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Amazing Thailand ! @ Bang Kok - Phuket

*** 6 Days / 5 Nites

Day 01 : ARRIVAL BANG KOK (L,D)

Arrival at Bangkok International Airport. After clearing Immigration procedures exit at Terminal 1 and proceed on the right end side. Our local Spanish speaking guides with a big Banner with the NIKON Company Logo will welcome the group to Thailand. Gentle girls in traditional dress will offer flower garlands to all guests and will be pleased to pose with the guests for a souvenir picture. Then the group will be taken to the air-conditioned coaches for the transfer to a local restaurant in Bangkok for your lunch, while your luggage will be transferred directly to the hotel. Luggage will be in the room for you when you arrive the hotel later on. After your International buffet lunch at a local restauran or in Hotel , followed-up by a tour to visit the

- Reclining Buddha Temple ( is Bangkok's solidest temple with the kingdom's largest Reclining Buddha image. The gigantic Reclining Buddha is golden alloy plated, forty-six meters long and fifteen metres high, there is a practising therapeutic classical massage pavilion inside the compound which is briskly patronized by visitors and locals alike. Wat Pho is also the seat of Traditional herbal medicine School, being referred to as "Thailand First Medical university" www.watpho.com)

A driving around the city of Bangkok with brief views of The City Pillar Shrine

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/lakmuang.html, the Sunday Ground, the Radchadamneorn Street,

House of Parliament, Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram as Marble Temple

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/watbencha.html, the present Chitralada Villa of Dusit Palace

http://www.thaimain.org/eng/monarchy/palaces/jitlada.html or www.palaces.thai.net, before a chance to do some souvenir, handicraft, Thai silk, semi-precious stone shoppings. Then a transfer back to your hotel for check-in, personalized check-in in a separate area, welcome drink and cold towel on arrival at the hotel, luggage will be delivered directly in the guest's room.

NOTE: Please provide the final rooming list few days before the departure from Spain in order to have the rooms ready and ease the check-in.

This evening enjoy a dinner cruise during the cruising on Chao Phraya River

http://www.bangkokcity.com/canals.htm. First a transfer from your hotel to the local pier at the River City Shopping Center. Enjoy Thai traditional music show during a cruising by a well Thai decorated ship along this Chao Phraya River while dining superb international/Thai dinner. Tea or coffee with water from the jug are also included. Upon arriving back at the local pier, a transfer back to your hotel.

HOTELS IN BANG KOK : 2 options

1. Shangri-La Hotel (www.shangri-la.com/bangkok )

2) Plaza Athenee Bangkok (A Royal Meridien Hotel) (www.bangkok.lemeridien.com )

DAY 02: BANGKOK FULLDAY TOUR (B,L,D)
After breakfast, you will first visit the

- Wat Trai Mit as Golden Buddha Temple ( where 5.5 tons of solid golden Buddha image is housed which is 3 metres high, to be 700 to 800 years old as it is in the Mara attitude

http://www.hellosiam.com/html/Bangkok/Bangkok%20-%20wat_trai_mit.htm ).

Then a drive through the China Town and the local wholesale flower market before another visit to the Wat Phra Si Rattanasasadaram as the Emerald Buddha Temple ( where one of the most important Buddha images made from 1-piece green jasper is housed in the temple's hall

http://www.thailandforvisitors.com/central/bangkok/ratanakosin/prakeo/green/). You will also see Prasat Phra Thep Bidorn as the Royal Pantheon and a model of the Angkor Wat ( http://www.thailandforvisitors.com/central/bangkok/ratanakosin/prakeo/green/pantheon.html ) before a short walk to the Grand Palace ( which is located within the same compound, be amazed with the old Palace and the throne hall www.palaces.thai.net ).

A transfer to a local restaurant for your lunch ( 18 USD/ Pax ) or in Hotel - see rates below. For Afternoon : A visit to the Vimanmek Teak Mansion (is the first permanent residence in the Dusit Garden was Vimanmek Mansion, built in 1900 by royal command of king Rama V, the largest golden teak mansion in the world http://www.thailandguidebook.com/vimanmek.html ), enjoy shopping at MBK Center for the rest of day { HYPERLINK "" }

After dinner in a local restaurant or in Hotel ( 20 USD / pax )- see rates below, transfer to Asia Hotel for The Calypso Cabaret show at 8:15 pm and the second at 9:45 pm, The Calypso Cabaret show in Bangkok offers you an evening of laughter, dazzling lights, beautiful 'women' and a lot of fun. Each night more than 50 performers will amaze you with a spectacle that would not be out of place any where in the world.

