Bangkok Royal Road: Half-Day Tour of Grand Palace, Wat Pho and Wat Arun Monuments

Explore Bangkok’s three iconic landmarks in a half-day tour led by a certified professional guide:

  • The Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha
  • Wat Pho Temple
  • Wat Arun Temple
    All in one comprehensive tour.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Wat Phra Chetuphon - Begin your journey with a hotel pickup and proceed to the renowned Wat Pho, a magnificent royal temple complex featuring a 46-meter (151-foot) Reclining Buddha. As one of Bangkok’s oldest temples and the birthplace of Thai Massage, Wat Pho was declared a royal monastery during King Rama I’s reign. Discover the temple’s…
What's Included
  • Boat Fees
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Guided tour of the Grand Palace Compound, Wat Phra Kaew (Emerald Buddha), Wat Pho and Wat Arun
  • Roundtrip transportation to and from your Bangkok city hotel
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Admission fees for all temples
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information
  • Dress code: When visiting temples visitors should ensure they are suitably dressed. Long pants which go down to the ankle, not tight and not torn - Tops with sleeves and must not be see-through should be worn. If the dress code is not applied then upon the day of the activity it may be possible to rent on spot at your cost. Our guide will help you
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Location
Wat Phra Chetuphon
2 Sanamchai Road, Grand Palace Subdistrict, Pranakorn District
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Tom_c
Dec 3, 2024
Great way to see 3 major sites. - We had a wonderful time with our tour guide Luck. She did a great job navigating us through all the crowds and giving us a lot of fun facts about the places we visited. She was so helpful guiding us to good photo spots and offer to take pictures for the group. She really made the half day trip memorable. The sites we visited were so beautiful. And it really added more to our experience with Luck's commentary. Overall we highly recommend this half day tour.
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Biancarockett
Dec 2, 2024
Quick and Efficient - Patrick the name of my tour guide ran a tight scheduled tour. This guy can move you gotta keep up as he was pressed with time. I didn’t really mind because it was so hot and the rented umbrellas didn’t do no justice either. Sometimes it was hard to understand him due to his heavy accent but I was fully aware from reading previous reviews. I saw everything that was offered in the tour. I would highly recommend this tour if you get tired of walking or overheated quickly. Patrick will make sure your in a shaded area frequently. For the most part you have a vehicle that can meet you at certain stops to cool you down and transport you. Overall Patrick is a kind happy person and I wouldn’t mind booking with this company in the future.
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Lauren_g
Nov 27, 2024
Great way to see temples! - This tour was an amazing way to learn about temples. Luck, our guide, was incredibly kind, caring and knowledgeable. It was great to tour three different temples and learn about the history of each, as well as of Thailand. Having the tour be half day was also nice as it allowed for more sightseeing for us. The ease of this tour was also great instead of navigating to find the temples, as we only had 24 hours in Bangkok. Luck took so many photos of us and we will have plenty of memories from this tour!
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Sofia_l
Nov 18, 2024
A walk through Bangkok history - This tour was great! I really liked our guide Nui, who was very informative and kept us moving. The day was extremely hot, so pack loose and light clothes and take a fan. I was glad we did this tour before going to Ayutthaya the following day!
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Christopher_l
Nov 15, 2024
Perfect half-day excursion in Bangkok! - The guide and the tour were fantastic! We chose the morning tour, and it allowed us to see these monuments with minimal crowds and heat. Our guide was thorough, smart, and so kind. He took pictures of us everywhere we went, which was such a nice touch! Great way to visit these must-see attractions while in Bangkok!
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Natalie_t
Nov 7, 2024
Great sampler tour of Bangkok - Short highlight of the 3 must see places in Bangkok. Tommy made sure we had plenty of time to see the sites and helped us navigate the crowd. He went out of his way to help us with other places we wanted to visit and stayed with us beyond the contracted time. He helped us book an evening cruise and accompanied us to make sure everything went smoothly. The lit up temples and palaces seen from the river was spectacular.
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Peggy_o
Oct 30, 2024
Bangkok Toyal Road - Ex was an excellent and knowledgeable guide. I learned a lot about the history of the temples and the area. The construction of the temples and the mosaics were amazing.
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Kayla_r
Nov 6, 2024
Core Spots - check - Bangkok Royal road tour was a great way to See the core places on our list without the stress and hassle of navigating to and from. Our guide was knowledgeable however did seem to rush us a bit, as well as we did not see the flower market as posted on the itinerary. Overall an enjoyable experience
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David_a
Nov 19, 2024
Overall Informative, Beware of Tourist Scam - Overall the experience was above average, but would suggest looking at other tours. Our guide met us at our hotel, escorted us to a van and began the tour. Her English was tough to understand, but that is to be expected in a foreign country. The locations we were taken (until the end) were as expected and advertised. Our guide was very knowledgeable on the temples and other information, but we felt fairly rushed from location to location. At times, our guide would leave us alone for 20+ mins at a time, and we were left to explore on our own. Some might appreciate that, others might not. The tour was good up until the end. On our drive back to the hotel, our guide asked us if we wanted to visit a tailor or “government run” jewelry shop (none of these locations were part of the tour). Because of the broken English, we inadvertently agreed to be taken to this “government run” jewelry shop, which turned out to be a complete and total tourist scam. We were brought into this shop and shown a 5+ minute video on the history of gemstones in Thailand. We were then connected with a salesperson who kept putting jewelry in front of and on my wife’s body. After repeatedly saying we weren’t interested, I finally had to threaten to take the jewelry off myself because the sales associate would not. We made it back to our hotel without being ripped off, but it left a very bad taste in our mouth. After discussing this incident with a separate tour guide, she advised us that these were common tourist scams where the tour guide would push their tourists to a scam shop, and then take a percentage commission on anything purchased. Overall, very informative tour, but beware of scams!
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Adrian_h
Nov 7, 2024
Would not recommend, can do solo better - This tour is extremely over priced for the little value that it offers. The visit of the 3 landmarks is only nice because of how beautiful the landmarks are, but there was little to no value added by the tour guide. Though the guide was polite, little to no interaction was provided and the guide was unable to answer almost all of our questions. This was essentially a solo tour with someone to walk us to and through the entrances.
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