Choose Thailand for an Asian Vacation Package

Posted on September 4, 2010 | Category: Featured, Travel Trivia

Those seeking to enjoy Asian vacation packages are now looking beyond the familiar trips to Japan and China to the exotic world of Thailand, where the ancient traditions of old Siam can be enjoyed alongside a rich modern culture.

Bangkok vacations are offered in a variety of special packages that allow tourists to literally travel back and forth in time. One night might be spent attending traditional dance performances and sampling authentic Thai cuisine served by waitress clad in native costumes, then the next being amazed by the City’s famous Aux Cage type shows at the ultra- modern Mambo Cabaret.

In addition, no trip to Bangkok would be complete without exploring the Grand Palace complex, home to Wat Phra Keow (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), the site of one of the country’s holiest and honored religious symbols carved out of a single chunk of jade.

Most Bangkok vacations also offer a variety of cruise packages such as a dinner excursion on a luxury restaurant boat along the Choa Phaya (topped off with a delicious meal of seafood enjoyed to the accompaniment of classical Thai music), as well as the Rice Barge Cruise to explore the many canals that have inspired some people to consider Thailand’s capital as an of Asian “Venice.”

No extended stay in Thailand, however, would be complete without a visit to the nation’s foremost tourist mecca, Phuket Island. Here, the options range from frolicking on the beach to cruises across Phang Nga Bay to visit  the area’s limestone Islands which bear such intriguing names as “Nail” and “James Bond” Island, as well as the “Grotto Caves” and a (sea) gypsy village. There is also the chance to be thrilled by  “Las Vegas styled”  entertainment that combines magic, acrobats, fireworks and the culture of Thailand with a circus starring thirty elephants known as the “Phuket Fantasea” Show.

Additional tour packages include a trip to Phi Island off the western shore of southern Thailand, famous for its coral reefs and other natural wonders, as well as flights up north to visit the hill tribes at Chiang Mai who will regale you with their native dances and traditional songs.

And if that is still not enough, vacationers can arrange to visit the Golden Pagoda known as Wat Phathat Doi Suthep, built in the year 1383 and see house relics from the sacred Lord Buddha, as well as the king’s winter residence in Chiang Mai City.

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