FROM BANGKOK TO NORTHERN THAILAND BY THE SIDE ROADS

 Day 1 Bangkok

Meals: - / - / -

Arrival at Bangkok Airport – Pick-up by your English speaking guide – Transfer by private a/c vehicle to your hotel

Full day at leisure – Optional excursions possible on request

Lunch at leisure and not included

Dinner at leisure and not included

Overnight at Century Park Hotel – Deluxe Room

Day 2 Bangkok

Meals: B / - / -

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby. Private tour with vehicle and driver – Visit a farmers’ community in Bangkok surroundings, where lotus flowers are grown, that will be later offered in Buddhist temples – Visit an orchid farm

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon:

Visit the main buildings of Bangkok’s historic district (Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Grand Palace and Temple of the Reclining Buddha)

Dinner at leisure and not included

Overnight at Century Park Hotel – Deluxe Room

Day 3 Ayutthaya

Meals: B / - / D

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby. Private tour with vehicle and driver – Visit the Summer Royal Residence of Bang Pa In (main pavilions) and the Neo-Gothic Buddhist monastery – Back on the road to Ayutthaya

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon: 

Visit the main ruins of the country’s former capital, Ayutthaya (site classified by UNESCO)

Dinner cruise around Ayutthaya island

Overnight at Iudia on the River – Pool side Room

Day 4 Ayutthaya – Lopburi – Uthai Thani – Phisanulok – Sukhothai

Meals: B / - / D

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby. Private tour with vehicle and driver – Road to the province of Sukhothai – Stop in the village of Lopburi to observe monkeys living in the ruins of a Khmer temple – Back on the road – Stop in the village of Uthai Thani to see the riparian houses, a local attraction

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon:

Back on the road to Sukhothai – Stop in the city of Phisanulok to visit its main temple, a significant place of Buddhist pilgrimage in Thailand – Arrival in Sukhothai by late afternoon

Dinner served in your hotel

Overnight at Sukhothai Heritage – Deluxe Room

Day 5 Sukhothai

Meals: B / - / D

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby. Private tour with vehicle and driver – Visit Sri-Satchanalai historical site (UNESCO)

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon:

Visit Sukhothai historical site (UNESCO), including the Wat Sri Chum

Dinner served in your hotel

Overnight at Sukhothai Heritage – Deluxe Room

Day 6 Sukhothai – Lampang – Chiangrai

Meals: B / - / D

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby. Private tour with vehicle and driver – Road to Chiangrai – Short stop to visit the ancient temple of Lampang (Wat Phra Thad Lampang Luang) – Short visit of the centre of the small city of Lampang

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon: 

Road to Chiangrai – Visit the famous White temple located at the entrance of Chiangrai – Arrival at your hotel by late afternoon

Dinner served in your hotel

Overnight at The Legend Chiangrai – Superior Room

Day 7 Chiangrai

Meals: B / - / -

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby – Visit the extraordinary Doi Tung dominion (the Royal Residence, the Hall of Inspiration and the beautiful botanic garden)

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon:

Visit the famous Golden Triangle, including the unmissable Ho Fin (Hall of Opium) – Stop at the belvedere overlooking Laos and Myanmar – Short trip on Mekong River down to Chiangsaen by motorized pirogue – Visit the remains of the ancient city of Chiangsaen – Back to your hotel by late afternoon

Dinner at leisure and not included (possible to discover the night market and eat there)

Overnight at The Legend Chiangrai – Superior Room

Day 8 Chiangrai – Chiangmai

Meals: B / - / -

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby. Private tour with vehicle and driver – Visit Mae Salong village – Tea plantations and factory – Discover the village, its panoramas and the old settlement of the Chinese soldiers (Kuomintang)

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon:

Back to Chiang Mai by taking the beautiful road of Tathon – Stop in Tathon village – Arrival in Chiang Mai and drop-off at your hotel by late afternoon

Dinner at leisure and not included

Overnight at Bodhi Serene – Executive Room

Day 9 Chiang Mai

Meals: B / - / -

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby – Visit the local market of Warorot and the flower market – Short tour of the city to see the remains of the ancient wall and the most ancient temples

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon:

Go up the Mount Suthep to visit the superb temple of Doi Suthep and its golden chedi

Dinner at leisure and not included

Overnight at Bodhi Serene – Executive Room

Day 10 Chiang Mai

Meals: B / - / -

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Morning:

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby – Departure for the mountains of Doi Pui – Visit an agricultural ‘Royal Project’ which substituted poppy cultures (eradicated in Thailand)

Lunch at leisure and not included

Afternoon:

Walk down the mountain housing the royal project (soft trek), and pass by the fields cultivated by a community of the Hmong ethnic group – Arrival at your hotel by late afternoon

Dinner at leisure and not included

Overnight at Bodhi Serene – Executive Room

Day 11 Chiang Mai

Meals: B / - / -

Breakfast served in your hotel.

Pick-up by your guide at your hotel lobby after breakfast. Private transfer by a/c vehicle to the airport of the city – Flight to your next destination (beach, Bangkok or another city – Flight not included in the tour)

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