ICMIT 2008 CONFERENCE TOUR

Booking Onsite - Opens Sun-3pm and Closes Mon-12pm
Wed - 24 Sep Post Conference Tour (8am to 3pm)
Grand Palace & Thammasat University
Price: 950 Baht Per Person (Cash Only - Exact Amount)

Program/Itinerary (Actual May Vary)

0800 HRS
Pick up you from the major hotels in Bangkok.

0900 HRS
Arriving at the Grand Palace. Touring the Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha Temple. This palace has an area of 218,400 sq. metres and is surrounded by walls built in 1783. The length of the four walls totals 1900 metres. Within these walls are situated government offices and the Chapel Royal of the Emerald Buddha besides the royal residences. When Siam restored law and order after the fall of Ayutthaya the monarch lived in Thonburi on the other side of the river. Rama I, immediately on ascending the throne, moved the centre of administration to this side of the Chao Phraya; and, after erecting public monuments such as fortifications and monasteries, built a palace to serve not only as his residence but also his offices the various ministries, only one of which remains in the palace walls. This palace came to be known as the Grand Palace, in which the earliest edifices contemporary with the foundation of Bangkok were the two groups of residences named the Dusit-Mahaprasard and the Mahamontien.

11.30 HRS
Coach transfer to Thammasart University

12.00 HRS
Complimentary Lunch – courtesy of Thammasat University

14.00 HRS
Coach departs Thammasart University for major hotels.

(Return by 15.00 HRS approximate)