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Damnoen Saduak
Floating Market
is renowned for its
noodle sellers, who
prepare delicious
traditional dishes
inside sampan
(rowing boats)
on the canal.
Vimanmek
Vimanmek
Mansion BeyondBeyond bicycle or hire a tuk-tuk to visit the
Mansion
Zoo Zoo BangkokBangkok AyutthayaAyutthaya many temples and museums.
Dusit Parkark 0 km0 km 40 40 AFTERNOON
Dusit P
0 miles0 miles 40 40 If time permits, wander around
Wat Pho (see pp18–19) and have a
massage, then take in the sunset
NationalNational Brown Sugar:
Brown Sugar:
MuseumMuseum The Jazz from Tha Maharat (see p73).
The Jazz
Boutique
Royal Barge Boutique see area ofsee area of
Royal Barge
Museum
Museum main mapmain map Day 3
Tha Tha Damnoen SaduakDamnoen Saduak MORNING
Maharat
Maharat Queen Sirikit Queen Sirikit Floating MarketFloating Market
MuseumMuseum BOAT BOAT Wake early to visit the Damnoen
of Textilesof Textiles Bight of BangkokBight of Bangkok Saduak Floating Market (see pp26–7).
Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson AFTERNOON
Wat Phra KaeoWat Phra Kaeo House
House
Grand PalaceGrand Palace Siam Siam Enjoy the contemporary artworks
Paragon
Paragon on display at the H Gallery on Silom
Wat PhoWat Pho fromfrom Rama I Road Road (see p42).
Rama I Road
BOAT
Wat ArunWat Arun AyutthayaAyutthaya BOAT Siam NiramitSiam Niramit
(6 km)(6 km)
Day 4
MORNING
Khlong Bang Luang MarketKhlong Bang Luang Market
(3 km)(3 km) Visit Dusit Park (see pp22–3), taking
in Vimanmek Palace and either
0 kilometers 1 1
0 kilometers
the Zoo or the Ananta Samakhom
0 miles 1 1 Throne Hall, with its museum.
0 miles
from Damnoen
from Damnoen AFTERNOON
Saduak
Saduak Visit Jim Thompson House (see
Floating Market
Floating Market
Silom Road
Silom Road pp30–31), followed by a shopping trip
SaphanSaphan H Art Gallery to nearby Siam Paragon and the
H Art Gallery
TaksinTaksin other malls on Rama I Road (see p89).
Blue Blue Key
Elephant Two-day itinerary
Elephant
Four-day itinerary
BOAT BOAT
Wat Arun (see pp32–3), and the Royal
Barge Museum (see p96).
AFTERNOON
Asiatique
Asiatique Take in the National Museum, Wat
The Riverfront,
The Riverfront,
Calypso Cabaret Phra Kaeo, and the Grand Palace (see
Calypso Cabaret
pp12–17), dine on the river (see p90),
then listen to some jazz at Brown
Sugar: The Jazz Boutique (see p57).
Day 2
MORNING Vimanmek Palace, said to be the largest
Visit the ancient Siamese capital teak building in the world, is home to an
of Ayutthaya (see pp34–7). Rent a extensive collection of royal artifacts.
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