🌍 Country guide

Thailand

Every Viamo guide for Thailand in one place: 15 route guides, how to get around by train, bus, road and sea, airport transfers and the entry rules.

Routes

Bangkok to Ayutthaya

North to the ancient capital by train, minivan or boat.

⏱ ~1h30 by minivan

Bangkok to Chiang Mai

North by sleeper train, bus or a short flight.

⏱ ~1h by flight

Bangkok to Chiang Rai

North to the White Temple by bus or plane.

⏱ ~1h20 by flight

Bangkok to Hua Hin

Down the gulf to the royal resort town by train or bus.

⏱ ~3–3.5h by bus/minivan

Bangkok to Kanchanaburi

West to the River Kwai and the Death Railway by train.

⏱ ~2-2.5h by minivan

Bangkok to Krabi

South to the Andaman coast by bus-boat, train or flight.

⏱ ~4–5h by flight (door-to-door)

Bangkok to Pattaya

South-east to the coast by bus, minivan or train.

⏱ ~1h45 by bus

Bangkok to Phuket

South to the island by bus-and-ferry or a short flight.

⏱ ~1h25 by flight

Bangkok to Siem Reap (Angkor)

The bus, the train-to-border and the honest truth about the scams.

⏱ ~1h by flight

Bangkok to Singapore overland

Down the Malay Peninsula by train, the slow way south.

⏱ 2 days minimum by train

Bangkok to the floating markets

How to get from Bangkok to the floating markets: trains, buses, day tours and the fastest option, with honest timings.

⏱ ~2-3h by train/songthaew to Amphawa (tours to Damnoen Saduak faster door-to-door)

Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai

How to get from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai: trains, buses, day tours and the fastest option, with honest timings.

⏱ ~45min flight (door-to-door saving modest)

Chiang Mai to Doi Suthep

How to get from Chiang Mai to Doi Suthep: trains, buses, day tours and the fastest option, with honest timings.

⏱ ~30-45 min by songthaew

Chiang Mai to Pai

The 762-bend minibus, the slower bus and surviving the ride.

⏱ ~3-3.5h by minivan

Phuket to Krabi

The ferry, the bus and the airport-hop between the Andaman hubs.

⏱ ~3h by bus

Getting around

Airports & city transport

Entry requirements