Ayutthaya Heritage Temples Tour with Grand Pearl River Cruise
Description
Luxury and relaxing to Ayutthaya by Cruise. Visit Bang Pa-In Summer Palace, Wat Phrasrisanphet and Wat ChaiWattanaram, the most beautiful temple in Ayutthaya. In afternoon, sailing along the Chao Phraya River back to Bangkok. Enjoy the fascinating sights along the river banks as the wonderful Grand Palace and the Wat Phra Keo (The Emerald Buddha Temple), the graceful Wat Arun. Get a comprehensive tour of Ayutthaya in a single day from Bangkok, including round-trip transportation. Travel in an air-conditioned vehicle means no need to rent a car; on the way back, you'll travel via relaxing river cruise on the Chao Phraya River. Highlights include Chai Wattanaram, Wat Phrasrisanphet, the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace, and riverside sights in Bangkok on return cruise. - Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off - Departure to Ayutthaya via air-conditioned vehicle - Return trip via river cruise on the Chao Phraya River - Traditional Thai lunch included
Tour Options
Itinerary
After hotel pickup, your vehicle makes the journey north from Bangkok to Ayutthaya Historical Park, located 53 miles (85 km) away. The old capital of Thailand (aka the Kingdom of Siam) from 1350 until 1767, Ayutthaya was largely destroyed by the Burmese and is now a UNESCO World Heritage site full of intact temples, monasteries, palace ruins and beheaded Buddhist statues. 06:00 – 07:15 hrs. Pick up from hotel and transfer to the river city shopping complex, Siphraya, next to Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel. Morning By bus: 08:00 hrs. Departure from Bangkok by Grand Pearl luxury air–conditioned coach with English speaking guide.
09:30 hrs. Arrival at Ayutthaya, a World Heritage City and historic capital of Thailand in the period of 1350-1767 A.D. The most interesting historical sites in the country, to visit a few famous Buddhist Temples.
Visit Wat Mahatad, the royal monastery, served as the residence of supreme monk
Wat Phrasrisanphet, the largest and most important temple. Its was used as a residential palace
Wihan Phramongkhon Bophit, the large bronze Buddha image was originally enshrined in the open area outside the grand palace and later covered by a building called Wihan.
This temple has the largest reclining Buddha image in the island of Ayutthaya. Enshrined in an outdoor brick building with a length of 42 meters and 8 meters high. The head turns north. His face turned to the west. Phrabath turned south.
Afternoon By cruise: 13:15 hrs. Welcome aboard the Grand Pearl Cruise Liner at Wat Chong-lom Pier (Nonthaburi). Sumptuous buffet lunch with a choice of a variety of oriental and western cuisines will be served, while you may relax and enjoy the fascinating scenery on the River of Kings. The cruiser will then head towards Nontaburi, past Koh Kred, The monn community before reaching Bangkok city.
15:00 hrs. Coffee will be served while you enjoy the enchanting sights along the River banks such as the colorful Royal Barges House, Thammasart University, Siriraj hospital, The Royal Grand Palace and the graceful Temple Of Dawn, with its magnificent 79 M. spire, Wat Kallayanamitr, one of the most renowed temples.
Royal Barges National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand
Thammasart University
Siriraj hospital
The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Temple Of Dawn (Wat Arun), Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Kallayanamitr, one of the most renowed temples.
16:00 hrs. Arrival and disembark at the River City Shopping Complex Pier. Transfer back to hotel by air-conditioned van. Child Policy : Child over than 120 cm we will charge as adult rate Child 4-10 years old
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Free of charge Door to Door Pick up for CITY CENTER BANGKOK DISTRICT AREA (3 KM radius area) with namely Sukhumvit Soi (Lane) -1 to 33, Sukhumvit area Soi 1 to 33 (odd) and Soi 2 to 24 (even), Pratunam, Silom, Langsuan, Wireless Road, Sathorn, Surawongse, Siam, MBK, Yawarat (China Town), Khao San Road (Excluded City Tour) can pick up only in our meeting Royal Rattanakosin Hotel You can also join our tours at BANGKOK MEETING POINTS - Our office, Sun Leisure World Corporation, 23rd Floor, Athenee Tower 63 Witthayu Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand An additional surcharge for hotel pickup outside 3 miles (5 km) radius from the city center is applicable and payable on the day of your activity.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- When visiting temples visitors should ensure they are suitably dressed. No short pants or sleeveless tops, as a general rule knees and shoulders should be covered
- You must provide your hotel details at time of booking, failure to do so may result in cancellation Child Policy : Child overthan 120 cms we will charge as adult rate
- Please wait at Hotel Lobby 15 minutes before the time specified on this voucher to start.
- Driver can be late by 15-30 Minutes due to Traffic or any unwanted clauses.
- Please note the activity time can be affected by several factors including weather, equipment maintenance or safety protocols.
- Please always try to update us with room numbers after check-in to Hotel.
- Pick up Time & Drop-off Time : 06:30:00-16:30:00
- We are SHA Plus certified. A certificate awarded to an organisation proving that they have approved Covid-19 health and preventative protocols in place and that 70% or more of all employees have been fully vaccinated.
