Bangkok Trip Overview
Start the day early with a morning visit the the floating markets of Damnern Saduak, located outside Bangkok in the rural countryside. Experience the traditional ways of buying and selling fruits, vegetables and cooked meals, etc. Return to the bustling city of Bangkok to visit the Grand Palace and the royal temple of Wat Phra Keo, stopping to visit the Temple of Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho before returning to the hotel.
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Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Bangkok, Thailand
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Market Tours
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Start the day early with a morning visit the the floating markets of Damnern Saduak, located outside Bangkok in the rural countryside. Experience the traditional ways of buying and selling fruits, vegetables and cooked meals, etc. Return to the bustling city of Bangkok to visit the Grand Palace and the royal temple of Wat Phra Keo, stopping to visit the Temple of Reclining Buddha, Wat Pho before returning to the hotel.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Damnoun Saduak, Ratchaiburi, Damnoen Saduak 70130 Thailand
Your journey commences with a leisurely and scenic drive through rice paddies and salt fields. En route, visit a farmhouse and watch locals producing sugar from coconut. The tour then continues by boat, passing fruit plantations and Thai houses that reveal a more traditional way of life.
Upon arrival at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, discover boats of all different shapes and sizes, still used by local merchants to ferry their goods along this Venice of the East. Having immersed yourself in thw electric environment, head back towards Bangkok, stopping at a wood-carving factory en route.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Grand Palace, Na Phra Lan Rd, Maharaj Pier next to Wat Phra Kaeo Temple Complex, Bangkok Thailand
After lunch, visit the home of the Kings of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty in the heart of Bangkok. Originally built by King Rama I, and serving as royal residence until 1946, today the palace is used for visiting royalty or special guests of the Kingdom.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), Na Phra Lan Road Phra Borom Maha Rajawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 Thailand
Adjoining the Grand Palace, admire the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Keo), the best known of the royal temples, and regarded as the most important temple in all of Thailand. It is used for numerous religious ceremonies in which the King participates, especially at the beginning of each of the 3 seasons when the king personally changes the elaborate robes of the Buddha image, carved out of a single piece of emerald-green jasper.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Wat Phra Chetuphon, 2 Sanamchai Road Grand Palace Subdistrict, Pranakorn District, Bangkok 10200 Thailand
Temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Po), the actual name of which is Wat Phra Jetupon, famous as the oldest and largest temple in Bangkok, with its precincts covering 80,000 square meters in all. Wat Pho is one of Bangkok’s oldest temples. It existed before Bangkok was established as the capital by King Rama I. The temple is considered the first public university of Thailand, teaching students in the fields of religion, science, and literature through murals and sculptures.
Duration: 1 hour
