This city landmark should be the first place on any visitor's itinerary. A huge compound surrounded by high walls, the palace consists of several building with highly decorated architectural details. The Royal Chapel, Wat Phra Kaeo, houses the Emerald Buddha, the most sacred Buddha image in Thailand.

The ancient city of Ayutthaya,or Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya,The Thai capital for 417 years, is one of Thailand's major tourist attractions.Many ancient ruins and art works can be seen in a city that was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong when the Thais were forced southwards by northern neighbours.During the period of Ayutthaya being the Thai capital, 33 Kings of different dynasties ruled the kingdom until it was sacked by the Burmese in 1767.

Ayutthaya is 76 kilometres north of Bangkok and boasts numerous magnificent ruins. Such ruins indicate that Ayutthaya was one of Indo - China's most prosperous cities. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya a Historical Park, a vast stretch of historical site in the heart of Ayutthaya city, has been included in UNESCO's list of world heritage since 13 December ,1991.

30 km south of Ayutthaya, the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace was used as a residence for many Autthaya kings. It consists of many buildings built in unique contrasting architectural styles - Thai, Chinese, Italian and Victorian styles are predominant. The best-known is the Thai Pavilion in the center of a small lake, acknowledged by many as one of the finest examples of classical thai architecture.

Day in and day out from about 8 a.m. to about 11 a.m. the Floating Market, Damnern Saduak in Ratchaburi, is routinely crowded with hundrreds of vendors and purchasers floating in their small rowing boats selling and buying or exchanging their goods. What they purchase are particularly food, fruit and vegetable which mostly brought from their own orchards. They usually travel on their small rowing boats. however; today the long-tailed boats pushing by engine become very popular. People tend to use them instead. Anyhow because of the shortage of fuel today long-tailed boats are quite unavailable compared to a few years ago.

A popular attraction located 32 km east of Bangkok. it boasts a large and beautiful garden. The Thai Cultural Village offers an introduction to popular Thai culture in a handicraft village, where visitors can also enjoy elephant rides. Demonstrations are staged of various activities, including silk-weaving, pottery making, fruit carving and garland making. Over 150 participants re-enact a cross-section of dances, rituals, ceremonies and sports, such as the Buddhist ordination procession, the northern fingernail dance, the traditional Thai wedding ceremony and martial arts including sword-fighting and Thai boxing in a 60 minutes show accompanied by comprehensive English-language narration.

This famous bridge is about 4km (3mi) north from downtown Kanchanaburi, crossing the Kwai Yai river. It was brought from Java by the Japanese Army and was assembled at the River Kwai by the prisoners. Bombed several times in 1945, it was rebuilt after the war. The curved spans of the bridge are the original sections. An estimated 16,000 war prisoners and over 49,000 forcibly recruited laborers died during the construction of the bridge and the Death Railway that leads to Burma. The railway line was hewn from the solid rock cliff-sides. Workers would lower themselves from the top of the cliff, bore a hole and plant a charge of dynamite in the hole, light the fuse and scurry up the rope. If they didn't get far enough away they didn't stand a Chinaman's chance. At the time of the construction the whole region was jungle and the railway opened the land for cultivation and made transport of produce possible.