bangkok itinerary
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A first- timer's itinerary for Bangkok, Thailand.TRANSCRIPT
Bangkok Itinerary
Thursday, May 07, 2015Arrival: 5pm
1. Hotel check- in2. Rest3. Dinner/Coffee/Stroll around the hotel area4. Stroll around the area/go back to hotel area and chill in a restaurant or coffee shop/ Visit Silom and stroll or watch Lady Boy shows.5. Prepare for tomorrows itinerary
Friday, May 08, 2015Daytime Itinerary: 9am- 2pm
1. Temple visit: Wat Arun (Temple Of Dawn) and Wat Pho (Temple Of The Reclining Buddha) Grand Palace and Wat Phrakaew is close by Wat Pho. Visiting both landmarks is an option. 2. Silom (Lunch) 3. Lumphini Park (stroll) Daytime Itinerary: 2:30pm- 5pm
1. Erawan Shrine2. Stroll around the Shrines area/Merienda or return to hotel to rest.
Night Time Itinerary: 7pm onwards
1. Sukhumvit Soi 38 Dinner
Saturday, May 09, 2015Daytime Itinerary: 9am-1pm
1. Jim Thompson Silk House2. Lunch at Chatuchak Weekend Market
Daytime Itinerary: 2pm- 5pm
3. Platinum Mall/ Siam Paragon Area*Sight- Seeing Option: Ocean World Park at the basement level of Siam Paragon
4. FREE TIME
Night Time Itinerary: 6pm onwards
1. Dinner*Friends reco: Ban Khun Mae (near Siam Paragon)
Sunday, May 11, 2015Departure
1. Check out at 7:30 a.m.2. Leave hotel by 8am3. Flight back to Manila is at 2:45pm
Suvarnabhumi Airport to Baiyoke Sky Hotel
MAPS DAY 2:
Baiyoke Sky Hotel to Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)
*Access by ferry at Chao Phraya river
TEMPLES MAP
*Wat Arun: Access by ferry at Chao Phraya river; Go to Pier N 8 Tien to get a pass for another ferry going to this area.*Wat Pho: Access by ferry at Chao Phraya River; Go back to Pier N 8 Tien for this temple.*Wat Pho to Grand Palace and Wat Phrakaew: Access by foot
Wat Pho To Silom
*Access by train: Take cab to BTS Phaya Thai station. Ride that station and alight at BTS Siam Station. Transfer to another train, just the opposite of the one you rode, the one going to Bangwa. Alight at Silom Station Sala Daeng, go out, and go to the MRT station. Alight at MRT Station Silom.
*MRT Lumphini Station is one station away from MRT Silom. Ride the MRT to this station.
Lumphini Park to Erawan Shrine
*Access by foot
*Access by train: Ride MRT Lumpini Station. Alight at MRT Sala Daeng, get out of the train station to transfer to Silom Sala Daeng Station. Ride train going to Silom National Stadium Station, alight at BTS Siam Station, transfer to another train, opposite of the one you rode, then go to and alight at BTS Chit Lom station. 494 Rajdamri Road, Bangkok
Erawan Shrine to Baiyoke Sky Hotel
*Access by foot
Baiyoke Sky Hotel to Sukhumvit Soi 38
*Access by train: Ride at Ratchathewi BTS Station and alight at BTS Thong Lo Station. Exit at Exit #4.
MAPS DAY 3:
Baiyoke Sky Hotel to Jim Thompson Silk House
*Access by train: Ride at BTS Ratchathewi station. Alight at BTS Siam station and transfer to train going to Silom National Stadium Station and alight there as the museum is already accessible by foot from there.
Jim Thompson Museum to Chatuchak Weekend Market
* Access by train: Ride Silom National Stadium Station, go to and alight at BTS Siam Station, transfer to BTS train, go to Mo Chit Station, alight there, and Exit at Exit #1
Chatuchak to Platinum Mall
*Access by train: Board at BTS Mo Chit Station. Alight at BTS Ratchathewi Station. Platinum Mall/Siam Paragon is a 10- 15 min. walk from the station
Platinum Mall to Siam Paragon
*Access by foot
Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) Station Map
**Map screencaps courtesy of Google Maps**BTS Station Map screencap from Google
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