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One-Day Tour ,2/6/ +" ) !#4'1&*#/ )" 2""& #*-)# '* +*#(,5 ) +0',+ 1/ '*'1/7 RATES [ Valid 10 March 2013 ]for 30-40 seat Thai Baht per person Include - Air-conditioned vehicles with experienced driver / All admission fees as mentioned in the program / Lunch Exclude - Tips or Gratuities to drivers ITINARARY 07.00 Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. Depart from hotel to Rattanakosin Island, the original area of Bangkok when it was first established as the capital over 200 years ago. 08.00 City-sightseeing tour along Ratchadumnoen Rd.(The Royal’s Way). En route you can see many magnificent temples and architectural buildings, including the City Pillar Shrine, National Museum, Democracy Monument, Golden Mountain, Thai Boxing Stadium, Anantasamakhom Palace, Parliament House, Dusit Zoo and Chitlada Palace King’s Residence. Visit Royal Grand Palace & Emerald Buddha: This city landmark should be the first place on any visitor's itinerary, which features some of the most spectacular architecture in South East Asia. The palace begun in 1782. It is a consisting of several building with highly decorated architectural designs. Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) The magnificent Royal Chapel, Wat Phra Kaeo in the same compound enshrines the Emerald Buddha Image, most revered by people. 12.00 Lunch at Venice Vanice restaurant. 13.00 Vimanmek Royal Mansion: (Castle in the Clouds) this is the world's largest building made entirely of golden teak. Removed from Srichang Island in Chonburi province, it was rebuilt in the Dusit Palace in 1900 by the command of King Rama V. Visit to Wat Traimitr (Temple of the Golden Buddha) this is the world's largest solid gold Buddha, cast about nine centuries ago. The image is three meters high and weighs five and half tons. Shopping at Gems Jewelry. 17.00 Transferred to your hotel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,2/6 *+,#+ "2 ($), 1'+%* /(#1,0# /"#+7 RATES [ Valid 10 March 2013 ]for 30-40 seat Thai Baht per person Include - Air-conditioned vehicles with experienced driver / All admission fees as mentioned in the program / Lunch Exclude - Tips or Gratuities to drivers ITINARARY 07.00 Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. 08.00 The Most Famous the floating markets is the Damnoen Saduak situated 110 kms west of Bangkok, is still worth doing. Totally chaotic, small 'khlongs' or canals are filled with flat boats piled high with fresh produce, each jockeying for position and paddled by ladies ready to stop and bargain at a moment’s notice. It's colourful, noisy, touristy but great fun. During the long-tail boat ride to market, you’ll pass orchards, traditional teak houses and local people going about their lives. The tour includes a visit to Nakorn Pathom, site of the highest Chedi in Thailand called “Phra Pathom Chedi” which is the largest pagoda in Southeast Asia. 11.00 Transfer to the picturesque Rose Garden country resort with buffet lunch. 13.00 Afterwards you will enjoy the unique and unforgettable experience of the world-renowned Thai Village Culture , featuring an impressive cast of 150 performers, portrays captivating scenes of everyday life in rural Thailand and ‘Thai ways’ and offers a vivid introduction to: Thai living, the ‘cycle of life’, time-honored customs and traditions in an agricultural community in Thailand; the Thai passion for festive fun or ‘sanuk’ and Thai ‘joie de vivre’ – the celebration of a good life and good times, as expressed in the folk songs and dance of the four regions of Thailand. Shopping at Gems Jewelry. 17.00 Transferred to your hotel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,2/6 12/ ),2/'0* &,+%&,+# +%/,3#7 RATES [ Valid 10 March 2013 ]for 30-40 seat Thai Baht per person Include - Air-conditioned vehicles with experienced driver / All admission fees as mentioned in the program / Lunch Exclude - Tips or Gratuities to drivers ITINARARY 07.00 Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. 