DAY 03: BANGKOK CANAL TOURS (B,L,D)

After breakfast the group will be transferred to a pier on the riverside to board a typical long-tailed boat for an exciting ride on the Chao Phraya River. First stop at Wat Arun or Temple of Dawn ( The prang of Wat Arun on the bank of Chao Phraya River is one of Bangkok's world-famous landmarks. The temple existed when Ayutthaya was Siam's capital www.wararun.org). Then continue to visit the Royal Barges Museum ( The river has always played an important role in the Thai Life, and boats were a standard form of transportation for everyone. The Royal Barges were used by the Royal family during the official ceremonies and still today are in use for special events http://www.thailandforvisitors.com/central/bangkok/thonburi/barges.html )

Opposite to the Royal Barges Museum, you can see the colonial-style Thonburi Railway Station Building, the station today is no longer in use and only the old elegant building remains of what was (in the past) the start of the Burma railway. Then continue along the canals of Thonburi to see the everyday life of the people living on the river. Stop at Taling Chan Floating Market to see how this is still today a way of normal living for the Thais. Goods are exchanged from boat to boat and you can see even small floating restaurants offering soups and other Thai dishes.

Back to the hotel for buffet lunch. In the afternoon guided shopping tour to some of the most famous Jewelry Shops and Thai Silk Shops. In the evening Thai Buffet Dinner on the hotel’s riverside terrace. The group will be welcomed by Angaloong (Indigenous Thai Bamboo Instruments) and Thai girls in traditional dress offering a pre-dinner cocktail

After dinner our bus will take the guests to the bustling Patpong Road, and they will have time at disposal for shopping or spend few minutes inside the many nightclubs of the road. The bus will return to the hotel around midnight and guests who wish to remain longer in Patpong will return to the hotel by their own means.

DAY 04: BANGKOK - PHUKET BEACH (B,L,D)

Early in the morning luggage will be collected by hotel staff and sent to the airport with a separate truck. American breakfast at the hotel. Check out and transfer to the airport on time for the reserved flight TG 203 at 09.10 AM - 10.30 AM www.thaiairways.com. Arrival at Phuket and transfer to the beach resort by air-conditioned coach. Luggage will follow in a separate truck. Long Drums and a small elephant will give the welcome. Personalized check-in in reserved area. Buffet lunch in a reserved your Beachresort area. In the afternoon start the tour to discovery the many interesting points of Phuket Island. Visit the center of Phuket Town with its buildings in Sino-Portuguese colonial style. An exciting ride on a tuk tuk (typical three wheels motorcycle) to see the city center from an unusual point of view. Then proceed to Wat Chalong temple http://www.phuket-guide.net/phuket_places/wat-chalong.htm the oldest and most revered temple in the Island. Continue then to see Rawai Beach http://www.phuket.com/island/beaches_rawai.htm, site of the Sea Gypsies Village. At sunset stop at Phromthep Cape http://www.bangkoksite.com/Phuket/Phromthep.htm a scenic point of view to admire the three main beaches of the island. In the evening, Seafood BBQ Buffet Dinner on the beach... (optional Phuket Fantasea dinner + show)

HOTELS IN PHUKET: 3 options

1) Le Meridien Phuket Beach Hotel (www.phuketbeachresort.lemeridien.com )

2) Dusit Laguna Resort (www.dusitlaguna.com )

3) Le Royal Meridien Phuket Yacht Club (www.phuketyachtclub.lemeridien.com )

DAY 05: FREE AT LEISURE IN PHUKET BEACH (B,L,D)

American Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure, to spend some time on the beach or to make some optional tours. Our guide will stand-by at the hotel hospitality desk to assist the clients for every need. Buffet Lunch at the hotel. In the evening Gala Dinner at the hotel with decoration and entertainment. At the end of the evening our coach will take the guests to Patong Beach http://www.beachpatong.com , is the center of the nightlife in Phuket. The bus will return around midnight and the guests who wish to spend more time in Patong Beach will return to the hotel by their own means. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 06: DEPARTURE FROM PHUKET, TRANSIT BANGKOK, FLY BACK HOME (B)

American Breakfast at the hotel. Morning at leisure until the time check-out at noon. Please note that standard check out time is 12.00 and late check out is subject to room availability. Beach resorts in Phuket can guarantee late check out at 50% of the room rate.

We can eventually deal with the hotel in order to guarantee few rooms at disposal of the group, but it is always subject to room availability at the time of check out.

Airport Procedure: in the morning the guides and Tour Leader may bring the tickets to the Phuket airport for pre check-in and seat assignment. So your luggage will be sent to airport with separate truck before the group and will be registered. Each passenger must identify his baggage before sending to the belts.

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