How To Use This E-Book Getting Around the e-Book This 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.
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Table of Contents Thailands Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1 iStock Kwai River Bridge Pay homage to the thousands of prisoners who died during the bridges construction in World War II.
Top Attraction #2 Shutterstock Mae Hong Son This north-eastern town lies in a serene forested valley.
Top Attraction #2 Shutterstock Mae Hong Son This north-eastern town lies in a serene forested valley.
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Top Attraction #3 iStock Bangkoks 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 #4 Shutterstock Chiang Mai For Thai silks visit the bustling Night Bazaar. For more information, .
Top Attraction #5 iStock Phang Nga Bay Paddle around a landscape filled with oddly shaped islands and hidden caves.
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Top Attraction #6 Shutterstock Phanom Rung This spectacular sanctuary is one of the highlights of the Khmer Culture Trail. For more information, .
Top Attraction #7 Peter Stuckings/Apa Publications Ayutthaya A national treasure, this ruined city gives an insight into the ancient history of Thailand. For more information, .
Top Attraction #8 iStock Hill tribes Trek by Jeep or on foot to see these followers of ancient rituals.
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Top Attraction #9 iStock Ko Samui The place to swim, snorkel, windsurf, dine on the sand or just people-watch. For more information, .
Top Attraction #10 Alamy Chao Phraya Take a boat on Bangkoks majestic river. For more information, .
A Perfect Day In Bangkok
9.00am Breakfast Drop in for a leisurely breakfast at The Verandah, on the Mandarin Orientals riverside terrace.
The luxurious surroundings provide a fine start to the day, and the Oriental boat pier is next door, with boats waiting to whisk you on to the next leg of the days 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 host the Reclining Buddha. Afterwards, get pampered at the temples 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.
2.00pm Shopping A taxi to Pathumwan brings you to the heart of the citys mall district.
2.00pm Shopping A taxi to Pathumwan brings you to the heart of the citys mall district.