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Wat Suan Dok vs Wat Ched Yot
Both are rated highly by professional travelers. On balance, Wat Suan Dok ranks significantly higher than Wat Jed Yod. Wat Suan Dok scores 86 with praise from 4 sources such as Fodor's, Michelin Guide and Frommer's.
Wat Suan Dok
Lonely Planet
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Michelin Guide
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On Suthep Road, west of the Old City, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Built on a former flower garden in 1373, this plain-jane temple has a photogenic collection of whitewashed chedi."
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Fodor's
"Wat Suan Dok. It's said to have been built on the site where bones of Lord Buddha were found."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Wat Suan Dok is, perhaps, the most bucolic of Chiang Mai's temples, as it was built in the 14C in the gardens of King Mengrai."
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Frommer's
"This complex is special less for its architecture (the buildings, though monumental, are undistinguished) than for its contemplative spirit and pleasant surroundings."
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Wat Ched Yot
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Fodor's
Michelin Guide
Soi Wat Jet Yod, Superhighway, Chiang Mai 50300, Thailand
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Frommer's
"The chedi was built during the reign of King Tilokkarat in the late 15th century, and, in 1477, the World Sangkayana convened here to revise the doctrines of the Buddha."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Dotted around the compound are more chapels and chedi, as well as lots of mature ficus trees propped up with wooden stakes by devotees seeking merit."
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Fodor's
"Built in 1455, it's a copy of the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, India, where the Buddha is said to have achieved enlightenment...but its green lawns and shady corners are strangely still and peaceful."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"This temple will come as something of a surprise to those visitors arriving from Sukhothai or Ayutthaya who have become used to seeing chedi in the shape of a bell or crowned with a lotus bud spire."
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