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  "schema": "landometer.citywiki.article/v1",
  "id": "b3221f7e-f41c-43b0-b8b9-24e9ba4884de",
  "slug": "samyot",
  "url": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/samyot?lang=en",
  "json": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/samyot.json",
  "language": "en",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-25T16:35:25.899962+07:00",
  "indexedBySearch": true,
  "pendingBeforeIndexing": [
    "Passed the two-step human review (geography and evidence, then page quality)."
  ],
  "place": {
    "nameEn": "Sam Yot",
    "nameTh": "สามยอด",
    "province": "Bangkok",
    "country": "Thailand",
    "geoNote": "Around the Charoen Krung–Maha Chai junction in Phra Nakhon district.",
    "pronunciation": "sahm yot"
  },
  "quickAnswer": "Sam Yot (สามยอด) is the station-centred pocket around The Old Siam Plaza, Mega Plaza Saphan Lek, Chalermkrung Royal Theatre, two places of worship, Khlong Ong Ang and Rommaninat Park. The station is the starting point, but shopping and cultural venues are the reasons to leave it. Allow 2–3 hours for either the shopping-and-worship direction or the park side; seeing everything calls for a longer half day and several road crossings.",
  "truthStatement": "Sam Yot turns one MRT stop into a half-day of specialist shopping, live khon, worship and a park made from former prison grounds.",
  "boundary": {
    "headline": "What Sam Yot means here",
    "definitionNote": "Sam Yot (สามยอด) here means the station-centred neighbourhood around the Charoen Krung–Maha Chai junction, the shopping and worship streets to the southwest, the Khlong Ong Ang edge and Rommaninat Park. It is a neighbourhood name rather than a legal district: an older Sam Yot district was merged into Phra Nakhon in 1928. This is not Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan, and it does not include the full Phahurat, Ban Mo, Khlong Thom or Giant Swing areas."
  },
  "fit": {
    "summary": "Good for: collectors, theatre-goers and travellers who enjoy reading several layers of city life in one outing.",
    "roles": [
      "Toy collectors",
      "Thai-craft shoppers",
      "Theatre-goers",
      "Urban-history readers"
    ]
  },
  "misfit": {
    "summary": "Less ideal for: anyone who needs a guaranteed step-free route or expects to enter the former Corrections Museum.",
    "roles": [
      "Wheelchair users needing certainty",
      "Corrections-museum visitors"
    ]
  },
  "practical": {
    "estimatedBudget": "฿100–200 for breakfast; theatre tickets and shopping extra",
    "recommendedDuration": "2–3 hours for one direction"
  },
  "bestTime": [
    {
      "note": "Past Diwali programmes have used Phahurat and Khlong Ong Ang, including editions in 2023 and 2024. Check the current year's dates and boundaries before travelling for the festival.",
      "when": "Late October to November"
    }
  ],
  "route": {
    "intro": "Treat these as two possible outings, not a promised step-free loop. The longer sequence follows Exit 3 through theatre, shopping and worship before reaching the Khlong Ong Ang edge; the shorter alternative uses Exit 1 for Mega Plaza and Rommaninat Park.",
    "stops": [
      {
        "name": "Sam Yot MRT Station (สถานีสามยอด)",
        "role": "Orient yourself",
        "headline": "A modern station dressed in historic language"
      },
      {
        "name": "Chalermkrung Royal Theatre (โรงละครเฉลิมกรุง รอยัลเธียเตอร์)",
        "role": "See a performance",
        "headline": "Short khon performances with live music"
      },
      {
        "name": "The Old Siam Plaza (ดิ โอลด์ สยาม ช็อปปิ้ง พลาซ่า)",
        "role": "Browse Thai goods and food",
        "headline": "Five floors of sweets, cloth and specialist trade"
      },
      {
        "name": "Wat Thip Wari Wihan (วัดทิพยวารีวิหาร)",
        "role": "Visit a place of worship",
        "headline": "A Thonburi-era temple still used for worship"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gurudwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha (ศาสนสถานคุรุดวารา)",
        "role": "Enter a Sikh worship space respectfully",
        "headline": "The Bangkok gurdwara of the Sikh Institute of Thailand"
      },
      {
        "name": "Khlong Ong Ang (คลองโอ่งอ่าง)",
        "role": "Follow the canal edge",
        "headline": "The canal that once held the Saphan Lek stalls"
      },
      {
        "name": "Mega Plaza Saphan Lek (เมก้า พลาซ่า สะพานเหล็ก)",
        "role": "Browse toys and collectibles",
        "headline": "More than 600 shops for toys, models and cameras"
      },
      {
        "name": "Rommaninat Park (สวนรมณีนาถ)",
        "role": "End in public space",
        "headline": "A park on the former Bangkok Remand Prison site"
      }
    ]
  },
  "faqs": [
    {
      "a": "No. It is a contemporary station whose façade and interior decoration refer to architecture from that period.",
      "q": "Is Sam Yot MRT Station from the Rama V era?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Exit 3 points toward Chalermkrung Royal Theatre, The Old Siam Plaza and Wat Thip Wari Wihan. Exit 1 points toward Mega Plaza and Rommaninat Park. Exit 2 has the station lift and ramp.",
      "q": "Which Sam Yot exit should I use?"
    },
    {
      "a": "No. The Department of Corrections says the objects moved to the new Corrections Museum in Nonthaburi after the former site closed.",
      "q": "Is the Corrections Museum still in Rommaninat Park?"
