08:00 am: Pick up from the hotel. Depart for Ayutthaya, located 76 kilometres north of Bangkok. It was one of Indo-China's most prosperous cities and is one of Thailand's major historical attractions. The area, well conserved as a historical park, has been included in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites list.

09:30 am:  Visit Bang Pa-In Summer Palace, first used by the royal court as a summer retreat in the 17th century. The structures represent a variety of architectural styles, set in a large park around ponds and waterways.

10:30 am: Go to Wat Phananchoeng. This monastery is the most revered by the inhabitants of Ayutthaya. It was built in 1325 A.D. Visit Wat Yai Chaimongkhon, where you can see the large pagodas.

12:45 pm: Have lunch.

1:30 pm: Post lunch, visit Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit, a large bronze cast Buddha statue enshrined initially in the open area outside the Grand Palace and later covered by a building during the reign of King Songtham. 

Visit Wat Phra Si Sanphet, the most important temple within the Royal Palace compound and the original from which the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok has been copied. Three outstanding Ceylonese style pagodas were built during the 15th century to enshrine three Ayutthaya kings' ashes. 

3:30 pm: Leave form Ayutthaya, driving past the green paddy fields, villages and temples, then arrive in Bangkok. Drop-off at the hotel.