July 12, 2009 in Best Sight Seeing Promotions by rushabh
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Grand Palace and Vimanmek Mansion
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Location:
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Bangkok
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Itinerary:
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PICK UP TIME
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HOTEL’S ARRIVAL TIME
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08:30 A.M.
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12:00 P.M.
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Grand Palace is Bangkok’s most famous royal palace to visit and is a must to see for all tourists to visit Bangkok. This beautiful palace was the official residence and home for various Thai Kings after the 18th Century. Within the Grand Palace one will find the most spectacular Temple called the Wat Phra Kaew or alternatively called the Temple of the Emerald Buddha which contains the very famous and greatly revered Emerald Buddha statue which dates back to the 14th Century. The plan of Grand Palace is similar to the Palace in Ayutthaya. It is rectangular shaped having Chao Phraya river on the western side and Temple of the Emerald Buddha on the eastern side.
Vimanmek Mansion is the world’s largest golden teakwood mansion with its elaborate architectural style reflecting a western influence. The building has two right-angled wings, each wing 60 meters long and meters high, and is three-storied except for the part where King Rama V resided, which is octagonal and four-storied. Although the ground floor is brick and cement, the uypper floors are built of beautiful golden teakwood. Altogether there are 31 exhibition rooms, with the bedrooms, the throne room and the bathrooms maintaining the atmosphere of the Thai past. Some display rooms house exhibitions of Thai Art including silverware, ceramics, crystal ware, and ivory.Besides Vimanmek Mansion and Amporn Satarn Residence in the compound of Dusit Garden (or Dusit Palace -as it was later Rama V ), King Rama and other wives.
8:30 a.m. Meeting at the Hotel Lobby and Pick Up
09:00 a.m. Visit the Grand Palace and the Chapel Royal of the emerald Buddha besides the royal residences. Wat Phra Kaeo, the most beautiful and important Buddhist temple in Thailand
11:00 a.m. Visit Vimanmek mansion
12:00 p.m. Arrive Back to your Hotel
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