Wat Phra Kaew the Temple of the Emerald Buddha Attractions Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and the adjoining Grand Palace together form perhaps the greatest spectacle for the visitor to Bangkok. Despite the fact that the whole compound is so full of tourists you spend half the time trying to