Places to Explore

• Around Kanchanaburi Province

  The third-largest province in Thailand, Kanchanaburi has scenic jungles, rivers, waterfalls, and mountains, especially near Sangklaburi, as you approach the Myanmar border. For centuries, it was a favorite... (more)

• Damnoen Saduak

  The colorful Damnoen Saduak floating market is a true icon of Thai tourism. The image is so evocative that it's become an ad agency favorite. Today the market, which sells mostly produce and other foods... (more)

• Kanchanaburi

  The city is most famous as the location of the Bridge on the River Kwai—a piece of the World War II Japanese "Death Railway" and the subject of the 1957 film of the same name starring Alec Guinness... (more)

• Nakhon Pathom

  Reputed to be Thailand's oldest city (it's thought to date from 150 BC), Nakhon Pathom was once the center of the Dvaravati kingdom, a 6th- to 11th-century affiliation of Mon city-states. It marks the... (more)

• Phetchaburi

  This small seaport town with many wats once linked the old Thai capitals of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya with trade routes on the South China Sea and Indian Ocean. Phetchaburi is famous for kao chae, a chilled... (more)

• Samut Songkram

  The provincial town of Samut Songkram has little to recommend it, but it has many nearby attractions that make it an enjoyable day trip from Bangkok. There are terrific seafood restaurants along the waterfront... (more)

• Sangklaburi

  Sangklaburi is a sleepy town on a large lake created by the Khao Laem Dam. There was once a Mon village here, but when the dam was built in 1983, it was almost completely covered by water. (Some parts... (more)