Waited at my pick up point 15mins early. Tour guide was not there on time, I was getting a little worried, so I tried to text the cell that was provided, but no reply. He finally came on a motorbike, so there were no where for a shuttle to stop at this pick up location, because of the traffic. Once he located me, he called the shuttle van to pick me up. Picked up a few more people at a hotel and headed to the temples. This is a very short duration tour for the amount of things to see, so time is very limited at each location. Amazing Temples Tour! We could've did without the Gem Gallery at the end of the tour, this is a shopping tourist trap. Guide leads you to the entrance of the Gem Gallery, you're whisked into a room to watch a short film, then whisked into the shopping area.....felt like we did not have a choice. Sales people were very aggressive and rude when you tell them you're not interested in buying anything. I walked out, found my guide and he pointed me to the shuttle to take me back to my hotel. I had to wait about 20min, as the driver was talking and smoking. With such a limited time at Wat Pho, I ended up going back on my own, as they also have a Massage School, which was worth it.
Review by: Helen S, April 2018
I really enjoyed seeing all these temples, it was very interesting to learn about them, our guide was really good, and they are so beautiful.
Review by: Milcah R, March 2018
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Anda C, March 2018
I don't recommend this. The temples themselves were fine but the guide was pretty shady. At the end they took us at a jewelery place which is not mentioned anywhere and we spent there like 1 and a half hours with no option to get out of there, the area is remote and cabs were passing by... big no!
Review by: Sabrina W, February 2018
Absolutely gorgeous! The tour was run so smoothly and the guide was very knowledgeable.
Review by: Merrian L, January 2018
This was a great tour for us. We went on Dec. 31st, and our guide mentioned several times how lucky we were to have little traffic or other tourists. This tour typically has 30 - 40 people per our guide's information and there were only 9 of us that day. Nice! The sites we visited were beautiful and well worth this short tour length. For us, we really only cared about seeing Reclining Buddha amazing!, but the other two temples were equally impressive and worth visiting.
Review by: Ricky L, December 2017
These temples are a must see and it was very convenient to go with this tour group with the knowledgeable guide. Very convenient being picked up and dropped off at my hotel.
Review by: ShamrockSandy, November 2017
There is so much beauty on this tour and my guide did a good job of teaching us the basics of the temples we visited. It was really too much information to absorb at the time, so I focused on getting some great photographs and will do some research later to put everything I saw into perspective. This small group tour mine had 7 adults and 2 kids was a great way to see all of these attractions in a short period of time. Be sure to dress modestly for entering the temples, and expect to remove your shoes.
Review by: Rajen Dayalji P, November 2017
It was very good experience with excellent english speaking tour guide. He provided lot of background info around bangkok and then each of the temple. There was enough time given at each temple to explore. Free water bottle was provided and lots of opprtunity to take pictures throughout the trip.
Review by: Jean-Marc D, October 2017
I cannot rate the tour as waited for 2 hours in vain. What a shame as I was really looking forward to this. The Rendez-Vous point was Sathorn pier. This is a huge place with a lot of traffic and passage of all sorts no specifics point was given. I had an information guide on the pier to call the tour operator. I was told that someone was coming to collect me but lets say we missed each other.
Review by: lostris24, October 2017
Excellent excursion ! Really enjoyed the private tour and my Tour guide Boy was very knowledgeable and friendly
Review by: Margaret J, September 2017
Great day and well worth the tour. Good way to get out and see the city
Review by: Gita K, July 2017
Perhaps it's a cultural thing, but I didn't find this tour guide really engaging. This was more of a job than an interest for her. We would stop at a temple and she just would explain a minute or two and then give us time to wander around. Also, I really, really, really thought the last stop to the gem factory was insulting and a waste of time. A lot of us could read right through what was going on with the last stop. Whoever this tour company is, is making more money on the kickbacks for taking us to a gem store to buy something versus really giving us a tour of a factory where they make gems. Perhaps this is why the price was low.
Review by: Michele L, July 2017
I can't review because we missed this tour due to customs holding us up at the airport on arrival. :-
Review by: Jonathan L, July 2017
The tour guide was not interested in telling us anything about the temples we visited. He just sat outside the temple and waited for us. Come on, what kind of tour is this?
Review by: Ana A, May 2017
Highly recommend for a solo traveler with limited time to tour around Bangkok. Tour was very comfortable. Availed the morning Grand Palace tour with this. Was sent back to my preferred drop-off place after the tour.
Review by: dmhunttx, April 2017
Luck was our guide for this tour and she was very polite, accommodating, knowledgeable and spoke English fairly well. The day was very hot and muggy but the Van had no water, although we did find some at one of the Wats. We were picked up at the peer, which worked well as we had a shuttle from our hotel, however, at the end of the tour, when we did not wish to shop at the Gem store, the guide ha to figure out how to get us back to our hotel. This part of the tour did not seem well planned, as it seemed that we were expected to get back on our own. However, Luck did pay for us to get back to the peer.
Review by: emma v, March 2017
I did the morning tour and unfortunately it was raining on the day but the tour was still excellent, Guide spoke fairly good English and he was able to tell us the history of the Temples and what things meant and represented. I have done some exploring by myself around temples but didn't know what the history or what I was looking at. Doing it with a guide and others was great fun and more informative.
Review by: vui sin M, March 2017
should include a free meal for the price paid.
Review by: DANGPILLA, February 2017
Temples beautiful and amazing !! Price for tour good but it is a three hour tour. .A little rushed at sites not given 15 minutes to wander after hearing about Temple from guide as on other tours. Our tour guide was difficult to understand. After rush rush at temples we were brought to main purpose of trip for tour guide...sales commission...brought to a gem /jewelry factory showroom which is on a highway in the middle of nowhere with scores of other tour buses . we were unceremoniously stuck with a number sticker, then herded like cattle at end to walk through rip off Jewelry factory/shop at high prices. seemed like that was the most important stop. Did get a free ride out of the Jewelry factory shop by our guide to MBK shopping mall at least.
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