Reviews(15)
Guides/operators were confused a lot, too much time taken to pose for pictures instead of walking and providing explanations, boat is old and outdated, water was not free, 20 minutes into the return bus ride we had to turn around because they forgot two people.
The green countryside by coach, passionate briefing on the Ayutthaya by tour guide Dona, and the lunch on the cruise back. The historical ruins are a real treasure to see.
The ruins of Ayutthaya are interesting but not worth the wasted hours getting there and getting back. Tour leaders english was poor so we learned nothing about the historic sites. Lunch on the boat was ok, nothing special
Terrible tour guide Donna with poor English and not much knowledge to share Ayutthaya was beautiful, but didn’t learn much about it 1.5 h bus trip to get on the cruise back to Bangkok was totally inefficient (not mentioned in the tour description, had assumed we would leave directly from Ayutthaya), cruise ship was completely run down with mediocre food and no opportunity to sit outside in the shade - total waste of time
Overpriced and Bland. From the start this was not a good tour - half day summer palace/ayutthaya /grand pearl River cruise. Way too expensive - booked through hotel (10 Galleria) find out half the people on the tour paid way less than the 2700 each we did. Tour guide has no charisma and we could barely make out a thing he was saying. Whole thing was very rushed. Very disappointed with all of it, thought the meal on the boat night maybe make up for it, but half of it was cold, and over cooked. Food was removed before we had finished, had to fight to get desert and coffee. Beware, Drinks come with additional 10% service charge that wasn't expected. Guide continued to babble under his breath on the boat, not one of our group of six could make him out. Then when the cruise ended we were supposed to get a lift back to our hotel but we were left behind and no attempt made to bring us back, had to make our own way. Disappointment from late start to finish.
Thanks for your comment . We appreciate your response but we also apologize for any inconvenience faced during the tour and we are ready to provide you with reimbursement because customer is our first priority and any negligence will not be acknowledged so kindly let us know what we can do for you . Looking forward . Have a good day
We had read quite a few reviews on different tours to Ayutthaya and were a little worried about a number of people saying there was not enough time at the ruins. I am glad to say, we found it plenty of time. For us, as it is for many, the humidity was a killer and we found the time spent at each place allowed us to enjoy the sites and then be back on the bus for a bit of relief. It is an early start but we were not in the pick up zone so did not have to be there until 7.15 a.m. Beware, if you are making your own way to the bus departure meeting point, allow plenty of time. The traffic was horrendous. We only just made it. All staff were extremely courteous and our guide Paishn was very knowledgeable. The only negative is that we just could not hear his commentary on the bus and could only pick out a few bits and pieces as he spoke. We were given an ice cold bottle of water as we got back on after the first stop which was appreciated The luncheon cruise was relaxing and the food was delicious with plenty of variety. The other misconception we made was in thinking the cruise came back down the river from a point after Ayutthaya and we were not the only ones. In fact, the bus took us back to the pickup point and we hopped on the cruise there. All in all, this was good value for money and we would definitely recommend.
Thanks a lot for your kind encouragement, we try our level best to provide value and quality of service to our client, thanks a lot again and look forward to serve you.
We loved our tour guide, Paihsahn, and the tour itself was informative and beautiful. However, we were not pleased with the organization leading up to the tour. There was conflicting information about where to meet (if you are outside of the hotel pickup zone) and they asked us to show up at the meeting spot at 6am and then didn't leave until 7:30am. It was unnecessarily stressful and exhausting. Our hotel was located just outside of their pick-up zone, which we knew when we booked it. However, they didn't mention this when we booked the tour and submitted our details until the day before the tour when we called them for confirmation. They told us over the phone that we would need to meet at the location *before* 6am. Our printout of the booking listed their offices as the meeting point, so that is where we arrived at 5:50am, only to find it deserted. Then we saw that they had e-mailed us a completely different location, so we took a frantic tuk tuk to the other location and arrived at 6:10. This location was also deserted and we thought we had missed the tour and frantically called their number about half a dozen times. We waited around until the tour folks showed up at 7am(!) and then our tour didn't leave until 7:30. We were pretty unhappy with that morning situation and the lack of communication.
Temples and history are awesome. Buffet on river cruise was passable. Tour guide was worst ever. He barely spoke at any of the locations and would just wander off without saying anything. He needs replaced immediately
Good afternoon from bangkok, We are very sorry to hear that your guide was not adorable, i will appreciate if you may give us some information about the person name, we will take immediate action, at the same time we are very much pleased to do any refund if require. once again thanks a lot for your kindness to provide us an opportunity to serve you, we will take action on this river cruise company, but we need your booking id as your kind help.
The guide was very nice and answered to all our questions and provided an overall nice insight into the history of the places we visited She even knew architectural details of the temples. Great experience, We really loved the tour, although it was extremely hot. It was a very wonderful experience.
The hotel pickup was on time but the tour guide although nice hardly gave us pertinent historical facts about Ayuthaya & the temples. The river cruise was nice & the food was very good.
