Charming Thailand 8-days

DAY 1 ARRIVAL BANGKOK

Upon arrival at Bangkok airport, after clearing all customs procedures, please proceed to the exit gate and look for your guide who will be waiting at the lobby, holding the signboard with your name on it. Your guide will come to meet you and transfer you to the hotel to check-in and relax. Overnight in Bangkok. 

DAY 2 BANGKOK – CITY EXPLORER BY LOCAL TRANSPORTATION (B,L)

Breakfast at the hotel. Be greeted by your English speaking guide and then start Bangkok City Tour. Today you will experience traveling around Bangkok by local transportations. You will be taken via a few minute's walks to the nearest BTS station and then take 15 minutes to ride Sapan Taksin station. Arrive at Sapan Taksin, experience a funny Chao Phraya Express ferry boat ride to Ratchawong pier. Stroll around the Chinese community and when you are trying to make your way through the hundreds of shops selling everything from toys to chopsticks and from typewriters to car engines. Different sections have different products and your guide leads you from one alley to the next. Next, we will be traveling by MRT, another mass transit to visit the wholesale flower market, Pak Klong Talad. Continue your trip to visit Ban bat Community, see the process of making monk’s bowl, they will do the bowl every day except Sundays. Hopping a ferry boat from the nearby pier to Pratunam pier. On the way back to your hotel, you will be walking through Pratunam Market, a major market in Bangkok selling clothes, shoes, and fashion accessories at wholesale prices. Enter the small alleys and jam-packed small streets and you’ll find yourself in the middle of a clothes-maze. Prices are very cheap, and most shops offer retail prices for single pieces. Arrive at your hotel, rest of the day will be free at leisure.

DAY 3 AYUTTHAYA - ANCIENT CAPITAL (B,L)

Pick up from hotel, depart Bangkok to Ayutthaya. Arrive at the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace, built during the Ayutthaya era. The palace is beautifully decorated in both traditional Chinese and European style. Arrive at the Ayutthaya, the Ancient city, learn about a combination of both the ruins and the remaining historical attractions: Wat Maha That, Wat Na Phra Men and Wat Lokayasutharam. Depart Wat Lokayasutharam for boarding White Orchid River Cruise. The cruise leaves the pier and heads downstream toward Bangkok. Buffet Lunch on Board: Delicious Meals served in a full menu of Thai and European cuisines, desserts, season fruits, coffee, and tea. Throughout the journey, you are able to watch the Chao Phraya River banks scenery from the White Orchid Cruise, either on deck in the fresh cool tropical air or from the refreshing air-conditioned passenger room. Arrive in Bangkok and transfer you back to your hotel.

DAY 4 BANGKOK - PHITSALOKE - DAY TRAIN TO SUKHOTHAI (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Bangkok train station for boarding a Sprinter /day train no.#7 at 08.30 hrs. to Phitsanuloke. Arrive at Phitsanuloke train station, be greeted by your driver and then transfer to your hotel in Sukhothai.

DAY 5 SUKHOTHAI – HALD AY CYCLING TOUR TO SUKHOTHAI HISTORICAL PARK (B,L)

Breakfast at the hotel. You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning. The cycling tour starts from a small village on Sukhothai's outskirts known as Ban Khuai. We take a dirt road passing through endless rice paddies with beautiful views of the Kao Laung Mountain range in Ramkhamhang National Park. Arriving at the Eastern Gate we will explore some of Sukhothai's famous ancient ruins. You will marvel at beautiful Buddhist and Hindu architecture and be exposed to some of the country's most stunning craftsmanship from a period known as Thailand's Golden Era. The tour offers the visitor a guided cultural experience, learning about Sukhothai's history and complex architecture as well as the story of Buddhism in Thailand. Lunch will be served at a local restaurant. Return back to the Hotel. Overnight in Sukhothai. 

DAY 6 SUKHOTHAI – PHITSALOKE – DAY TRAIN TO CHIANG MAI (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. 11:30 Am, you will be picked up and transferred by your driver to Phitsanuloke train station for boarding a Sprinter /day train no.#7 at 13.22 hrs. to Chiang Mai. Arrive at Chiang Mai train station, be greeted by your driver and transfer to your hotel in Chiang Mai.

DAY 7 CHIANG MAI - CHARMING CITY (B,L)

Breakfast at the hotel. Be picked up for a visiting Doi Suthep. Wat Prathat Doi Suthep is the most important and famous temple in Chiang Mai. The tour begins with a pleasant wildly driving up 3,500 feet above sea level to the sacred temple of Doi Suthep. You then ascend up the 306 steps to the temple gateway which guarded by two splendid Nagas (serpents). Walk around the grounds of Doi Suthep past golden pillars, six-foot gongs and rows of bells. A five-tiered parasol made of gold sat on display in the inner courtyard. Wat Prathat Doi Suthep was built in 1383, is the symbol of Chiang Mai. It is the most sacred temple in the city and contains the holy relic of the Lord Buddha which is enshrined in the magnificent golden pagoda that can be seen for miles around. A panoramic view of the city and the surrounding countryside can be seen from the temple grounds. Return back to your hotel.

DAY 8 CHIANG MAI - DEPARTURE (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. Free time until transferring to the airport for flight to the next destination / back home. Tour ends. END OF SERVICES!