Ayuthaya Travel Forum

Hi,
I'm planning to cover Ayuthaya in a day & gather from different posts that hiring a car from BKK could be a good option since I'll be travelling with my wife & small kid (5yrs).
Any idea about the tentative cost & how many sites can be covered in a day.
When shall we start (to avoid heat & traffic) & by when can we expect to return to BKK?
Any tips would help.
Thanks a lot in advance...
cheers

Hiring a car is a good option. For me I take quite a time spending on any site so don't expect much to cover a lot sites in one day. I drive to Ayutthaya almost the distance on expressway that end at Bang Pa In district where you can make a first stop visiting Bang Pa In the Summer Palace then another 30 kms to Autthaya city for visiting other historical sites. On expressway I took around 1 hr and a little more drive each way, the traffic is fine. I think the time depend on where in Bkk you start. Ayuthaya is in the north of Bkk.

~2000 Baht should be a reasonable deal. Some more amount as tip would make it better :-)
Just one advice, it's really tough to cover everything in one day (though very much possible) so start early (how about 6 or 7 am?)

You can contact the guide we used to visit Ayuthaya, she will arrange a taxi driver that will be waiting for you at the entrance of each temple while you visit it, so you can cover more than twelve temples in the city including Bang Pha In Palace.
Contact the guide Nok, nan_ke80@yahoo.co.uk
I dont remember but I think we payed 2000bht for the enterely day and we could
visit more than twelve temples including one in the way that we find beautiful
that tour companies doesnt stop.
You can use her services to visit Bkk also paying only 500bhy per day if you want.
You can see at my Ayuthaya page all the tempes we visited.
good luck.
Fernando & Luiza from Brazil