Ayutthaya Temples Group Tour with Lunch

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Ayutthaya Temples Group Tour with Lunch

THB 1,200

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✅All entrance fees
✅Tour guide
✅Transportation by air-conditioned van or mini-coach (if option selected)
✅A la carte lunch at a local restaurant
✅Insurance
✅Water
✅1-way Bangkok hotel pickup (if option selected)
✅Drop-off at MBK mall (only for hotel pickup/city meeting point options)
✅ICONSIAM Tourist Card (30% on discounts at selected shops and access to the luxury tourist lounge)

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✅Enjoy a small-group tour of the magnificent temple ruins of Ayutthaya, the capital during the golden age of Siam. All entrance fees, an expert guide, and lunch at a local restaurant are included.
✅Travel from Bangkok in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle or choose to join the tour at your first stop in Ayutthaya, Wat Lokayasutha. This temple is known for its giant reclining Buddha image, one of the few structures remaining intact here.
✅Your next stop is Wat Phra Sri Sanphet, being part of the royal palace complex this is where royalty performed rituals. It is considered the most important temple of Ayutthaya.
✅Then, visit Wat Mahathat Ayutthaya. One of the oldest and most significant temples in the history of Ayutthaya, it once housed the Buddha's holy relic. Admire the famous Buddha head entwined within the roots of a Bodhi tree.
✅After, tuck into a hearty lunch at a local Thai restaurant, where your guide will be available to advise on local culinary specialties.
✅Last but not least, finish your trip at the grand, riverside Wat Chaiwattanaram. Marvel at its compelling architectural style, influenced by the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia, as you wander around the monumental grounds.

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I. AYUTTHAYA TEMPLES

✅ The old City of Ayutthaya is packed with Buddhist Temples. Some are prestige as they were since centuries ago while some become ruins with elegant structural designs. As paying homage to nine temples is considered a good fortune for those who make a visit to Ayutthaya, listed below are selected temples rich with cultural value to make your day special.
✅ One of the City’s landmarks, Wat Yai Chai Mongkol on the east of Ayutthaya is outstanding with a huge bell-shaped pagoda on an elevated square base surrounded by four smaller pagodas at the corners and a gigantic reclining Buddha statue at the entrance. The Temple was built in 1357 for monks ordained and trained at the Monastery of Phra Wanaratanathen in Sri Lanka.
✅ Situated by the River on southeastern corner of the City, Wat Pananchoeng is always packed with pilgrim who pay homage to “Luang Por To” the gigantic principal Buddha image is Subduing Mara Attitude which is 62 feet high. The image is considered as one of the largest, oldest, beautiful and revered Buddha images in Thailand.
✅ Being part of the Royal Palace complex, the very large monastery of Wat Phra Si Sanphet comprises dozens of structures built for royal usage only, including three large elegant bell-shaped pagodas standing on an elevated platform. The pagodas house ashes of Ayutthaya kings. The Temple once houses the gilded Buddha statue of Si Sanphet which stood 16 meters high.
✅ Situated right in the heart of the Historical Park, adjacent to Wat Phra Si Sanphet, Viharn Pra Mongkolborpit houses a gigantic Buddha image. The gilded bronze Buddha image at the attitude of Subduing Mara is 40 feet high. The viharn and the image were badly destroyed by fire during the fall of Ayutthaya in April 1767. The restoration is done in 1950s.
✅ Wat Ratburana is outstanding with the 15th Century Khmer Style Stupa symbolizing Mount Meru, the center of the universe in Buddhist and Hindu cosmology. Some of the fine stucco ornamentation is still visible as well as sculpture of mythical creatures namely Garudas and Nagas.
✅ Wat Na Phra Meru is one of the most beautiful Temples in the City as it could wonderfully survive the war. Tourists love to pay homage to the principal Buddha image, which is decorated like an ancient king, as well as the mural from the old days.
✅Wat Mahathat once enshrined Buddha relics and was the seat of the Supreme Patriarch of Buddhism. It once served as the venue of important royal ceremonies such as Royal Kathin. Most tourists come here for the head of Buddha sculpture that is encircled by the tree’s roots.
✅Built in 1353, Wat Phutthai Sawan is among the oldest Temple in the City. It has a main Khmer-style prang stands in the mid of square cloister which houses hundreds of Buddha images. The prang represents the cosmic Mount Meru.
✅One of Ayutthaya’s most impressive Temples, the Khmer style Wat Chaiwatthanaram is located opposite the south West corner of the Historical Island on the other side of the Chao Phraya River. A Boat ride to the Temple offer very nice views of this large, well preserved monastery.