the temple of the reclining Buddha and the center for traditional Thai massage and medicine.The knowledge about traditional medicine has been vital for the well-being of communities throughout Southeast Asia for centuries. These traditions reach back to ancient times when people understood about the interdependencebetween humans and their surrounding environment, a philosophy which was handed down from generation to generation and strongly influenced both, the science of healing and the aesthetics of fine arts.
In the Wat Pho temple the legacy of traditional Thai wisdom and knowledge of our ancestors is collected and preserved to benefit future generations. Through the accumulation of medical knowledge in the temple the typical Watpho massage could develop over time. The massage academy finally opened in 1955 and was awarded world heritage in 2008 through the “memory of the world” program of UNESCO to acknowledge our ambition to keep the knowledge about the traditional art of Thai medicine alive. Over the last 50 years we have been the world’s leading institution for traditional Thai massage and Thai medicine and our treatments are widely recognized as a standard for Thai Spas around the world.