How To Use This E-Book
Getting Around the e-Book
This Berlitz Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Thailand, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Thailand, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Thailand are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Thailand. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
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Table of Contents
Thailand's Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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Kwai River Bridge Pay homage to the thousands of prisoners who died during the bridge's construction in World War II (For more information, )
Top Attraction #2
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Bangkok's Wat Phra Kaew and Grand Palace complex Highlights include the chapel of the Emerald Buddha and a golden chedi (stupa) (For more information, )
Top Attraction #3
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Mae Hong Son This northeastern town lies in a serene forested valley (For more information, )
Top Attraction #4
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Chiang Mai For Thai silks visit the bustling Night Bazaar (For more information, )
Top Attraction #5
Nikt Wong
Phang Nga Bay Paddle around a landscape filled with oddly shaped islands and hidden caves (For more information, )
Top Attraction #6
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Ayutthaya A national treasure, this ruined city gives an insight into the ancient history of Thailand (For more information, )
Top Attraction #7
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Hill tribes Trek by Jeep or on foot to see these followers of ancient rituals (For more information, )
Top Attraction #8
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Phanom Rung This spectacular sanctuary is one of the highlights of the Khmer Culture Trail (For more information, )
Top Attraction #9
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Chao Phraya Take a boat on Bangkok's majestic river (For more information, )
Top Attraction #10
John Ishii
Ko Samui The place to swim, snorkel, windsurf, dine on the sand or just people-watch (For more information, )
A Perfect Day in Bangkok
9.00am
Breakfast
Drop in for a leisurely breakfast at The Verandah, on the Mandarin Oriental's riverside terrace.The luxurious surroundings make a fine start to the day, and there is the Oriental boat pier next door to whisk you on to the next leg of the day's journey.
10.00am
Lying down
Take a Chao Phraya river boat to Tha Tien pier where, just beyond a market and Chinese shop houses, the grounds of Wat Pho house the Reclining Buddha.Afterwards, get pampered at the temple's traditional massage school.
12 noon
Gold and dragons
Grab a taxi to Chinatown, which has some of the most historic shopping alleys in Bangkok.Along with gold, dragon dresses and Chinese lanterns, these lanes are full of cheap food stalls that make it an ideal stop for lunch.At Wat Traimit see the world's biggest solid gold Buddha.