Uttaradit Province 

 

Uttaradit was town of legend "Muang Lub-Lare" where beautiful widows stay at. It's Phichai 's birthplace who is the leading warlord in Thonburi period. During the war with the Burmese after the fall of Ayutthaya, Phichai was the site of several battles. The ruler of Phichai succeeded to fight back the Burmese and was awarded with the title Phraya Phichai Dabhak. Archeologists discovered ancient drums made of bronze at Mueng district in 1927. It's main evidence shown there were settlement here before 457. Uttaradit has been the town of Art and Cultural since ancient times.

Uttaradit province is covering area about 7,838 square kilometres and its population is about 469,944 persons. There are attractive places such as Muang Lab-Lare (district), Sirikit Dam, Bo Lek Nam Phi (special steel well) , Lamnam Nan National Park, Klong Tron National Park and Phru Soi Dao National Park.
 

Local Transportation

Car: Take highway no. 1 ( Phaholyothin Rd. ) and take highway no. 32 at Ayutthaya passing Angthong, Singburi, Chainat and Nakhonsawan province and then take highway no. 11 passing Phitsanuloak province to Uttaradit province. Total distance is about 491 kilometres. Bus: Both air-conditioned and non air-conditioned buses leave Bangkok's Northern and North-Eastern Bus Terminal (Mochit 2) to Uttaradit province daily. Train: Take train daily to Uttaradit province at Hualamphong Terminal Railway Station.