Itineraries
Ten days in Thailand
Ten days is the trip most people are actually trying to plan: the capital, the north, and a beach. It fits — with exactly two internal flights.
Days 1 to 3 — Bangkok
Three days in the capital: the historic core, the river, a market, and one evening somewhere the food is the point.
If you want Ayutthaya, it fits here as a day trip on day three. Go early; the ruins have almost no shade.
Days 4 to 6 — Chiang Mai
A short flight north, and a completely different country: cooler, slower, temple-heavy and walkable inside the old city moat.
Three days covers Wat Phra Singh and Wat Chedi Luang on foot, Doi Suthep above the city, one day out for an elephant sanctuary or Doi Inthanon, and the Sunday Walking Street.
If the dates fall in March or April, reconsider — this is the burning season and the air in the north is genuinely bad.
Days 7 to 9 — one coast
Fly south. Three days in one place: Phi Phi or Phang Nga Bay as the day trip, then two days that are deliberately empty.
Pick the coast by the month, not by preference: the Andaman side from November to April, the Gulf from roughly June to September.
Day 10 — back through Bangkok
The southern islands and Chiang Mai both connect back through Bangkok. Leave the buffer night in the capital before the long-haul flight home — it is the difference between a relaxed departure and a sprint between two airports 30 km apart.
The two flights that make it work
Bangkok to Chiang Mai, and Chiang Mai to the coast (or back through Bangkok). Book both early: they are the busiest domestic routes in the country.
Good to know
- Regions
- Bangkok, north, one coast
- Internal flights
- 2
- Nights
- 3 + 3 + 3 + 1
- Avoid
- The north in March–April
Common questions
Is ten days too rushed for three regions?
Chiang Mai or the islands first?
What if my dates fall in the burning season?
Other itineraries
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