Day 1 · Bangkok
Arrive in Bangkok
You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free for a massage, street food or a rooftop bar at sunset.
- Travel
- 30 km, about 30 minutes
11 days · 10 nights
Temples and markets in the city, the hill country of the north, then four slow nights by the sea.
Guaranteed departure. Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesBegin with three nights in Bangkok for the Grand Palace, the great temples and two of the country's best-known markets. Fly north to Chiang Mai and travel by road to Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle, then finish with four free nights in Phuket.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
+1 day beforeA night in Bangkok first
Bangkok
Day 1 · Bangkok
You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free for a massage, street food or a rooftop bar at sunset.
Day 2 · Bangkok
See the solid gold Buddha at Wat Traimit, pass through Chinatown to the Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, then tour the Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha temple. The day ends at a jewellery and silk workshop.
Maeklong and Damnoen Saduak
Day 3 · Maeklong and Damnoen Saduak
Drive out to the Maeklong market, where the stalls fold back moments before the train rolls through. Continue to the floating market at Damnoen Saduak, where vendors paddle canoes piled with fruit along the canals, then return to Bangkok.
Chiang Mai
Day 4 · Chiang Mai
Fly north to Chiang Mai and transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, a guided tour of the old city takes in Wat Suan Dok, Wat Phra Sing, the restored Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Chet Yot and the elephant sculptures of Wat Chiang Man.
Day 5 · Chiang Mai
Ride the cable car or climb the naga staircase to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep for views over the city. Browse Warorot Market and the flower market, then end the day with a traditional northern Thai khan toke dinner and dance performance.
Chiang Rai
Day 6 · Chiang Rai
Spend the morning at an elephant sanctuary focused on care and observation, where the animals roam freely. After lunch, drive towards Chiang Rai with a stop at Wat Rong Khun, the all-white temple set with pieces of mirror.
Golden Triangle and Phuket
Day 7 · Golden Triangle and Phuket
Look out over the Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet on the Mekong, and take a short boat ride on the river. After lunch you are dropped at Chiang Rai airport for your flights to Phuket, where you are met and taken to your hotel.
Phuket
Days 8 to 10 · Phuket
Three days to spend as you like: the pool or the beach, the old town's temples and colonial mansions, or a day trip to the islands nearby. Your local representative can help arrange outings.
Day 11 · Phuket
Breakfast at the hotel, then an unescorted transfer to Phuket airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Bangkok · 3 nights
Or similar
Chiang Mai · 2 nights
Or similar
Chiang Rai · 1 night
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Phuket · 4 nights
In Patong. Or similar
Add a few days before or after. Your advisor quotes them with the journey.
Before the journey · +1 day
Arrive a day early and settle in before the touring begins, at the same Bangkok hotel.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Thailand
13 days · 12 nights
Bangkok → Siem Reap → Kampong Cham → Phnom Penh → Mekong Delta → Ho Chi Minh City
You start with two days in Bangkok and fly to Siem Reap for the temples of Angkor. At Kampong Cham you board a small all-suite riverboat for seven nights, stopping at villages, pagodas and Phnom Penh before crossing into the Mekong Delta and arriving in Ho Chi Minh City.
Thailand
6 days · 5 nights
Bangkok → Chiang Mai
Three nights in Bangkok with two guided days, one for the Grand Palace and the great temples and one for the railway and floating markets outside the city. Then fly north to Chiang Mai for two nights with nothing planned, so you can set the pace.
Thailand
7 days · 6 nights
Bangkok → Phuket
Begin with three nights in Bangkok and two guided days: the Grand Palace and great temples, then the railway and floating markets beyond the city. Fly south to Phuket for three nights near Patong with your days left open for the beach or a boat out to the islands.
Begin with three nights in Bangkok for the Grand Palace, the great temples and two of the country's best-known markets. Fly north to Chiang Mai and travel by road to Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle, then finish with four free nights in Phuket.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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