no one would have imagined 43 years ago that the temple next to the Grand Palace would become a atop tourist attraction in Bangkok. that was when the now-world-famous massage center and school was opened at Wat Pho.
On daily basis, a stream of both local and foreign tourists enter the two small white buildings at the temple to experience a Thai massage treatment, an ancient art of healing that has been handed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years. The structures contain long rows of massage beds,none of which lie empty for over a 10 minute stretch.