Recommended Sight-Seeing Programms for Transit Passengers

Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok’s new international airport, is located on Bangna-Trat Road in Bang Phli District of Samut Prakan Province, approximately 25 kilometres from the heart of Bangkok.

If you’re waiting for a connecting flight and are ‘in transit’ for five to eight hours or if you’re seeing someone off on a morning flight and have several hours to spare before driving back to the airport to meet people arriving on a return flight later in the day, the provinces nearby Suvarnabhumi Airport offer some interesting attractions. These can be covered in half-day or full-day sight-seeing programmes.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand recommends a choice of five different sightseeing itineraries and routes featuring a range of tourist attractions and destinations in the neighbouring provinces of Samut Prakan and Chachoengsao. Each is within an-hour’s drive from Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Route 1 ( About 5 hrs.) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Khlong Suan Market – Dolphin Watching-and –Birdwatching Cruise – Fisheries along the Bang Pakong estuary (November – February only)     Route 2 ( About 5 hrs ) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Khlong Suan Market – Wat Sothon Vararam Voraviharn – Cruise along the Bangpakong River – Ban Mai Riverside Market – Wat Chin Pracha Samosorn shrine – Wat Uphai Phatikaram temple     Route 3 (About 7 hrs) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo – Bang Pu seaside resort – Ancient City     Route 4 ( About 5 hrs ) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Bang Phli Market – Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai temple – Wat Bang Phli Yai Klang temple     Route 5 ( About 8 hrs) Suvarnabhumi Airport – Erawan Museum – Naval Museum – Ancient City – Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo

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