We booked the Local Table Ang Thong and Ayutthaya temples Tour via TakeMeTour.com. It’s a Bangkok day tour in Thailand and it’s an official campaign by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
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Thanks to the Local Table tour, we got to experience the tour beyond sightseeing by enjoying some seriously delicious food in a famous local restaurant called Bokh Toh.
We flew in with Thai AirAsia because they provide frequent flights and they are well connected with other destination in Asia.
📜 1 Day Trip Itinerary
We were able to visit the Ang Thong Buddhas and Ayutthaya temple monuments in a day’s time thanks to our local guide Jareya.
TakeMeTour.com facilitates on their platform a way for you to chat with Jareya before you book the tour.
These were the approximate times in our timetable, and we did take our time when we visited the sights.
The tour doesn’t strictly follow a fixed timetable.
Our guide was quite flexible but made sure that we were enjoying the full temple hopping experience.
8:00 am Meet up at the Hotel Lobby in Bangkok for pickup.
9:30 am visit Wat Phanan Choeng, Ayutthaya
10:30 am visit Wat Mahathat Ayutthaya
11:30 am visit Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon Ayutthaya
12:30 am Lunch at Bohk Tho
2:00 pm visit Wat Muang – Chrystal Temple, Hell’s Garden, and largest Buddha Statue of Thailand Ang Thong
3:00 pm visit Wat Khun Inthapramun Ang Thong
3:30 pm drive back to Bangkok which takes about 1 1/2 hour
✨ Included Amenities
- The price includes the meal, transport, sight entries, and highway tolls.
- Comfortable AC Car
- You can ask your guide questions about the country, culture, and religion
- The guide will take you to the best places, the most memorable spots. That way you don’t waste time at a mediocre sight.
- Our guide was the best driver ever!
- Our guide got us snacks, local cool beverages, and water bottles. She was very attentive.
Our local guide, Jareya picked us up at the hotel in Bangkok and showed us around to the Ayutthaya temples and Ang Thong.
She hails from Ayutthaya, so this was her turf, allowing us to get to know the real Thailand in comfort with her.
We highly recommend that you pick the tour with the Local Table lunch stopover at Bohk Toh.
They serve classic Thai specialties and this is your chance to taste well-known Thai dishes such as the authentic massaman curry and pad thai.
🥘 Menu at the Restaurant Bohk Toh:
- Dried Pork Rib Massaman
- Noodleless Pad Thai
- Tom Kha Gai Baan
- Yum Hua Plee (Spicy Banana Blossom Salad)
- Coconut Ice Cream in Coconut Shell
- Fresh Fruit Juice (Watermelon, Coconut, or Pineapple)
The Local Table Campaign is an official campaign by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
TakeMeTour connects travelers, with a palate for Thai food and a thirst for culture, with local experts.
Other Local Table tours can be booked in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and smaller rural places and cities in Thailand.
The trip, associated with the tourism authority of Thailand, was made possible and was sponsored by TakeMeTours, Thai AirAsia, DTAC, and the Spades.