Temple route page
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy exact hours, closures, ceremonies, ticketing, crowd/review signals are unstable.
Route call
exact hours, closures, ceremonies, ticketing, crowd/review signals are unstable
weather/AQI, opening/closure, event/festival, transport/traffic, review-volume only as live catalog
Before you book
This temple route page is not claiming a page-specific current score. Use it as the static guide, then check Today, route, and comparison pages before paying for anything hard to change.
Use this first before you start collecting named temples. The route can break on heat, AQI, traffic, closures, or ceremony access long before the site list looks wrong.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Recommended treatment | support module only |
| Best decision use | route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy |
| Top anchors | |
| Main static risk | exact hours, closures, ceremonies, ticketing, crowd/review signals are unstable |
| Live signal candidates | weather/AQI / opening/closure / event/festival / transport/traffic / review-volume only as live catalog |
| Source strength | medium/needs validation |
These sites still matter to the route, but they stay inside the city page until live-check coverage or public demand gets stronger.
| Site | Priority | Area | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wat Neranchararam | Secondary | Cha-am beachfront north side | Support Hua Hin–Cha-am page as quiet beach/cave temple side-stop. |
| Wat Cha-am Khiri | Secondary | Cha-am hill/cave area | Support Hua Hin–Cha-am page as quiet beach/cave temple side-stop. |
| Wat Tham Chaeng | Support | Cha-am / Phetchaburi side | Support Hua Hin–Cha-am page as quiet beach/cave temple side-stop. |
This city packet depends on a mixed source stack. Use the official or heritage source first, then only add catalog or map layers when they improve the traveler decision.
| Source | Type | Evidence level | Used for sites |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAT Cha-am | official | official city/province source | Wat Cha-am Khiri; Wat Neranchararam; Wat Tham Chaeng |
Temple pages should start with the most reliable identity or heritage source, not with review or map popularity.
| Rank | Source layer |
|---|---|
| 1 | Legal Buddhist identity: ONAB temple registry |
| 2 | Public religious-site fields: DRA Buddhist and non-Buddhist religious-site datasets |
| 3 | Ancient monument / ruin status: Fine Arts Department |
| 4 | Tourist-facing metadata: TAT and DASTA |
| 5 | Coordinates and local map tags: OpenStreetMap / Overpass |
| 6 | Images, aliases, and global IDs: Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons |
| 7 | Reviews and live opening status: commercial POI enrichment only when licensed |
Repeated temple names and mixed site types make name-only matching unsafe.
| Rule | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONAB temple code exact match is canonical for Buddhist wat identity. |
| 2 | Thai name plus province plus district is a strong match. |
| 3 | Thai name plus coordinates within 250 meters is a strong geospatial match. |
| 4 | OSM, Wikidata, TAT, or Fine Arts records inside the same temple polygon are strong enrichment matches. |
| 5 | English name or romanization alone is weak because temple names repeat and transliterations vary. |
| 6 | Do not merge an active wat, abandoned wat, ancient ruin, shrine, and tourist attraction unless the source evidence agrees. |