Why this ride
159 km from Bangkok to Bangkok, about 2 h 09 of riding. It goes by way of Historic City of Ayutthaya and back through Historic City of Ayutthaya.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Bangkok day out · Historic City of Ayutthaya
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 159 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 09
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Bangkok
Bangkok is a city you meet with all your senses at once: the smell of charcoal grills and jasmine garlands, the sound of tuk-tuks and boat engines on the river, the heat that reaches you before you step out of the hotel lobby. About five million people live in the city proper and many more in the sprawl around it, and the Chao Phraya river is the thread that still holds the old centre together. The Grand Palace, Wat Pho with its huge reclining Buddha, and the temples of the old quarter sit along its eastern bank, and ferries cross the water for a few baht.
Read the complete Bangkok write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Bangkok is where the day begins. Next is Historic City of Ayutthaya.
2. Historic City of Ayutthaya
For more than four hundred years Ayutthaya was one of the richest cities in Asia, founded in the mid-fourteenth century on an island where three rivers meet, and visited by Portuguese, Dutch, French, Japanese and Persian traders who all had their own quarters. Then in 1767 a Burmese army took it after a long siege and burned most of it to the ground. The Thai court moved south, eventually to Bangkok, and what remained became a field of brick ruins, the prangs and chedis standing above the grass. UNESCO listed the site in 1991.
Read the complete Historic City of Ayutthaya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Historic City of Ayutthaya comes up 44 km in. Next is Historic City of Ayutthaya.
3. Historic City of Ayutthaya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Ayutthaya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
89 km in you reach Historic City of Ayutthaya. Next is back through Historic City of Ayutthaya.
4. back through Historic City of Ayutthaya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Ayutthaya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Historic City of Ayutthaya, late in the day. Next is Bangkok.
5. Bangkok
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bangkok write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Bangkok. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Bangkok to Historic City of Ayutthaya
Bangkok → Historic City of Ayutthaya is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Historic City of Ayutthaya to Bangkok
back through Historic City of Ayutthaya → Bangkok is 89 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.