🏨 Bangkok - The Untold Story Activity

Bangkok - The Untold Story

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 24 hours

Departs: Thailand, Thailand

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Discover Bangkok from a different perspective, a story that is not normally spoken about, but should not be forgotten. Aside from the beautiful temples, fun aspects of "going local" with street food and taking riverboats, you'll learn about the bloody history of Thailand, especially Bangkok, when students fought against armed soldiers and police for democracy.

What's Included

Bottled water

Landing and facility fees

Local guide

Lunch

Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points

Private tour

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

The Golden Mount (Wat Saket)

Meet your guide, followed by a short brief before taking to walking the streets to Saphan Hua Chang pier, board a boat on the infamous Klong Saen Saep canal. Disembark and head to the Golden Mount of Wat Saket, a pagoda situated on an artificial hill, created by King Rama III and completed in the reign of King Rama V. Today the pagoda still commands a panoramic view over old Bangkok.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Wat Ratchanatdaram Woravihara (Loha Prasat)

Visit the stunning Silver Pagoda, built during the reign of King Rama III, in 1846, for the princess granddaughter. The temple is best known for it's 37 metal spires, signifying the 37 virtues. The design almost appears Burmese, but in fact is a copy of old Buddhist design found in Sri Lanka.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Bamrung Muang Fashion

Continue to Bamrung Muang, Bangkok's first shopping street. Today it caters to temple supplies where you will find monk robes, candles, incense sticks, books, and many golden statues of the Buddha.

• Admission Ticket Free

Wat Suthat

Walk to Wat Suthat, a royal temple constructed during the reign of King Rama I, and completed in the reign of King Rama III. The main ordination hall sits at the center is where the sacred Phra Sri Sakayamunee Buddha image, relocated from Wat Mahathat in Sukhothai, is enshrined. It is also one of the largest ordination halls in Thailand with 72.25-meter-high ceiling, completed with stunning wall paintings. In front of Wat Suthat is the Giant Swing - formerly used in an old Brahmin ceremony, and constructed in 1784.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Democracy Monument

Walk to the Democracy Monument, the monument was commissioned to commemorate the 1932 Siamese coup d'état which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.

• Admission Ticket Free

October 14 Memorial

Continue down the once bloody streets of Ratchadamnoen Ave to the 14 October Memorial. One of the biggest and most notorious demonstrations ever to have happened in Bangkok was the fateful student-led protest of October 14, 1973, when half a million people gathered to demand an end to the autocratic regime. It was savagely quashed and turned into a bloody riot that culminated in the death of several hundred protesters at the hands of the police and the military - today the memorial is a shrine to those who died.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Stop for a drink at the Royal Hotel, built in 1942 in the heart of the old capital, the hotel has a dark secret, notorious as a shelter for political demonstrators, and used as an emergency hospital during many political conflicts, many have also died here.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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