Day tour – The best of Thailand 5 days

Tour Program

Summary itinerary

Detailed itinerary:

 Day 1: Bangkok arrival

Arrival to airport in Bangkok, meeting our driver. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Bangkok.

 Day 2 : Grand Palace –  Esmeralda Buddha  – Wat Po  – Canal tour –  Wat Arun (Meals: Breakfast, lunch)

Today we will make Bangkok city tour including the Royal Grand Palace, the Emerald Buddha, Wat Pho – the largest Buddhist temple with its colossal reclining Buddha.

Lunch at local restaurant.

Experience an afternoon trip along the bustling Chao Phya River and the quiet Klongs (canals) in a long tail boat enjoy scenes of life by water. We bring you to a more traditional way of living, more serene and traditional, away from all the high-rise and modern buildings of Bangkok City Centre, as we gently pass Thonburi residential areas. A stop will be made at the “Temple of Dawn” (officially named Wat Arun).

Return to your hotel. Overnight in Bangkok.

 Day 3:  Floating Market – Mae Klong Market (Meals: Breakfast, lunch)

Pick up from the hotel in Bangkok for Damnern Saduak floating market. On the way will be passing the largest source of salt production in Thailand along the roadside of the highway. Visit Mae Klong Market. (The World’s Most Fascinating Marketplace), an open – air Marketplace. People sell locally grown fruits, freshly caught seafood, dried spices, peppers, and other local foods. 

Amazing! Train tracks run right through the marketplace. When the train comes by, vendors have to close up their canopy and wait for it to pass. Naturally, it’s a popular spot with the tourists.

Visit Coconut Garden, see how the sugar is being made right from the coconut syrup of coconut flower. Then take long-tail boat going along narrow canal surround the plantation. Arrive at Damnern Saduak floating market. See a fascinating Thai way of life from the ancient time that is still widely practiced in this area. A chance to try various kinds of exotic Thai fruits and choices of Thai handicrafts are available at the spot.              

Depart from Floating Market to visit Wooden Handy Craft Factory. They show you how to produce wood carving.

Return to your hotel. Overnight in Bangkok.

 Day 4: Bangkok – Ayutthaya – Bangkok by cruise down (Meals: Breakfast, lunch)

This morning you will transfer to Ayutthaya. First visit at Bang Pa-In Summer Palace was first used by the royal court as a summer retreat in the 17th century. However, the Palace was destroyed with the fall of Kingdom of Ayutthaya and was restored by King Rama IV in the mid-19th century. Most of the buildings that exist today date from the reign of King Rama V, who regularly spent his summers there. The structures represent a variety of architectural styles, set in a large park around ponds and waterways. then follow by Wat Yai Chaimongkhol where you have a chance to sacred one of the biggest Reclining Buddha Image as well and the ruins of the old Royal Grand Palace & Temples.

Continue to visit Wat Mahathat is located in front of the Grand Palace to the east, next to Pa Than Bridge. The temple is believed to be one of Ayutthaya’s oldest temples, possibly built by King Boromaraja I (1370-88). Its central prang, of which only the base remains, once rose to a height of 165 feet. Traces of the original stucco decorations can still be seen on some of the surrounding chedis Across the river to visit Wat Na Phra Men, the temple has been restored a number of times but still has a finely proportioned ubosot and viharn. The Ubosot design is very old in the typical Thai style. Then transfer to Wat Chong Lom Pier in Nontaburi Province take curies back to Bangkok. Delicious meal served in the luxurious surrounds of a cruise boat.

Afternoon – Coffee Break – Witness the beauty of the Chao Phraya River and rural life along the two riverbanks from the cruise deck or from the cool, air-conditioned passenger cabin. Arriving in Bangkok, you will pass by the majestic Grand Palace and Wat Arun (The Temple of Dawn). Overnight in Bangkok

 Day 5: Bangkok – departure (Meal: Breakfast)

Leisure at your own until transfer to the airport.

What is inclusion in the tour price:

• Private air conditioned transport for transfer & sightseeing as per program
• Hotel picking up and dropping off service
• English speaking tour guide
• All entrance fees
• Boat trip for sightseeing
• Mineral water on car (1 bottle/ person)
• Meals as per indicated in the tour program
• Nice and clean hotel base on two people share a room

What is exclusion in the tour price:

• Air ticket to and from Bangkok
• Personal expense
• Travel insurance.
• Visa for Thailand
• Option, additional, person activates during free time.
• Drinks & other meals not mentioned in the program
• Excess luggage charges

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