Ancient City Ayutthaya Private Guided Day Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Wat Phra Sri Sanphet, Pratuchai Subdistrict, Ayutthaya 13000 Thailand

Wat Phra Si Sanphet was the holiest temple on the site of the old Royal Palace in Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya until the city was completely destroyed by the Burmese in 1767. It was the grandest and most beautiful temple in the capital and it served as a model for Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Vihara Phra Mongkhon Bophit, Pratuchai Subdistrict, Ayutthaya 13000 Thailand

Phra Mongkhon Bophit or the Buddha of the Holy and Supremely Auspicious

Reverence was sculpted in 1538 in the reign of King Chairacha (r. 1534-1547) at Wat

Chi Chiang Sai. 1538 is generally accepted as the year that the image was built, based

on the Luang Prasoet version of the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya (Most of the other

versions put its construction at 880 of the Chulasakkarat era or somehow 20 years

earlier).

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Bang Pa In Palace, Ban Len, Bang Pa-in 13160 Thailand

Bang Pa in In Palace is a complex of buildings, Amidst vast gardens and landscaping stand the following buildings: Wehart Chamrunt (Heavenly Light), a Chinese-style royal palace and throne room; the Warophat Phiman (Excellent and Shining Heavenly Abode), a royal residence; Ho Withun Thasana (Sages' Lookout), a brightly painted lookout tower; and the Aisawan Thiphya-Art (Divine Seat of Personal Freedom), a pavilion constructed in the middle of a pond.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya Historical Park Pratuchai, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya 13000 Thailand

Wat Mahathat, “the temple of the Great Relic” was one of the most important temples in the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Located on the historical island the large monastery features a huge central prang, a very large principal viharn and ubosot and a great number of subsidiary chedis and viharns. The upper part of its once massive central prang has collapsed. Today only the base remains.

One of the temple’s most photographed objects is the head of a stone Buddha image entwined in the roots of a tree.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Ayutthaya Thailand

One of Ayutthaya’s most impressive temples, the Khmer style Wat Chaiwatthanaram is a Royal temple that was used by the King and other members of the Royal family.

Duration: 30 minutes