Bangkok at Sunset 5-Hour Bike Tour
ID: GYG53595-74000
Category:
Country: Thailand
Country: Thailand
Duration: 05:00 hours
Description
Experience Bangkok at night on a 5-hour bike tour at sunset. Ride the quiet back roads to discover local communities. Visit ancient temples and the flower market after dark. See the “City of Angels” from an entirely new perspective.
Discover Bangkok after dark on a 5-hour evening bike ride of the city’s Thonburi district. Meet your guide at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel at 17:30. Then, pedal off to experience the “City of Angels” at night.
Cross the Chao Phraya River (“River of Kings”) to Thonburi, one of Bangkok’s oldest settled areas. Walk through Klongsan Market, where young Thai’s shop for inexpensive fashion. Cycle to a Chinese pagoda on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. Admire its delicate, etched windows of birds and other animals.
Continue through a quiet neighborhood to a food market. Explore its many stalls, learning about typical ingredients and dishes, and how they are prepared. Enjoy a starter snack before you cycle along the riverside to Wat Arun (“Temple of Dawn”). Enjoy its magical illuminations against the night sky.
Next, stop for dinner at a typical Thai restaurant. Climb back on your bike to cycle past Wat Rakhang Khositaram. Then, take the ferry back to Bangkok city center. Ride through the vast public square of Sanam Luang, and see the Grand Palace. Continue to Wat Pho (“Temple of the Reclining Buddha”) to take a stroll around the temple compound in the quiet of the evening.
End at the 24-hour flower market of Pak Klong Talad to see a kaleidoscope of bright colors as vendors take delivery of fresh flowers from every corner of Thailand.
Discover Bangkok after dark on a 5-hour evening bike ride of the city’s Thonburi district. Meet your guide at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel at 17:30. Then, pedal off to experience the “City of Angels” at night.
Cross the Chao Phraya River (“River of Kings”) to Thonburi, one of Bangkok’s oldest settled areas. Walk through Klongsan Market, where young Thai’s shop for inexpensive fashion. Cycle to a Chinese pagoda on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. Admire its delicate, etched windows of birds and other animals.
Continue through a quiet neighborhood to a food market. Explore its many stalls, learning about typical ingredients and dishes, and how they are prepared. Enjoy a starter snack before you cycle along the riverside to Wat Arun (“Temple of Dawn”). Enjoy its magical illuminations against the night sky.
Next, stop for dinner at a typical Thai restaurant. Climb back on your bike to cycle past Wat Rakhang Khositaram. Then, take the ferry back to Bangkok city center. Ride through the vast public square of Sanam Luang, and see the Grand Palace. Continue to Wat Pho (“Temple of the Reclining Buddha”) to take a stroll around the temple compound in the quiet of the evening.
End at the 24-hour flower market of Pak Klong Talad to see a kaleidoscope of bright colors as vendors take delivery of fresh flowers from every corner of Thailand.
Highlights
- Explore the Thonburi district of Bangkok after dark
- Cycle down quiet back streets to discover local markets
- Stop for dinner at a typical Thai restaurant
- Ride along the banks of the Chao Phraya River
- See the Grand Palace illuminated for the night
- Admire the etched windows of a typical Chinese pagoda temple
- Choose between a private or shared tour
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Please note that the minimum age for this tour is 12 years old
• Cancellations made up until 72 hours before departure will not be subject to a cancellation fee. Cancellations made 48-24 hours before departure will incur a 50% cancellation fee. Cancellations made within 24 hours of the tour departure, and no shows, will be subject to a 100% cancellation fee
• IMPORTANT: Since you are visiting a Buddhist temple (Wat Pho), you are expected to dress respectfully. We recommend you to wear longer shorts (knees covered) and to have your shoulders covered when we enter the temple
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You are required to bring and wear a mask
Meet at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel next to the Chao Phraya River and River City Shopping Mall. Please wait for your guide in the hotel lobby
• Cancellations made up until 72 hours before departure will not be subject to a cancellation fee. Cancellations made 48-24 hours before departure will incur a 50% cancellation fee. Cancellations made within 24 hours of the tour departure, and no shows, will be subject to a 100% cancellation fee
• IMPORTANT: Since you are visiting a Buddhist temple (Wat Pho), you are expected to dress respectfully. We recommend you to wear longer shorts (knees covered) and to have your shoulders covered when we enter the temple
All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You are required to bring and wear a mask
Meet at the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel next to the Chao Phraya River and River City Shopping Mall. Please wait for your guide in the hotel lobby
INCLUDED
NOT INCLUDED
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.