Tai Phuan House

Udon Thani Province


About 300m southwest of the burial site (follow the signs for 'Phuan House which the King and Queen visited in 1972'), this traditional Isan house is promoted as an attraction, but the still-lived-in houses throughout the village are more interesting.


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