DISCOVER AYUTHAYA & BAN-PA-IN

Combine AYUTTHAYA with BAN-PA-IN in a BANGKOK DAY TOUR. AYUTTHAYA (about 100 km north of BANGKOK) was the last capital of Siam. Before being sacked by Burmese army (at the end of the eighteenth century), AYUTTHAYA was a glorious city, the most important in South East Asia. During its Golden Age, (Seventeenth century), AYUTTHAYA had even diplomatic and commercial relations with some important kingdoms like Japan, Portugal or France. Louis the Fourteenth welcomed ambassadors of Siam in Versailles, whilst French envoys settled down in AYUTTHAYA. Your private guide and driver will pick you up in the morning at your hotel downtown BANGKOK and you will drive towards AYUTTHAYA. On the way to AYUTTHAYA, you will stop at the ‘Summer Royal Residence’ in Bang Pa In and will admire some of the original pavilions forming this rich architectural compound. You will also have a glimpse on an unusual ‘Neo Gothic’ Buddhist temple built under king Rama V and widely inspired by European styles. After this first visit, you will push forwards to Ayutthaya At lunch time, you will stop in a local restaurant on the banks of the river in the old capital, where you will be served a buffet style lunch. In the afternoon, you will start visiting some ruins of the most important temples and chedis of the old prestigious city of Ayutthaya at your own pace. You will be told a page of Siam history by your professional and private guide. At the end of this day of discovering, you will be dropped off at your hotel downtown Bangkok. You will visit namely: - The Wat Phra Sri Sanphet - The Wat Mahathat - The Wat Chai Wattanaram Ayutthaya was registered in the list of World Heritage Monuments by UNESCO and is one of the most outstanding historical sites to visit in the close surrounding of Bangkok.