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Tours of the City Bus Tours World Travel Service (tel: (02) 233 5960; fax: (02) 236 7160) runs tours with free pick-ups from numerous hotels throughout Bangkok. Tours can be booked direct or through the tour desk in the hotel. Half-day city tours include the Royal Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaeo; temple tours including Wat Po, Wat Trimit and the Wat Benjamabopit and boat trips along the khlongs. Diethelm Travel (tel: (02) 255 9150; fax: (02) 256 0248) offers similar tours with free hotel pick-ups. Boat Tours Bangkok is laced with khlongs (canals) and life alongside the khlongs is far removed from the hustle and bustle of downtown Bangkok. An ideal way to see this side of Bangkok is a boat trip, passing tiny temples, orchards, orchid farms and typical houses on stilts. These are organised by World Travel Service and Diethelm Travel (see Bus Tours for details). Alternatively, there is a full-day cruise, on The Oriental Queen, to Ayutthaya, the ruins of the former capital. The boat departs from the Oriental Hotel (tel: (02) 236 0400) every day at 0800 and the cost is B1800. |
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