FULL-DAY: Ayutthaya & Lopburi Monkey Temple
06:30 hrs
Meet your English-speaking guide in the hotel’s lobby. Transfer to Don Muang Train Station.
07:50 hrs
Board the local train from Don Muang Train Station to Lopburi. (Rapid Train No # 111 / Disctance 115 Km.)
Things are happening in a train, playing children, sleeping people, pigs and chicken, people taking food to the market. When you look through the window, there's a lot to been seen, the traffic jam in Bangkok, rice fields changing in color from bright green to yellow, temples and small villages.
09:45 hrs
Start Lopburi trip by take a Sam-Lor [Trishaw] ride along the city.
Visit Phra Prang Sam Yod or Lopburi Monkey Temple; best known landmark and provincial symbol. A former Hindu Shrine built in the 13th century in the classic Bayon style of Khmer architecture, the compound comprises three prangs (towers) linked by a corridor.
Then visit Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahathat and Phra Narai Ratchaniwet Palace.
Depart from Lopburi to Ayutthaya by private car.
12:30 hrs
Lunch will be provided at riverside restaurant.
13:00 hrs
City-sightseeing tour along the Inner City. En route you can see many magnificent temples and ruins, including Wat Mahathat, Wat Ratburana, Wat Phra Ram then feeding the food to elephant at Ayutthaya Elephant Camp.
14:00 hrs
Across the Rivers to the south of the Island. Visit Wat Chaiwatthanaram, one of the most imposing ancient Buddhist monasteries, was established by the command of King Prasatthong in 1630 A.D. It is believed that the wat is located on the site of his former home. The reason for building this monastery was to make merit for his mother. Prince Damrong Rachanuphap noted that its architecture was similar to that of Angkor Wat and inferred that the wat might have been built to commemorate the king's victory over Cambodia.
15:00 hrs
Leave from Ayutthaya pass green paddy fields, villages, and temples then return to Bangkok.