BANGKOK · THAILAND
Saffron mornings, neon nights, longtail in between.
Day trips, temple circuits, floating markets and the Chao Phraya river. Ayutthaya, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi and the rest.
The Bangkok morning
Start with the markets everyone wakes up early for.
Damnoen Saduak by canal and Maeklong by railway track. The Bangkok morning every traveller does at least once.
The classics
Bangkok's Most Popular Day Tours
Floating markets, temple circuits, canal cruises, Ayutthaya. The day tours Bangkok is built around.
By time of day
A Bangkok day, hour by hour.
Bangkok doesn't really do all-day. It does mornings, evenings, and the bit in between — most of the city is gated by when. Pick the hour, the rest follows.
By place
Pick a corner of Thailand.
Bangkok for the city, the temples and the river. Ayutthaya for the old capital. Pattaya for the beach and the cabaret. Hua Hin for the royal seaside. Kanchanaburi for the bridge and the falls.
By tour type
Or pick how you want to spend the day.
Longtail down the khlongs. Markets on rails. Temple bells before noon. Dinner cruises on the Chao Phraya. Cooking classes, tuk-tuks, Muay Thai once the lights come on.
On the river
Bangkok is a city built on water.
The Chao Phraya splits the city north to south and the khlongs (canals) thread the rest. Longtails, dinner cruises, floating markets, Wat Arun on the bend — the Bangkok most travellers miss if they only do the temples. The three boat days we’d book first.
The boats on rails
For the Damnoen Saduak mornings.
Canal stalls selling boat noodles from the gunwales, then a hop over to where the train slices through the awnings at Maeklong. Three boat-and-train mornings we’d book first.
An hour north
If it’s the old capital you came for.
Brick-and-laterite temples, headless Buddhas, the moat and the rivers. If we had to pick one day-trip north of the city, these are the three we’d take.
In a Bangkok kitchen
For the readers who came for the food.
Pad Thai from scratch, green curry on the wok, mango sticky rice for after. Three Bangkok kitchens we’d send our friends to.
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