONAL DRESS.
SURELY IT MORE LIVELY AND BEAUTIFUL.
PLEASE TRY VISITING TO ENJOY THERE IN LOPBURI PROVINCE

Excellent place to understand the history of 17th century second capital after Ayutayya,ruins of throne palaces and halls, the politics of European ambassadors and siam rebellion,wonderful museum with it's immortal artefacts makes it nice place to visit if you are here. It takes at least two hours to grasp the information in the museum and hence plan accordingly.entry fee for foreigners is 150 baht.

A historical place of King Narai, vevy nice and peaceful with a museum to study.

Great historical place, full of things to see and study about king Narai the Great and the Ayutthaya kingdom, about 500 years ago. There's a huge yard, calm and peaceful on the left hand side of the place and hundreds of years-old trees. The coffee shop by the entrance is good. There's a parking lot inside. open daily until 16:30., may close on Mondays.

A off the beaten path royal palace ruins with grounds to walk freely. With a superb museum in the new building on site. On par with bangkok museums. The grounds may take a hour at most the museum depends on how quick you read or are interested, could see in 3-4 hours or longer.