Hello everybody! I’ve been here for more than a year but never really had the chance to travel around the country. My partner and I have been wanting to go to Ayutthaya for the summer. But the idiot that I am, have no clue on how to go to Ayutthaya. I would really want to know where the best place to visit for only a day’s trip and what’s the fastest way to go there as well.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

From BKK get the train from Hua Lampong, nominal fare, not a long trip IIRC about an hour.

You can hire a tuktuk at the station they know all the places to see, not the ripoff mechants that they are in BKK, it's been a while since we went, sorry don't remember what we paid, I do remember it was cheap.

From BKK get the train from Hua Lampong, nominal fare, not a long trip IIRC about an hour.

You can hire a tuktuk at the station they know all the places to see, not the ripoff mechants that they are in BKK, it's been a while since we went, sorry don't remember what we paid, I do remember it was cheap.

Thanks.

Are there other interesting sites to see in Ayuthaya aside from the ruins?

As a tourist did a little day trip up to Ayutthaya last summer (we're not adventure seekers, we just enjoy doing things off of our own back and going with the flow).

We just rocked up to the Hualamphong train station at about 8:15 and we were in Ayutthaya by 10:00.

Had a stroll down to the Pasak river and got a ferry across and then went for a little wander. Eventually got a bit lost and hailed down a Tuk Tuk driver who had his own guide book and between the three of us we came up with our own tour visitng most of the "best" sites. Think we settled on 300 baht an hour with him (probably a bit expensive but everyone was happy) and spent 4 hours visting the sites.

We're no experts but could only find the old temples as well as some still being used but the historical study centre was really good find, as was Wat Phu Khao Thong or "Temple of the Golden Mountain" a couple of clicks outside the centre of town.

The "park" areas in the middle of the island were really picturesque and great for a picnic or a stroll.

Really great day out and got the train back no problem, in fact the two train journeys were just as enjoyable as we had two Thai kids practicing their english on us and we practiced our Thai on them.

An alternative could be a trip either up or back by boat. We did look into this and their are many offering the trip but just decided to go on the trains for a laugh.

As a tourist did a little day trip up to Ayutthaya last summer (we're not adventure seekers, we just enjoy doing things off of our own back and going with the flow).

We just rocked up to the Hualamphong train station at about 8:15 and we were in Ayutthaya by 10:00.

Had a stroll down to the Pasak river and got a ferry across and then went for a little wander. Eventually got a bit lost and hailed down a Tuk Tuk driver who had his own guide book and between the three of us we came up with our own tour visitng most of the "best" sites. Think we settled on 300 baht an hour with him (probably a bit expensive but everyone was happy) and spent 4 hours visting the sites.

We're no experts but could only find the old temples as well as some still being used but the historical study centre was really good find, as was Wat Phu Khao Thong or "Temple of the Golden Mountain" a couple of clicks outside the centre of town.

The "park" areas in the middle of the island were really picturesque and great for a picnic or a stroll.

Really great day out and got the train back no problem, in fact the two train journeys were just as enjoyable as we had two Thai kids practicing their english on us and we practiced our Thai on them.

An alternative could be a trip either up or back by boat. We did look into this and their are many offering the trip but just decided to go on the trains for a laugh.

Seems that you really enjoyed your trip.

I'm off to Ayutthaya tomorrow. So goodluck to me.