Bangkok Grand Palace entry 2026: 500 baht per foreign visitor
by RuinMyTrip Editorial · 2d ago
The Grand Palace's own site puts admission at 500 baht in 2026, with tickets sold only until 3:30 PM. Two adults pay 1,000 baht for the single largest fixed cost of a first sightseeing day.
Admission to the Grand Palace in Bangkok is 500 baht a head in 2026. The figure comes from the palace's own website, which states that tickets are sold from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM and cost 500 baht, and which says the ticket gives access to Wat Phra Kaew, the temple of the Emerald Buddha, inside the same walls.
Hours and timing
The site gives daily opening as 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, with the ticket window closing a full hour earlier at 3:30 PM. Arriving in the late afternoon therefore means no entry that day even though the grounds themselves are still open, which is the single most common way visitors waste the trip across town.
What a sightseeing day costs
Two adults visiting the Grand Palace pay 1,000 baht between them. A group of four adults pays 2,000 baht. Because the charge is a flat per person ticket rather than a nightly or percentage tax, it does not scale with how long you stay in Bangkok or what your hotel costs.
What is still unclear
Thailand has discussed a nationwide arrival fee for foreign visitors for several years, and no official page consulted for this article confirms a start date or an amount in force during 2026, so any figure circulating for it should be treated as unconfirmed.
Sources: royalgrandpalace.th, royalgrandpalace.th.
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