08.30 Go to Khong Khone Mangrove, Samut Songkhram Province 10.00 Arrive at Khong Khone Mangrove. Abundance of Mangrove forest with naturally beautiful sceneries (Ride a long-tailed boat to explore the mangrove forest area, see birds and crab-eating macaque, as well as witness the fishermen’s way of life closely) Activity : • Plant a mangrove forest • Take a long-tailed boat trip • Bird watch 12.00 Lunch 13.00 Sliding board, saplings and planting 16.30 Transferred to your hotel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,2/6 5211& 5 7 RATES [ Valid 10 March 2013 ]for 30-40 seat Thai Baht per person Include - Air-conditioned vehicles with experienced driver / All admission fees as mentioned in the program / Lunch Exclude - Tips or Gratuities to drivers ITINARARY 07.00 Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. Depart for Ayutthaya. 09.00 Arrive at The Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya or Ayutthaya in short, is one of Thailand's historical and majestic highlights. Serving as the Thai capital for 417 years (1350 1767: Kingdom of Ayutthaya), it was once glorified as one of the biggest cities in the world a Southeast Asia center for civilizations. During the 17th century, most foreign visitors to Ayutthaya, traders or diplomats alike, claimed Ayutthaya to be the most illustrious and glittering city that they had ever visited. The map of Ayutthaya published in 1691 by Simon de la Loubre in Du Royaume De Siam is proof of such recognition - Visit the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace. The Palace consists of many royal buildings, built in contrasting architectural styles. Thai, Chinese, Italian and Victorian styles predominate. - Wat Phananchoeng. This monastery is the most revered by the inhabitants of Ayutthaya, was built in A.D. 1325. - Visit Wat Yai Chaimongkhon, one can see the large pagodas, built to celebrate the victory of his single - handed combat on the elephant's back during Ayutthaya capital. 12.00 Lunch at Pae Krung Kao restaurant. 13.00 - Wihan Phramongkhon Bophit a large bronze cast buddha image was originally en- shrine. - Wat Phra Si Sanphet. This important and most outstanding monastery is located in grand palace compound used as a residential palace. It become a monastery in the reign of King Ramathibodi I 15.30 Shopping at Ayotthaya floating market. 16.30 Transferred to your hotel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,2/6&#'!12/#0.2#,0# /"#+7'+1&#*,/+'+% RATES [ Valid 10 March 2013 ]for 30-40 seat Thai Baht per person Include - Air-conditioned vehicles with experienced driver / All admission fees as mentioned in the program Exclude - Tips or Gratuities to drivers ITINARARY 07.00 Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. 08.00 Transfer to the picturesque Rose Garden country resort. You will enjoy the unique and unforgettable experience of the world- renowned Thai Village Culture , featuring an impressive cast of 150 performers, portrays captivating scenes of everyday life in rural Thailand and ‘Thai ways’ and offers a vivid introduction to: Thai living, the ‘cycle of life’, time-honored customs and traditions in an agricultural community in Thailand; the Thai passion for festive fun or ‘sanuk’ and Thai ‘joie de vivre’ – the celebration of a good life and good times, as expressed in the folk songs and dance of the four regions of Thailand 11.30 Transferred to your hotel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ,2// +" ) !#6 11 + (,0'+0) +"7'+1&# $1#/+,,+ RATES [ Valid 10 March 2013 ]for 30-40 seat Thai Baht per person Include - Air-conditioned vehicles with experienced driver / All admission fees as mentioned in the program Exclude - Tips or Gratuities to drivers ITINARARY 13.00 Meet your private English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. Depart from hotel to Rattanakosin Island, the original area of Bangkok when it was first established as the capital over 200 years ago. 14.00 City-sightseeing tour along Ratchadumnoen Rd.(The Royal’s Way). En route you can see many magnificent temples and architectural buildings, including the City Pillar Shrine, National Museum, Democracy Monument, Golden Mountain, Thai Boxing Stadium, Anantasamakhom Palace, Parliament House, Dusit Zoo and Chitlada Palace King’s Residence. Visit Royal Grand Palace & Emerald Buddha: This city landmark should be the first place on any visitor's itinerary, which features some of the most spectacular architecture in South East Asia. The palace begun in 1782. It is a consisting of several building with highly decorated architectural designs. Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) The magnificent Royal Chapel, Wat Phra Kaeo in the same compound enshrines the Emerald Buddha Image, most revered by people. 17.30 Transferred to your hotel. .
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