Highlight in our tour programs
- Pick up from hotel with private transportation, private tour guide
- Tour brings you to the most highlight attractions in Bangkok
- Visit Golden Buddha Temple; the largest Golden Buddha image in the world, the 3 meters high statue made of solid gold, weighting over 5 tons
- Sightseeing Chinatown, Flower Market
- Visit Wat Pho; it is well known for its huge Reclining Buddha, 46m long, 15m high
- Visit The Emerald Buddha Temple. It houses the Emerald Buddha, the most highly revered Buddha image carved from a single block of fine jade
- Visit The Grand Palace, this is the most famous place that is the most for all tourists
- • Follow by sightseeing Bangkok old town area, City Pillar Shrine, Ministry of Defense• Boarding on the private long-tail boat• A boat whisks you down the Chaophaya River and canals of Thailand
- Feed the fishes from your private long-tail boat
- Visiting Wat Arun or the Temple of Dawn is one of the most striking riverside landmarks of Thailand. The architectural in majestic Khmer- style tower stretches 76 meters tall.
General Information
Grand Palace & The Emerald Buddha Temple
This is the most famous place that is the most for all tourists and a must for every Bangkok visitor.
The Grand Palace built in 1782 when Bangkok became the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam to become a royal residence. The Grand Palace was the residence of the King and the seat of government until 1925 and is now used for ceremonial purposes only. The Palace site boasts many ornately decorated buildings, architectural symbol and unique statues
The Grand Palace consists of several buildings with different styles of architectures and decorated into smallest details. Chakri Maha Prasat, the 3-storey building is the mixture of Thai and Western architecture. The top part is pure Thai with tapering spires and tiered sloping roofs, and the lower part, designed by a British architect are in the imperial Victorian style. Borompiman Hall. The French-inspired structure was built by King Rama V for Crown Prince Vajiravudh as his residence. It is now used to accommodate visiting foreign heads of state.
The Royal Chapel is also called the Temple of The Emerald Buddha, the residence of Thailand’s most sacred Buddhist sculpture. This statue is made from one gigantic piece of green Jade situated amid gold-gilded sculptures and ornaments, and fresco paintings of the main ordination hall. Here, some of Thailand’s most significant Buddhist ceremonies are performed by the King. The famous statue is a deeply venerated image in Thailand
The Emerald Buddha Temple is renowned as the most beautiful and important Buddha temple in Thailand. It houses the Emerald Buddha, the most highly revered Buddha image carved from a single block of fine jade.
Scattered in the temple grounds are numerous interesting sculptures of artistic value including the fanciful animals in mythology, the fierce-looking giants standing guard at the gates, the six pairs of the Cambodian-style bronze lions and the stone figures from China.
On the inside walls of the temple’s compound, there are extensive mural paintings depicting scenes from the famous epic “Ramayana”. It is the longest wall painting in the world as well as one of the Unseen Bangkok. A distinctive characteristic of the temple is that there are no monks living in it like other temples.
Golden Buddha Temple
Golden Buddha Temple; is known for its famous Golden Buddha, the 3 meters high statue made of solid gold, weighting over 5 tons.
This Sukhothai Trimit Golden Buddha Image is the largest Golden Buddha image in the world. It is made of pure gold. The image is unrivalled in beauty, measuring 12 feet 5 inches in diameter and has a height of 15 feet 9 inches from the base to the crown and it weighs approximately 5 tons. Now more than 700 years old, it is a valuable treasure of Thailand and of Buddhism.
Originally, this golden Buddha image was completely covered with plaster to conceal it from the enemy that invading Thailand and was installed as a principal Buddha image in the main temple building of Wat Phrayakrai, Bangkok.
When Wat Phrayakrai temple was deserted in about 1931 then moved this golden Buddha image to the Trimit Witthayaram Temple, discovering in 1955 while preparations to move this Golden Buddha image to the building, the covering plaster was partly broken. Only then did the people realize that it was a golden Buddha image.
Wat Pho or Reclining Buddha Temple
Wat Phra Chetuphon, commonly known as Wat Pho, belongs to the first-class category of royal monasteries. It lies south of the Grand Palace and covers an area of over 20 acres.
Wat Pho founded in the 16th century, is the oldest and biggest temple with the largest number of pagodas (95 in all of various sizes) in the city and four great pagodas each 41 meters high.
