Start yourfull-day itinerary with hotel pickupin Bangkok and travel by private minivan to the legendary Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, located 65 miles (110 km) west of the capital. Your journey commences with a scenic drive through rice paddies and salt fields. En route, visit a farmhouse and observelocals producing sugar from coconuts. Then continue by speedboat, passing fruit plantations and Thai houses that reveal a more traditional way of life.

Upon arrival at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, discover boats of all different shapes and sizes, still used by local merchants to ferry their goods. Let your guide know if you'd like to helpbargaining with local merchants for fresh produce, flowers, or souvenirs.Heading back toward Bangkok, you'll make a brief stopat a wood-carving factory.

After lunch, it's time for your city tour ofthree templesresplendent with golden spires, orange-tiered roofs, saffron-robed monks, and serene Buddha images. Your guide takes you tothe Reclining Buddha of Wat Pho, a statuecovered in gold leaf, continue on toWat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha) for a look at its solid gold figure that dates back centuries. Finally, seeWat Benchamabophit, a royal temple noted for its dazzling white Carrara marble from Italy.

You'll seesome of Bangkok's distinctive neighborhoods while traveling between sites, and learn all about the history behind eachplace of worship. Your tour concludes with private transport back to your hotel.