Sangkhalok Museum "Sangkhalok" is the name of ceramic wares produced in the old city of Sukhothai. The museum displays the collection of Sangkhalok and ceramic wares produced some 700 years ago in the Lanna Kingdom (now the northern region of Thailand). The museum is just one kilometre from town on the road to Phitsanulok. It is open daily from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is 100 baht for adults and 20 baht for children.

Sukhothai Historical Park is located 12 kilometres from town on the Sukhothai-Tak Highway, and can be reached by local bus or hired motored tricycle from town. The park is open daily from 8.30 a.m.- 4.30 p.m. Admission is 40 baht. The park also offers tram services as well as bicycles for rent for exploring around its large area. The Tourist Service Centre in the park (Tel: 0-5569-7310) provides information, as well as displays of models of historical buildings and structures in old Sukhothai.

Ruins of the royal palaces, Buddhist temples, the city gates, walls, moats, dams, ditches, ponds, canals, and the water dyke control system, which was the magical and spiritual centre of the kingdom, are now preserved. They have been restored by the Fine Arts Department with the cooperation of UNESCO, not only with a view of fostering Thailand's national identity, but of safeguarding fine examples of mankind's cultural heritage.

Places of interest in Sukhothai Historical Park are as follows:-

Inside the city wall
The city wall is located in the centre of the historical park and is surrounded by earthen ramparts. The city has a rectangular shape some 1,300 metres wide and 1,800 metres long. The walls contain four main gates. A stone inscription mentions that King Ramkhamhaeng set up a bell at one of the gates. If his subjects needed help, they would ring the bell and the King would come out to settle disputes and dispense justice.

Inside the town stand 35 monuments including Buddhist temples and many other structures.

The Royal Palace and Wat Mahathat The royal palace lies in the centre of the town and covers an area of 160,000 square metres. This area is surrounded by a moat and contains two main compounds; the royal building and the sanctuary in the palace. In the royal compound exist the ruins of the royal building called Noen Phrasat.

Here, the famous stone inscription of King Ramkhamhaeng was found by King Mongkut (Rama IV) in the 19th century, together with a piece of the stone throne called "Manangkhasila-at". King Ramhamhaeng set up the throne in the midst of a sugar-palm grove where, at his request, a monk preached on Buddhist Sabbath days and the King conducted the affairs of state on other days. This throne was later installed in Bangkok's Temple of the Emerald Buddha.

A sanctuary lying to the west behind the Royal Palace compound is Wat Mahathat. It is Sukhothai's largest temple with a customary main chedi in lotus-bud shape and a ruined viharn. At the base of the chedi stands Buddhist disciples in adoration, and on the pedestal are seated Buddha images. In front of this reliquary is a large viharn formerly containing a remarkable seated bronze Buddha imange of the Sukhothai style, which was cast and installed by King Lithai of Sukhothai in 1362. At the end of the 18th century, the image was removed to the Viharn Luang of Wat Suthat in Bangkok by the order of King Rama I, and has since been named Phra Si Sakaya Muni. In front of the large viharn is another smaller viharn, which was probably built during the Ayutthaya period. Its main Buddha image (8 metres high), was installed inside a separate building. In front of the southern image, a piece of sculpture called "Khom Dam Din" (a Khmer who came by way of walking underground) was found, and is now kept in the Mae Ya Shrine near the Sukhothai City Hall. On the south stands a pedestal of a large chedi built up in steps, the lowest platform is adorned with beautiful stucco figures of demons, elephants and lions with angels riding on their backs. Mural paintings adorn this chedi.

King Ramkhamhaeng Monument. Situated to the north of Wat Mahathat, the bronze statue of King Ramkhamhaeng sits on a throne, with bas-relief at the base depicting the King's life. Wat Si Sawa is s ituated among magnificent scenery southwest of Wat Mahathat. Three prangs (pagodas) are surrounded by a laterite wall. Inside the wall, the viharn in the west, built of laterite, is separated from the main prang, which was constructed in the Lop Buri or Hindu-style, but the others constructed beside the prangs are Buddhist viharns. The Crown Prince of that time, who later became King Rama VI, found a trace of the Hindu sculpture Sayomphu, the greatest Hindu God in this sanctuary. In his opinion, this ruin was once a Hindu shrine, but was later converted into a Buddhist monastery, Wat Traphang-Ngoen

Situated to the west of Wat Mahathat is Wat Traphang-Ngoen with its square pedestal, main sanctuary, and stucco standing Buddha image in four niches. There is a viharn in front, and in the east of the pond, there is an island with an ubosot. This edifice has already crumbled and only its pedestal and laterite columns still remain. Many monuments and magnificent scenery are visible from this location.