Historical Highlights of Ayutthaya Full day

08:00 Pick up at your hotel in Bangkok center.

Departing from Bangkok, you first reach Bang Pa-In Palace - Summer Palace, boasting a mix of European, gothic and Thai-Buddhist architecture. Take the time to explore the charming temples, wander a circle around the lake with colourful tower and also admire the palace's architecture of unusual excellence.

Continue the trip with a short visit to Wat Yai Chai Mongkol - a temple said to have been built by King U-Thong as the place for monks returning from Sri Lanka to rest their heads on the eastern banks of the Pa Sak River.

Then take a short walk to Wat Phra Sri 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. You also have chance to visit Wat Mahathat - “the temple of the Great Relic” was one of the most important temples in the Ayutthaya Kingdom. It is a highly-sacred temple famous for its Lord Buddha relics and traditional style once used as a model for other temples in the ancient kingdom. 

13:00 Enjoy lunch in a riverside restaurant with traditional Thai dishes while reveling in scenery of river. 

Afterward, cruising along the Chao Phraya River by longtail boat to see the ruins, imagine once it was the charming and glory city in the past.

16:00 Get on car to head back Bangkok, reaching your hotel in Bangkok center.