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Bangkok Flower Market & Thai Floral Art (Social Impact Private Tour +AR)
Bangkok, Thailand
$175.14
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Our tour focuses on making social impact on local communities. We hire skillful floral artisans from nearby communities, where many residents could not afford English language classes. Teaching floral handicraft to foreign guests is their opportunity to learn English and earn income at the same time. On the other hand, we offer a hands-on workshop which you will need to stab many Thai jasmines into a skewer. It is very challenging to “not losing track”, i.e. to align the top flower with the bottom one throughout a skewer.
Here are the highlights of our tour:
1. Walk in the flower market to explore numerous flower selections.
2. Lotus folding workshop with a local seller.
3. Visit Kalayanamitr Temple, a smoothing blend of Thai and Chinese Buddhism.
4. 90 minutes of floral workshop (Garland & Bai Si) with Thai artisans.
5. Visit Baan Kudi Chin Museum, the learning place about Siam–Portuguese lineage.
Here are the highlights of our tour:
1. Walk in the flower market to explore numerous flower selections.
2. Lotus folding workshop with a local seller.
3. Visit Kalayanamitr Temple, a smoothing blend of Thai and Chinese Buddhism.
4. 90 minutes of floral workshop (Garland & Bai Si) with Thai artisans.
5. Visit Baan Kudi Chin Museum, the learning place about Siam–Portuguese lineage.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
English Guide/Hotel Pickup
Private: Hotel pickup with professional, licensed English-speaking tour guide.
Pickup included
Private: Hotel pickup with professional, licensed English-speaking tour guide.
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 4 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- A professional licensed guide [English or Spanish]
- Travel accident insurance
- A Thai garland workshop with Thai artisans.
- A Thai lotus folding workshop with a local seller.
- Admission to Baan Kudi Chin Museum (Museum closed on Monday).
- [Pickup option] Hotel transfer & a private air-conditioned vehicle
- Tickets to Chao Phraya Express Boat and Ferry Boat.
- Lunch.
- [Meeting point option] No hotel transfer & a private vehicle
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Pak Khlong Flower Talat Original8.50am Ride the Chao Phraya Express Boat to Yod Piman Pier. Have a short photo stop at Yod Piman River Walk (with a beautiful river scenery). We will go explore Pak Khlong Talad, the original and largest flower market of Bangkok with an extensive of produce selection. Many local florists visit this market in the early morning to buy fresh flowers in bulk to make floral handicraft. On the way, we will visit the Shrine of Somdet Boonma, one of the major founders of Krung Ratanakosin (or Bangkok, Thailand’s current capitol). You will see how Thai people use flower to pay respect to the revered person.
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Pak Khlong Flower Talat Original9.20am A mini floral handicraft workshop with a local lotus seller. You will learn how to fold Bua Luang (cone-shaped lotus) and Bua Chut (ball-shaped lotus). We will bring our folded lotuses to pay respect to a buddha image at Kalayanamitr Temple (our next destination). Paying respect to the lord Buddha is voluntary. You may not need to do so if you have religious restrictions.
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Wat Kalayanamit Varamahavihara9.40am We will ride a ferry to Kalayanamitr Temple and have a short stop to feed fish at the pier in front of Kalayanamitr Temple. Thai people believe that feeding fish is a merit making which helps them to have a fertile and peaceful life. A bottle of Thai herbal drink is provided while waiting for the ferry.
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Wat Kalayanamit Varamahavihara9.50am Enter into the Kalayanamitr Temple, the temple with a smoothing blend of Thai and Chinese Buddhism belief. You will pay respect to the Sam Por Kong (one of the largest golden buddha images in Bangkok). You will feel that your body is so small when compared to the size of this buddha image! You will see the beautiful mural painting about peony flower, the symbol of Chinese nation. You will see Thai people paying respect to the lord Buddha in Chinese tradition (by using Chinese incenses and candle sticks). You will ring the biggest bell of Bangkok, which Thai students ring it to pray for academic success!
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Wat Kalayanamit Varamahavihara10.10am One-and-half hour of floral handicraft workshop with Thai local artisans in Kalayanamitr Temple. With a social enterprise in mind, we hire skillful floral artisans from Kudi Khow community, where many residents could not afford English language classes. The artisans will teach you how to make a beautiful jasmine garland (used to pay respect to the lord Buddha) and/or Bai Si (used to worship the celestial teacher to pray for the success in art and craft). To overcome the language barrier, our guide will be a translator between you and the artisans throughout the floral workshop. Moreover, we would be very appreciated if you could teach some basic English words to our floral artisans. Pls note that the types of floral handicraft are subject to change due to seasonal availability of flowers.
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11.40am Visit the Guanyin Shrine, one of the oldest shrines in Thailand since King Taksin’s reign (230 years ago). This Guanyin statue is different from other shrines because mostly the Guanyin in other shrines are in standing position, but here the Guanyin is in sitting position. The Guanyin statue is made of wood carved and coated with gold. Thai people usually pray to the Guanyin to recover from diseases and illness.
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Santa Cruz Church11.50am Let’s delve into the history of Portuguese people in Thailand. We will walk to Santa Cruz Church (also known as Kudi Chin) near Kalayanamitr Temple. The church was built when the King Taksin grants a portion of land to Portuguese people in Thailand to build a Roman Catholic church. It was the main Catholic church in Bangkok and served as the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam until 1821, when Assumption Cathedral was completed. This place would be your nice photo taking spot!
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Baan Kudichin Museum12.00pm (4.30pm) Visit the Baan Kudi Chin Museum, the learning place of local culture about history, religion, and food recipes of the Siam–Portuguese lineage who still lives in the area. You will have a chance to try Kudi Chin snack, whose recipe was invented by Miss Marie Guimar during the reign of the Great King Narai (300 years ago) and exclusively available in Kudi Chin area only. We will also have a fun talk with Thai locals here.
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Bangkok Flower Market & Thai Floral Art (Social Impact Private Tour +AR)
Bangkok, Thailand
$175.14
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!