7 days in Thailand Itinerary
Day 1 –
Fly to Bangkok. Take a rest.
- Reach Bangkok around afternoon, check in to your hotel, have lunch and take a rest. I ate spicy Thai red curry with rice and Sayan had fried noodles—a welcome break after two weeks of Vietnamese food (for me at least!).
- In the evening, check out the Khaosan Road night market. If you are interested, you can partake of the unusual non-vegetarian items found in the market, if not, have local Thai food. However, after continuously having Vietnamese food for the last two weeks, I just ran to the first Indian restaurant I saw here.
- Sleep well.
Day 2 –
Sightseeing in Bangkok. Leave for Krabi province
in an overnight bus.
- Have breakfast, check-out of the hotel and commence your Bangkok sightseeing. Leave your luggage in the locker room of the hotel. It is a common practice here.
- Visit Wat Arun, an iconic temple in Bangkok with an impressive prang with historical and architectural significance by the west coast of Chao Phraya river.
- Visit Wat Pho and the Grand Palace in the east coast of Chao Phraya river, just across Wat Arun. Have lunch in any of the eateries here; we ate Pad Thai at Grandma’s Kitchen for 80 baht each. While dining from local eateries it is best to stick with Thai food (which is really good).
- Collect your luggage and leave Bangkok for Krabi in an overnight bus.
Day 3 –
Reach your luxury pitstop in Krabi’s Tubkaek
beach and stay put.
- Arrive in Krabi; check in to your hotel. We chose the immensely beautiful Tubkaek beach in Krabi to relax for a couple of days. We stayed at Amari Vogue Krabi.
- Have lunch and take a rest.
- Catch the beautiful sunset and have dinner by the beach in the resort’s in-house restaurant (Marco’s Restaurant and Bar in our case).
Day 4 –
Still in Krabi, enjoy the fantastic feeling of
having the beach all to yourself throughout day and night.
- Go on Dragon Crest Mountain hike early in the morning.
- Have breakfast and swim in the sea with zero agonising crowd.
- Relax in the infinity pool of the hotel or take a half day trip by a longtail boat to the nearby Hong Island archipelago.
- Have lunch at Marco’s Restaurant and Bar and retire for the afternoon.
- Watch sunset and have dinner at Lotus Restaurant.
Day 5 –
Leave for Koh Phi Phi Don Island. Explore the
island.
Day 6 –
Just walk around the island and go for water
sports.
- Wake up late and head to the beach. Lay on the sand, swim in the ocean or go on a longtail boat excursion again.
- Have lunch at the beach. I ate in the only outdoor restaurant, the Princess Restaurant, still having (at the moment) an unoccupied table for two. I had a fulfilling lunch of jasmine rice, red chicken curry with mango juice. The gravy of the curry had a nice amalgamation of pineapples and coconuts. This lunch would set you back by 290 baht.
- Retire for the day in your hotel or go out for water adventures yet again.
- In the evening, join the party but don’t overdo it on drinks and sleep early to prepare yourself for the next day.
Day 7 –
Engage in a morning hike and leave for Phuket
Island.
- Wake up at dawn and go on the ‘Phi Phi View Point’ trail hike.
- Descend down and have breakfast.
- Swim in the sea here one last time before leaving the island.
- Catch a ferry to Phuket.
- Arrive in Phuket, check in to your hotel, preferably somewhere close to the airport, and have lunch. Rest for the afternoon.
- Set-off before sunset and visit the Nai Yang forest beach adjacent to Sirinat National Park to catch some quiet beach time and a stunning sunset.
- Have dinner from any local eatery and retire for the night. I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant named Heang Heang Heang.
Day 8 –
Have breakfast and check out of your hotel. Catch a morning flight back to your country.