Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi is a city at the confluence of the Rivers Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai. Wikivoyage

Population 25,651 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Thailand

• 191PolicePolice
• 199FireFire
• 1669AmbulanceAmbulance

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Thailand

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• The JEATH War Museum Museum · 350 m
• Thai Paper Mill Museum · 160 m
• สะพานสองแคว Attraction · 380 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Thai 2

All 3 places to eat

Getting around

• Kanchanaburi Bus Station 390 m
• Pak Phraek 1.4 km
• Songthaew 1.7 km
• Kanchanaburi 1.7 km
• Khao Pun 3.0 km
• Saphan Khwae Yai 3.9 km

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