Day 1 · Chiang Mai
Arrive in Chiang Mai
You are met at Chiang Mai airport and taken to your central hotel. The rest of the day is free to wander the walled old town, its craft shops and food stalls, or the night market.
8 days · 7 nights
From the temples of the north to the Grand Palace, overland with your own guide.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesTwo nights in Chiang Mai give you a free first evening and a morning at Doi Suthep and the old city temples. A private guide then takes you south through the ruined capitals of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya to the River Kwai, and on by way of a floating market to Bangkok for a day at the Grand Palace and the city's great temples.
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.
Chiang Mai
Day 1 · Chiang Mai
You are met at Chiang Mai airport and taken to your central hotel. The rest of the day is free to wander the walled old town, its craft shops and food stalls, or the night market.
Day 2 · Chiang Mai
A half-day tour takes you up the winding hill road to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, about 600 years old, where a gilded chedi crowned with a five-tier parasol looks out over the city from the top of a 306-step naga staircase. Back in town, see the large stupa of Wat Suan Dok and the great chedi of Wat Chedi Luang, first built in 1411.
Sukhothai
Day 3 · Sukhothai
Visit the golden temple complex of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai in Lamphun and the old temple of Wat Phra That Lampang Luang. After lunch, drive on to Sukhothai and explore its UNESCO-listed historical park in the late afternoon.
Ayutthaya
Day 4 · Ayutthaya
Join local people offering food to monks on their morning alms round, then drive south via Uthai Thani, with lunch in Chai Nat. In the Ayutthaya Historical Park see Wat Phra Si Sanphet, the golden Buddha of Viharn Phra Mongkol Bophit, and the Buddha head held in tree roots at Wat Phra Mahathat.
Kanchanaburi
Day 5 · Kanchanaburi
Drive through farmland to Kanchanaburi, where the Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai rivers meet. Visit the Allied war cemetery and the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, which tells the story of the wartime railway, then have the afternoon free after lunch.
Bangkok
Day 6 · Bangkok
Stop at Nakhon Pathom to see Phra Pathommachedi, a stupa 127 metres high, then continue to the floating market at Damnoen Saduak, where boats sell fruit, vegetables and street food. Carry on to your hotel in Bangkok.
Day 7 · Bangkok
Tour the Grand Palace, a royal residence from the 18th to the mid-20th century, then Wat Pho next door with its giant golden reclining Buddha and traditional massage school, and Wat Traimit with its Golden Buddha of 5.5 tonnes. The evening is free for a Thai massage or a rooftop bar at sunset.
Day 8 · Bangkok
Breakfast and time at leisure before your transfer to Bangkok airport.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Chiang Mai · 2 nights
Standard or superior rooms. Or similar
Sukhothai · 1 night
Or similar
Ayutthaya · 1 night
Or similar
Kanchanaburi · 1 night
Or similar
Bangkok · 2 nights
Standard or superior rooms. Or similar
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.
Two nights in Chiang Mai give you a free first evening and a morning at Doi Suthep and the old city temples. A private guide then takes you south through the ruined capitals of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya to the River Kwai, and on by way of a floating market to Bangkok for a day at the Grand Palace and the city's great temples.
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 | 8 days | Chiang Mai · Sukhothai · Bangkok | Price on enquiry.
Small group tour | 8 days | Bangkok · Phitsanulok · Sukhothai
Private tour | 8 days | Bangkok · Phitsanulok · Sukhothai
Private tour | 9 days | Bangkok · Phitsanulok · Chiang Mai | Price on enquiry.