    },
    {
      "a": "The available evidence supports a lift and ramp at Exit 2 only. It does not establish continuous pavements, suitable crossings or step-free entrances at every stop.",
      "q": "Can the whole Sam Yot route be done step-free?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Specialist shopping at Mega Plaza and The Old Siam Plaza, khon at Chalermkrung Royal Theatre, the two worship sites, Khlong Ong Ang and Rommaninat Park.",
      "q": "What is Sam Yot mainly worth visiting for?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Past programmes used Phahurat and Khlong Ong Ang in late October or November. Dates change each year, and no 2026 programme is established in the sources used here.",
      "q": "When is Diwali in the Sam Yot area?"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "Rommaninat Park's two Bangkok pages still disagree on opening time, and a station lift does not establish a continuous step-free route beyond the exit.",
    "The former Corrections Museum collection is in Nonthaburi; retained prison fabric in the park is not an interior museum visit.",
    "The tourism summary says six attractions although five named attraction rows are present, so no sixth stop was inferred. Hoy Kom Pun Lan was excluded because current web results place it on Rama IV Road outside this boundary."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Tourism dataset",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null,
      "supports": "Five named attraction rows, a summary total of six attractions, The Old Siam Plaza description, Wat Thip Wari Wihan history, Gurudwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Khlong Ong Ang and the 2023–2024 Diwali activity rows."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Restaurant dataset",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null,
      "supports": "Restaurant count, food-business names, types and price bands. Twelve restaurant points are present although the locality total is eighteen."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Hotel dataset",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null,
      "supports": "Four hotels or guesthouses and room figures from ฿250 to ฿3,739."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Boundary GeoJSON",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": null,
      "supports": "Station-centred scope and separation of core stops from nearby Phahurat, Khlong Thom and Sao Chingcha extensions."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bangkok Expressway and Metro",
      "title": "Sam Yot station profile",
      "url": "https://metro.bemplc.co.th/Popular-Station-Detail?pid=9",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Station location and contemporary decoration referring to Rama V-era architecture."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bangkok Expressway and Metro",
      "title": "Sam Yot station map",
      "url": "https://metro.bemplc.co.th/Line-Maps?Line=1&Station=30&lang=en",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Exit directions, Exit 2 lift and ramp, and nearby named destinations."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Phra Nakhon District Office",
      "title": "History of Khlong Ong Ang",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/pranakorn/page/sub/22135/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Canal history, Saphan Lek stall removal, trader relocation to Mega Plaza, the 750-metre landscaped section, art covers and street art."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bangkok Metropolitan Administration",
      "title": "Rommaninat Park public-space page",
      "url": "https://publicspace.bangkok.go.th/Spaces/Info/356C1669-ACF6-43A5-A724-1AC384F2A007",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Old Prison Gate Forecourt, Lan Sang Samrit, 700–800 metre circuit, park facilities and the 05:00–21:00 time."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Greener Bangkok",
      "title": "Rommaninat Park",
      "url": "https://greener.bangkok.go.th/park/suan-romanee-nat/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Second Bangkok park page giving a different opening time."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Department of Corrections",
      "title": "Readiness inspection for the new Corrections Museum",
      "url": "https://main.correct.go.th/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%91%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-09",
      "supports": "Move of museum objects from the former Bangkok Remand Prison site to Nonthaburi after the old site closed."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "The Old Siam Plaza",
      "title": "Official owner website",
      "url": "https://theoldsiam.co.th/th",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Current identity of The Old Siam Plaza as a shopping and food venue."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Sala Chalermkrung",
      "title": "Hanuman khon programme",
      "url": "https://www.salachalermkrung.com/?c=events&m=hanuman",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Performance form, live Thai music, subtitles, duration, programme and Thai promotional ticket."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bureau of the Royal Household",
      "title": "Khon visitor information",
      "url": "https://www.royalgrandpalace.th/th/attraction/khon",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Foreign visitor ticket, performance duration, afternoon schedule and August 2026 suspension dates."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Tourism Authority of Thailand",
      "title": "Wat Thip Wari Wihan worship guide",
      "url": "https://thai.tourismthailand.org/Articles/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Figures worshipped at Wat Thip Wari Wihan and visitor context."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Thailand Tourism Directory",
      "title": "Mega Plaza Saphan Lek",
      "url": "https://thailandtourismdirectory.go.th/attraction/103680",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "More than 600 shops, toys, models and new and used camera trade."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Gurudwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha",
      "title": "Official social page",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/sirigurusinghsabhabangkok/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Identity as the Bangkok gurdwara associated with the Sikh Institute of Thailand."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Phra Nakhon District Office",
      "title": "History of Phra Nakhon district",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/pranakorn/page/sub/3864/%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89/1/info/2891/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Historical Sam Yot district name and its merger into Phra Nakhon in 1928."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation",
      "title": "Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park",
      "url": "https://portal.dnp.go.th/Content/nationalpark?contentId=1016",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Distinguishes the Bangkok destination from Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Wikimedia Commons",
      "title": "Sam Yot MRT Station (I)",
      "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Yot_MRT_Station_(I).jpg",
      "accessed": "2026-08-24",
      "supports": "Hero image, creator credit, station entrance appearance and CC BY 4.0 licence."
    }
  ],
  "image": {
    "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Sam_Yot_MRT_Station_%28I%29.jpg",
    "alt": "MRT Sam Yot exit 1 building, Bangkok.",
    "author": "This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sam_Yot_MRT_Station_(I).jpg"
  }
}