Thailand Trip – Our 18 Day Treasures of Thailand Itinerary

In July 2024. we took Trafalgar’s Treasures of Thailand tour with the Phuket extension. The tour was amazing and I’ll be writing some posts with more details and photos. In the meantime, here’s our complete Thailand trip itinerary along with Relive videos for everyday I was able to make them (fun fact, Relive does not work on a plane – which makes sense but I tried anyway).

The Thailand trip was wonderful and it’s true, Thailand is the land of smiles.. This was my first guided tour; I wasn’t sure I’d like it but I loved it. Our guide was a local and answered all my questions about Thai culture, history, protocol, food, and Buddhism. We went to places I probably wouldn’t have figured out on my own. The tour was 14 days – we added a couple days in Bangkok at the start and in Phuket on our own at the end.

Here’s our daily Thailand trip itinerary including links to lodging and some of the activities. This was a busy tour, but we saw and learned so much. The links it the activity column will take you to our YouTube shorts for for that activity. Most of our activities were arranged through Trafalger but you can easily find these tours on sites like Viator.

Day	Location	Where we Stayed	Activities	Relive Video
1	Bangkok	Montien Hotel Surawong Bangkok	–Walk to Chinatown	Chinatown Walk
2	Bangkok	Montien Hotel Surawong Bangkok	-Shopping Malls -Street Food -Patpong Night Market	Street Food and Shopping
3 (tour day 1)	Bangkok	Montien Hotel Surawong Bangkok	Four hours of pampering: -Aroma oil massage -Body scrub -Herbal ball compress – Facial (not part of Trafalger tour)	No video, but we can recommend So Thai Spa without hesitation. It was wonderful
4 (tour day 2)	Bangkok	Montien Hotel Surawong Bangkok	– Grand Royal Palace –Wat Po -Thai Massage at Wat Po Massage School -Tuk Tuk -Water Taxi/Long Boat	Grand Palace and Wat Po
5 (tour day 3)	Bangkok	Montien Hotel Surawong Bangkok	Blue Elephant Cooking Class and Market Tour	Blue Elephant Cooking Class and Market Tour
6 (tour day 4)	Bangkok to Kanchanaburi	Dheva Mantra Resort	–Maeklong Railway Market –Coconut Sugar House –Damnoen Saduak Floating Market -Death Railway Museum -Bridge over the River Kwai	Bangkok to Kanchanaburi
7 (tour day 5)	Kanchanaburi	Dheva Mantra Resort	–Hellfire Pass (Konyu Cutting) –Death Railway Train Ride	Hellfire Pass and Death Railway
8 (tour day 6)	Kanchanaburi to Sukhothai	Sriwilai Sukhothai Resort and Spa	–Bhutsaya Khiri Suvarnabhumi Big Buddha –Wat Marathat (Ayutthaya)	Kanchanaburi to Sukhothai
9 (tour day 7)	Sukhothai	Sriwilai Sukhothai Resort and Spa	– Morning Alms at Wat Traphang Thong – Sukhothai Historical Park – Wat Mahathat – Wat Si ChumWat Sa Si – Amulet Learning Center	Exploring Sukhothai
10 (tour day 8)	Sukhothai to Chiang Mai	Movenpick Suriwongse Hotel Chiang Mai	Ban Na Ton Chan Community: -Mud Fermented Cotten -Tractor ride to rice fields –Chiang Mai Sunday Night Market	Sukhothai to Chiang Mai
11 (tour day 9)	Chiang Mai	Movenpick Suriwongse Hotel Chiang Mai	– “Monk Chat” at Wat Suan Dok – Traditional Northern Thai Lunch in Ban Thi – Umbrella Making Center in Bo-Sang – Chiang Mai Hard Rock Cafe – Anusan Night Market	Chiang Mai, Ban Thi, and Bo-Sang
12 (tour day 10)	Chiang Mai	Movenpick Suriwongse Hotel Chiang Mai	– Long Neck Karen village in Mae Rim – Bai Orchid & Butterfly Farm – Evening Chant at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep	Last Day in Chiang Mai
13 (tour day 11 and end of base tour)	Chiang Mai to Phuket	Angsana Laguna Phuket	– Fly to Phuket – Dinner on the beach	No Relive video, but the Phuket airport has the cutest cleaning robots.
14 (Phuket tour day 1)	Phuket	Angsana Laguna Phuket	Old Town Phuket: – Phuket City Market – Chinpracha house – Soi Romanni – Sangthan Shrine	Phuket Old Town
15 (Phuket tour day 2 and end of this extension)	Phuket	Angsana Laguna Phuket	– Walking around Laguna (no planned tour activities) – Massage – Manicure	Walk to Laguna Town
16	Phuket	Angsana Laguna Phuket	– Phi Phi Islands Speed boat tour	Phi Phi Islands
17	Phuket	Angsana Laguna Phuket	– Patong Beach	Patong Beach
18	Phuket	Angsana Laguna Phuket	– Unwind – Pack – Walk around and shop – Foot massage – Think about buying a condo	Walking to town and back