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THAILAND WORLD HERITAGE SITE TOUR
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Destination: |
Bangkok - Sukhothai - Chiangmai
- Bangkok |
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Duration: |
5 days / 4 nights |
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Highlight: |
Chance to visit the ancient
town of Sukhothai with its world-famous Historical Park,
home of one of the biggest collections of sites ... |
DAY 1: BANGKOK - SUKHOTHAI (-/L/D)
Pick up clients from your hotel and transfer to Bangkok Domestic Airport for
flight PG 600 (09:10 - 10:20 hrs) to Sukhothai Airport. Arrival Sukhothai,
welcomed by our guide and we transfer you to the Paylin Hotel for check-in and
lunch. In the afternoon, we start our tour, making first a visit to the
interesting city of Phitsanuloke (approx. 60 kilometers east), where we pay a
visit to the Wat Pra Mahathat Phitsanulok and nearby museum. This temple complex
- also called by the local people “Wat Phra Si” or “Wat Yai” - contains one of
Thailand’s most revered and copied bronze Buddha images. This image is
considered by many Thai, the second in importance (most important, the Wat Phra
Keo at the Grand Palace compound in Bangkok) within the Kingdom of Thailand. We
tour as well through the city of Phitsanuloke, before returning back to
Sukhothai, where we will arrive in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at
the Pailyn Sukhothai hotel.DAY 2: SUKHOTHAI (B/L/D)
American breakfast at the hotel. Today, our day is dedicated to the first
capital of ancient Siam; Sukhothai (literally meaning “rising of happiness”). We
visit the ancient town of Sukhothai with its world-famous Historical Park, home
of one of the biggest collections of sites (21 in total) and another 70 sites
within a 5 kilometer radius, spreading around an area of 45 square kilometers.
We offer you a possibility to see all the sites either by electro–card or even
by renting a bicycle to cover this vast space of ancient ruins (Optional). Next
stop will be the satellite-city of Sukhothai: Sri Satchanalai (50 kilometers
north of Sukhothai), containing even some bigger sites. Both sites play a very
important cultural and historical role in the development of today’s Thailand
and are on the World Heritage List, set-up by the UNESCO. Lunch will be served
en route at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, we return to your Sukhothai
hotel. Dinner and overnight at the Pailyn Sukhothai hotel.
DAY 3: SUKHOTHAI - CHIANGMAI (B/L/D)
American breakfast at the hotel. End of this package in Sukhothai,
rich-in-ancient Thai history and we transfer you from your hotel to Sukhothai
Airport for taking the flight PG 600 (10:50 – 11:25 hrs) to the “Rose of the
North” Chiangmai. Arrival at Chianjgmai International Airport and transfer to
your centrally, located hotel, where a lunch will be served for you. In the
afternoon, visit the one of most revered temples in Chiangmai: the Wat Doi
Suthep, located high in the mountains, where you can enjoy a panoramic view of
the whole Chiangmai Valley. We proceed to Lampoon, just south of Chiangmai to
visit the magnificent and oldest temple in Lampoon, the Wat Prathat Haripoonchai;
the 46-meters high golden Chedi and the worlds largest bronze gong made this
temple worth a visit. We continue to visit a White Karen Hill Tribe village,
before we return back to downtown Chiangmai. Dinner and overnight at the
Chiangmai Plaza hotel.DAY 4 : CHIANGMAI (B/L/D)
American breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to an elephant training center, just
north of Chiangmai where you can see these thick-skinned animals at work. We
continue to visit a typical orchid and butterfly farm, just close at the
elephant camp. Lunch en route at a local restaurant. After lunch continue to
visit Home Industries Village at Bo Sang and San Kam Phaeng which is the center
of hand woven Thai silk industries, traditional local products, antiques from
Burma and hilltribe handicrafts and cotton and wood carving. In the evening, we
offer a typical Kantoke dinner with various shows and performances of the hill
tribes, living in Northern Thailand, before returning to the Chiangmai Plaza
hotel for the night over.
DAY 5 : CHIANGMAI - BANGKOK (B)
American breakfast at the hotel. The morning is at leisure for a relaxing stroll
around the city center of Chiangmai or the nearby Ping River. No lunch included.
Transfer from the hotel to the Chiangmai International Airport for flight TG…,
bound for Bangkok. End of services.
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