TripGuru · Bangkok hotel pickup
A ten-hour day that does the railway market and a longtail ride at Damnoen Saduak in the morning, then drives back for a guided visit to Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace with the ticket included. Pick it if you are short on days in Bangkok and want both sides of the city's day trips in one go.
The day starts with hotel pickup from selected areas of Bangkok (check your hotel at booking) and a van of about 1.5 hours to Mae Klong. You have about an hour at the railway market. Read the listing's wording carefully: you explore and hopefully see the train pass. The train comes eight times a day for a few minutes, and a tour with a palace slot later cannot wait around for it. If seeing the train is the reason you are going, a market-only tour is the safer pick.
Then Damnoen Saduak: a longtail boat into the floating market and about two hours there, guided and with free time. It is the most touristy floating market near Bangkok, with crowded water and souvenir boats, and also the one with the canal ride people come for. Lunch at a local restaurant takes about an hour and is at your own cost.
After about 1.5 hours back to Bangkok, you get roughly 1.5 hours with the guide at Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace. The entry ticket is included; the official site lists it at THB 500 for foreign visitors, with ticket sales ending at 15:30, which is why the morning runs to a clock. The dress code is strict: long trousers (the listing asks for long pants), no bare shoulders or knees, no sleeveless tops, no shorts, and shoes off inside the temple buildings. The listing says it is not suitable for people with mobility impairments.
A van collects you from your hotel in the selected pickup areas. Dress for the palace from the start: long trousers and covered shoulders.
Southwest out of Bangkok to Samut Songkhram province.
Walk the stalls on the track with the guide. If a train is due during your hour, you watch the awnings come down; if not, you see how the market is built around the rails.
A longtail boat through the canals into the floating market, then free time among the boats. Lunch follows, about an hour, at your own cost.
The van heads for Rattanakosin Island and the palace gates.
A guided walk through the temple of the Emerald Buddha and the palace courtyards, then drop-off.
★★★★★This was amazing tour. Fun packed all day! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and very attentive!! He gave good advise abut where to shop and how to shop which was very helpful. Grand Palace was amazing! if it wasn't for our guide, we would have missed so much details. Highly recommended!
★★★★★My tour guide, Jeerawat went above and beyond to make sure I was safe, comfortable and extremely captivated throughout the day's activities. [...] Loved the market train, floating market and Grand Palace!
★★★★★the activity was amazing and our guide coconut was so nice, accommodating and she knew so much about every place we went. the boat trip to the floating markets was definitely a highlight too!
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Maybe. The listing says you explore the market and hopefully see the train pass; you have about an hour there, and the train comes through for a few minutes eight times a day.
Yes, the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew entry ticket is included. The official price is THB 500 for foreign visitors.
No bare shoulders or knees: the listing asks for long pants and a top with sleeves. No shorts, sleeveless shirts or strapless heels, and shoes come off inside the temple buildings.
About 10 hours with hotel pickup: 1.5 hours each way by van, an hour at Maeklong, two at Damnoen Saduak, an hour for lunch and 1.5 hours at the palace.
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The markets in the morning and the Grand Palace in the afternoon, ticket included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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