Wat Pho was the first open university of Thailand which used to offer courses in several branches of knowledge like literature, archaeology, astrology and medicine. It is well known for its huge Reclining Buddha, 46m long and 15m high which make it the largest reclining Buddha in Bangkok and the second largest in the country. The most interesting feature is the mother-of- pearl inlaid design on the soles of the feet showing the 108 auspicious signs arrayed in 67 small squares around the ‘chakra’, or a disc, at the center.
Wat Pho is one of the most visited temples in Thailand with 10,000 visitors in average per day.
If you’ve never tried traditional Thai massage Wat Pho is a good place to start. It’s quite different to most other forms of therapeutic massage and tends to be invigoration rather than relaxing, incorporating yoga style postures to relieve stress and improve blood circulation.
Bangkok Canals
In the past, daily commerce in Thailand was conducted mostly along rivers and canals (or klong in Thai). Bangkok’s water network was busy and served as the principal means of communication causing Bangkok to be called as the “Venice of the East” by early European visitors.
In this sightseeing trip, you will be boarding on private long-tail boat passing various canals, enchanting with the natural beauty cruising past the royal barge museum, you will touch a great on the water-way and see Thai people at home along the canals.
Immerse yourself in the picturesque riverside scenery as you drift past stilled wooden houses, floating kitchen, mobile shops, colonial mansions and all king of colorful culture along the riverfront.
A long-tailed boat whisks you down the Chaophaya River and canals of Thailand – the original site where Bangkok was founded before King Rama I moved the capital’s epicenter across the river to the Rattanakosin Island.
Immerse yourself in the picturesque riverside scenery as you drift past stilled wooden houses, floating kitchen, mobile shops, colonial mansions and all king of colorful culture along the riverfront.
The trip passing the Royal Barges Museum, housing the eight elaborately decked longboats used in highly ceremonial and rare Royal Barge Precession.
Wat Arun
Wat Arun is situated another side of Chao Phraya River, opposite of Wat Pho. Wat Arun or The Temple of Dawn – Why does the temple have this name?
Back to April, 1767, Ayutthaya city was fell down and occupied by the enemy. Phra Ya Tak, a senior official who left the city before it collapsed, decided to strike back at Ayutthaya. He gathered Thai young men at the east side of Thailand and came back to Ayutthaya by boat. During the journey along The Chao Praya River, he arrived at a local temple at dawn. Its original name was Wat Makok which is situated on the west side of the river. So, Phra Ya Tak gave a name to this temple as a temple of dawn or Wat Arun.
The stupa of Wat Arun is admired for the design, the architecture and decoration from every visitor. The main stupa is at the center and surrounded by 4 smaller stupas at each corner and 4 niches at each direction. The concept of this design comes from Buddhism cosmology.
The main prang at the center represents Sumeru Mount which is the center of the universe. The 4 small stupas are represented 4 continents on the ocean around Sumeru Mount.
If we look up at the main prang, on the first level there are trees surrounding. At the second to three level are mythical creatures such as half man half bird and half woman half bird standing.
Above, there are four niches that have statues of Indra God on Erawan – the three-headed elephant. There are a pinnacle and crown at the top most.
There is a pair of demon statue at the entrance of the main hall. They are guarding temple from all evils. This is the first pair of demon which was built in the reign of King Rama III. Moreover, there are another six pairs at the inner entrance of The Emerald Buddha Temple, inside The Grand Palace. Besides, there are a replica of these demons at Suvannabhumi airport, to guard you and to say goodbye to you.
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Dress suggests for this tour
Casual outfits suitable walking and get in-get off the boat
Visitors are required to dress appropriately to visit royal temples, these following clothes are strictly not allowed as outer garments for both ladies and gentlemen:
- Shorts, mini-skirts, short skirts, tight fitting trousers, and tights
- See-through shirts and blouses, as well as culottes or quarter length trousers
- Sleeveless shirts or vests
- Sandals (without ankle or heel straps)
- Rolled-up-sleeved shirts
- Sweatshirts and sweatpants, wind-cheaters, pajamas and fisherman trousers
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Dress suggests for this tour:
Casual outfits suitable for walking
Tour duration:
Approximately 07.30 – 16.30 hrs.
