Two ways to this one, from The Brick road Cafe. Either you can stroll through Wat Chedi Luang, behind us, bearing left round to their front gate and then going left again and you will find Wat Phan Tao a few yards away.( for history of Wat Phan Tao , go here)
Or turn right out of the cafe, down to the traffic lights and turn right again, Wat Phan Tao is then, once again, just a few yards down the street on the right hand side.
Wat Pan Thao is a very popular Temple with tourists, being of wooden construction it is a beautiful example of the ‘old ways’.
It won’t take you too long to get around the grounds as the Wat sits in a very small compound.
Due to the size of the compound, most of what there is to see can be seen from the entrance so rather than a wordy tour, I will let the photos do the talking.
Wat Pan Thao
beautiful craftmanship
The Vihara houses ancient artifacts
extra Loi Kratong adornments
towards the rear of the compound is a beautiful ‘garden’ area around a Golden Buddha, where it appears one of the Monks may be practicing landscaping.
meditation corner?
Entering the Wat via the rear door i was met with a mass of beautiful hanging banners, before walking through to the dark interior of this stunning Temple.
Hanging banners
a young boy fills the merit bowls
Although the interior takes your breath away with the quality of the woodworking, a special mention is deserved for the impressive Red Stone gateway at the front of the Temple.
the front gateway
pop in again soon for the next installment of the Brick Road temple Tours 
You can see more photos of Wat Phan Tao in our photobucket album.
