Historic French Ambassador's residence opens to public Sunday

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Embassy guide Wimolrat.

 

BANGKOK — The French ambassador’s residence, arguably the most historically significant such home in Bangkok, will open to the general public Sunday for a guided tour.

 

While there exists other charming and historic emissary’s homes such as that of the Portuguese – the oldest – and the American, more influential today; it’s at the French residence that one can take a view and imagine one of most tense encounters between Siam and the West a century ago.

 

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19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Historic French Ambassador

Really? 

Please bring an ID or passport.  ?

 

I gather this is merely a one off event.