Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Trip Overview
After departing the River City Shopping Complex at 7.30am you will travel to the Bang Pa In Summer Palace about 1 hour away. Here is a magnificent display of Thai, Chinese and Gothic architecture. Then move onto several old ruins of Siam’s ancient capital, Ayutthaya before making you way back to Bangkok onboard the Grand Pearl Cruiser. Whilst passing many sites along the riverbank you will enjoy a buffet lunch of Thai and International cuisines.
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Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, Thailand
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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After departing the River City Shopping Complex at 7.30am you will travel to the Bang Pa In Summer Palace about 1 hour away. Here is a magnificent display of Thai, Chinese and Gothic architecture. Then move onto several old ruins of Siam’s ancient capital, Ayutthaya before making you way back to Bangkok onboard the Grand Pearl Cruiser. Whilst passing many sites along the riverbank you will enjoy a buffet lunch of Thai and International cuisines.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Bang Pa In Palace, Ban Len, Bang Pa-in 13160 Thailand
Less than an hours drive North of Bangkok and just a few kilometers from Ayutthaya lies the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace.
The original Palace was built by King Prasat Thong of Ayutthaya in the first half of the 17th century. When Ayutthaya was invaded and destroyed by the Burmese in 1767, Bang Pa-In Palace was left abandoned for almost a century.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ayutthaya City Park, 126 Moo 3, Asia Rd, Ayutthaya 13000 Thailand
Visit places such as Wat Mahathat, Wat Phra Sri Sanphet, Vihara Phra Mongkhon Bophit ad Wat Phra Sri Sanphet
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Vihara Phra Mongkhon Bophit, Pratuchai Subdistrict, Ayutthaya 13000 Thailand
Home to one of Thailand’s largest bronze Buddha images
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Wat Phra Sri Sanphet, Pratuchai Subdistrict, Ayutthaya 13000 Thailand
Wat Phra Si Sanphet was the holiest temple on the site of the old Royal Palace in Thailand’s ancient capital of Ayutthaya until the city was completely destroyed by the Burmese in 1767. It was the grandest and most beautiful temple in the capital and it served as a model for Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya Historical Park Pratuchai, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya 13000 Thailand
Wat Mahathat, “the temple of the Great Relic” was one of the most important temples in the Ayutthaya Kingdom. One of the temple’s most photographed objects is the head of a stone Buddha image entwined in the roots of a tree.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Sukhothai Thailand
Located on the banks of the Yom River, the ruins of this ancient town that was formerly called “Muang Chaliang” contains more than 134 monuments from the past
Stop At: Grand Pearl Cruise, PGJ7+653, Talat Noi, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand
Start the cruise with buffet lunch on Grand Pearl Cruise Liner on the way to Bangkok.
Duration: 2 hours
