Day 1 · Bangkok
Arrive in Bangkok
You are met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to get your bearings, perhaps with a Thai massage and sunset from a rooftop bar.
- Travel
- 30 km, about 30 minutes
6 days · 5 nights
Two guided days of temples and markets in Bangkok, then Chiang Mai at your own pace.
Guaranteed departures. Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesThree 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.
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 to get your bearings, perhaps with a Thai massage and sunset from a rooftop bar.
Day 2 · Bangkok
A guided half day begins at Wat Traimit and its solid gold Buddha, three metres tall, then passes through Chinatown to Wat Pho and the 46 metre reclining Buddha. Finish at the Grand Palace and the temple of the Emerald Buddha, with a last stop at a jewellery and silk showroom.
Maeklong and Damnoen Saduak
Day 3 · Maeklong and Damnoen Saduak
Drive out of the city to the Maeklong market, where stalls are pulled back from the tracks minutes before the train rolls through. Then on to Damnoen Saduak, where vendors paddle canoes of fruit and vegetables along the canals, before returning to Bangkok.
Chiang Mai
Day 4 · Chiang Mai
A free morning in Bangkok, then a transfer to the airport for your flight to Chiang Mai. A driver meets you on arrival and takes you to your hotel, with the evening to yourselves.
Day 5 · Chiang Mai
A free day in the former capital of the Lanna kingdom, founded in the 13th century. Wander the old city temples, or join a half-day tour up to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep and on to Wat Suan Dok and Wat Chedi Luang.
Day 6 · Chiang Mai
Breakfast, then a transfer to Chiang Mai airport for your onward journey.
+1 day afterAnother night in Chiang Mai
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
Add a few days before or after. Your advisor quotes them with the journey.
Before the journey · +1 day
Arrive a day early and rest before the touring, at the same Bangkok hotel.
After the journey · +1 day
Stay on in Chiang Mai for an extra day in the north.
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
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.
Thailand
8 days · 7 nights
Bangkok → Phitsanulok → Chiang Mai → Sukhothai → Bangkok
Two easy days in Bangkok, then a private road loop north through the old capitals of Ayutthaya and Sukhothai to Chiang Mai and back. Your guide and driver travel with only the two of you, and Chiang Mai has a free afternoon or two to wander.
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.
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.
Other ways to see Thailand, closest in length first.
Small group tour | 6 days | Bangkok · Phitsanulok · Chiang Mai
Private tour | 6 days | Bangkok · Phitsanulok · Chiang Mai
Small group tour | 6 days | Phuket or Krabi · Trang · Surat Thani
Private tour | 5 days | Bangkok | Price on enquiry.
