Visitors to Thailand should make it a point to experience the delightful Ayutthaya Thousand Golden Temples Tour.
Overview
For many centuries the mighty Chao Phraya River has served the people of Thailand as a major contributor to the culture and mode of life of the people. This attractive waterway has provided abundant harvests of fish, fertile soils and a convenient means of transportation.
Cruising
Be sure to stay at Bangkok river hotels the likes of Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort which offers river cruises around the Park. This sumptuously luxurious and meticulously organized tour takes a limited number of guests on a delightfully laidback and enjoyable cruise with many pleasures on offer.
Attractions
The first major attraction that you will encounter on this engrossing tour is Wat Arun, the splendid Temple of Dawn. This resplendent temple is one of the best-known shrines in the nation. Another prominent attraction will be the fascinating Royal Barges Museum, which will draw the imagination of the visitor with its array of elaborately decorated sailing vessels with their exquisitely fashioned ornate prows.
Viharn Phra Mongkol Bophit
To the West of the ancient royal cremation ground is ‘Viharn Phra Mongkol Bophit’; a restored building which was once built for Buddhist priests of the Pa Kaeo sect and which houses one of Thailand’s largest Buddha statues, a mid-Ayutthaya period golden statue with a height of over 12 meters.
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