[Step onto the island embraced by three rivers](https://woud.io/ayutthaya/ja/ayutthaya_2). Once a city of water where merchants from across the world gathered and boats passed along its canals. When you look up at the [Three Chedis of Wat Phra Si Sanphet](https://woud.io/ayutthaya/ja/ayutthaya_5) and pause before the [Buddha Head Embraced by Bodhi Tree Roots](https://woud.io/ayutthaya/ja/ayutthaya_9), you will cross several hundred years in an instant. This same land holds the memory of the dynasty's mornings that shone in gold, and of [the night of 1767](https://woud.io/ayutthaya/ja/ayutthaya_12) when it was consumed by flames. The texture of brick, the scent of the river, the red of the declining sun — open all your senses and trace once more the path walked by merchants and pilgrims.