Nakorn Si Thammarat

Nakorn Si Thammarat (the capital city and province of the same name)  is situated north of Hat Yai, between the islands of Phuket and Koh Samui on the lush and evergreen Malay Peninsula within Thailand.  It’s another ancient city in Thailand, this time not linked to the Khmer but to the Srivijaya Empire of Sumatra and to the Chola Kingdoms of India.

An important temple that is one of the oldest continually occupied temples in Thailand, the Wat Phra Mahathat is around 1500 years old.  You may feel that this may be how Angkor Wat, and other temple ruins may have looked or felt  like in their heydays.  Wat Phra Mahathat of Nakorn Si Thammarat is believed to contain relics of the Buddha himself, with memorials in the town to the people who brought the relics.

There remains an old city wall from the 13^th century with tales waiting to be told.  Besides these places to go and see, there are a lot of fun things to do like kayaking, trekking and elephant rides and sunning on the beaches nearby.

This video by bestdestination gives a good overview of things to do in Nakorn Si Thammarat.