This picture was taken when I went for a day trip around the ruins of Ayutthaya in Thailand!
Ayutthaya Historical Park is located 80 kilometers north from Bangkok. Getting there on incorporates over a dozen ancient temple sites.
There is a few options to get there:
1) if you have a low budget, prefer to explore the place by yourself and don’t mind about spending a long time to get there you can get the train from bagkok to ayutthaya and then rent a bicycle to ride around the historical park.
The train offer you 3 different classes. The prices go from 1 dollar to 10 dollars and it takes between 2 and 3 hours to get in Ayutthaya.2) If you don’t want to get the train and also don’t want to spend a lot of money you can take the bus. The thickets cost 50 baths and they leave the bangkok north bus terminal every 30 min from 5h30am to 6pm, The ones that go to Ayutthaya are 3, 77, 99
3) If you are willing to spend more money but get there earlier you can get the vans or micro buses. They leave the Victory BTS starion every 30 min and take around 1h to get there (of course it depends of the traffic conditions).
4) Private or group tours - they cost around 600 baths and include transport, lunch and a guide.
Once you get there: In my opinion the best thing to do is rent a bicycle and ride around the park, because it is huge so it would take more than 1 day to see most of it if you are walking. To rent a bike is normally around 50 baths and you can get the map of the park in the turist points.
About Ayutthaya: It is one of the most important place of thai history and architecture. The old city was founded in c. 1350. Ayutthaya became the second Siamese capital after Sukhothai (a province in central thailand). It was destroyed by the Burmese in the 18th century. Its remains, characterized by the prang (reliquary towers) and gigantic monasteries, give us an idea of ita past splendour.
