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Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace is the downtown campus of Thailand's leading fine arts university, housed in and around a former royal residence in Rattanakosin (Old City). Its studios and galleries sit among the old streets and canals of the historic quarter.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
At 120 m from Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace, a 2-minute walk, Sabai Sabai Liveaboard Bangkok is the closest of the listed hotels. This 3-star property holds a guest score of 4.9 from 29 reviews, and its air conditioning is a welcome thing after a day among the temples and shophouse streets of Rattanakosin.
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Mowa Bangkok is a 4-star hotel 480 m from Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace, about 7 minutes on foot. It scores 4.5 from 80 guest reviews and provides family rooms and air conditioning, which suits anyone touring the palaces with children in tow.
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Theatre Residence, a 4-star hotel roughly 450 m from the landmark, or 7 minutes' walk, keeps you close enough for an early start at the palace gates. Air conditioning indoors and the beach nearby give a pair of easy contrasts to a day spent among Rattanakosin's temples.
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Baan Wanglang Riverside is a 3-star hotel 460 m from Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace, a 7-minute walk. Its 4.5 guest score comes from 759 reviews, and breakfast is provided, so you can be out among the palaces before the crowds gather in the morning.
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Ibrik Resort By The River is a 3-star property 440 m from the campus, about 7 minutes on foot. Breakfast is served and rooms have air conditioning. Its 3.4 guest score rests on 16 reviews, and the riverside setting fits the piers, wat and palace streets all around.
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Baan Tipa House Wanglang is a 3-star hotel 480 m from Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace, roughly 7 minutes' walk. Internet access and air conditioning cover the basics, leaving you free to spend the day on the palace island and the temple streets of old Bangkok.
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PSB1 Apartment is a 3-star property 490 m from the landmark, an easy 7-minute walk for an early palace morning. Car parking, family rooms and air conditioning make it a straightforward base for a group touring Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace and the surrounding royal wat.
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Old Town mimi cozy studio 70 SQM good for family is a 4-star studio 570 m from Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace, about 8 minutes on foot. A kitchen, air conditioning and free wifi make longer, slower days around Rattanakosin and the river crossings comfortable.
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Mimi Cozy Apartment Old town Siriraj Wanglang Market is a 3-star property 570 m from the campus, roughly 8 minutes on foot. Air conditioning and free wifi keep the stay easy while you work your way through the palaces, wat and riverside streets of the old town.
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S.E.T Thanmongkol Residence is a 3-star hotel 510 m from Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace, an 8-minute walk. Air conditioning and free wifi are provided, and the location suits anyone building a visit around the nearby royal monuments and river piers.
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Staying inside Rattanakosin puts Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace and the palaces within a short walk and keeps the river landings handy for hops across to Wat Arun. The streets fall quiet early and the area wakes with the temple gates. Sabai Sabai Liveaboard Bangkok is 120 m away, roughly 2 minutes on foot; Mowa Bangkok and Theatre Residence are each about 450-480 m, or 7 minutes; Old Town mimi cozy studio 70 SQM good for family sits at 570 m, an 8-minute walk. This is the choice for culture-first stays.
Guests at the closest places simply walk. Sabai Sabai Liveaboard Bangkok is 120 m from the campus, about 2 minutes on foot, and the cluster at 440-490 m — Ibrik Resort By The River, Theatre Residence, Baan Wanglang Riverside, Mowa Bangkok, Baan Tipa House Wanglang and PSB1 Apartment — reaches the landmark in 7 minutes. From 500-610 m, Stay Wanglang, S.E.T Thanmongkol Residence, Old Town mimi cozy studio 70 SQM good for family, Mimi Cozy Apartment Old town Siriraj Wanglang Market, Wang Lang Hostel, Wanglang Home and the Xx Go Inn Siriraj Bkk properties, plan on 8-9 minutes' walking. For airports, take a car or taxi. Inside Rattanakosin there is no BTS, and the river piers, Tha Tien at Wat Pho and Tha Chang on the palace side, cover the crossings to Wat Arun.
Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace sits on Rattanakosin, the royal island where Bangkok was founded in 1782. The campus occupies a former palace grounds beside the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho and Sanam Luang, and it is one of the country's leading fine arts universities. Visitors come for its own architecture and exhibitions, and above all for the surrounding monuments: Wat Pho with the reclining Buddha, the Grand Palace complex, and, across the river, Wat Arun. The neighbourhood beyond the palaces is old Bangkok proper, with two-storey shophouses, the Ministry of Defence building and a handful of streets facing the palace gates. There is no BTS and no shopping malls here, which is precisely why people choose it: the temples and the river are at the door, and mornings before the crowds arrive are the reward. Tha Tien pier at Wat Pho and Tha Chang pier on the palace side provide the river crossings.
Sabai Sabai Liveaboard Bangkok is the closest hotel we list, about 2 min walk · 120 m from Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace in a straight line, in Bangkok.
Yes: 125 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace, about a 15-minute walk, and 7 are within 500 m. The closest is Sabai Sabai Liveaboard Bangkok, 120 m away.
PSB1 Apartment, Royal Rattanakosin Hotel list free parking on their own page. Check the hotel page for the details.
1905 Heritage Corner has the best guest score of the hotels near Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace: 4.9/5 from 73 reviews, 750 m away.
15 of the hotels we list within 1 km of Silpakorn University Tha Phra Palace have 4 or 5 stars, the nearest being Theatre Residence (450 m).
The listing counts 7 hotels within 500 m of the landmark, 125 within 1 km and 629 within 2 km. The closest here, Sabai Sabai Liveaboard Bangkok at 120 m, and the group around 440-490 m all fall in the first band.
Stay Wanglang holds a guest score of 5.0 from 4 reviews. Sabai Sabai Liveaboard Bangkok follows at 4.9 from 29 reviews, and Baan Wanglang Riverside and Mowa Bangkok both score 4.5, from 759 and 80 reviews respectively.