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Sukhothai Slideshow
Top Hotels in Sukhothai
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Pailyn Sukhothai Hotel
72 reviews -
Sukhothai Heritage Resort
75 reviews -
Legendha Sukhothai Resort
83 reviews
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Tharaburi Resort Sukhothai
117 reviews
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Ananda Museum Gallery Hotel Sukhothai
34 reviews -
Sukhothai Orchid Hotel
8 reviews -
Sawasdipong Hotel Sukhothai
5 reviews
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Old City Guesthouse Sukhothai
14 reviews
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River View Hotel Sukhothai
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Sukhothai Hotel
1 review
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J&J Guesthouse Sukhothai
28 reviews
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Northern Palace Hotel Sukhothai
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Rajthanee Hotel Sukhothai
2 reviews
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Ruean Thai Sukhothai
96 reviews
Sukhothai
Travel Blogs from Sukhothai, Thailand
Great Ruins
This is a top pick! Continuing our visits to UNSECO sites, we took a bus to one of the first capitals in the Thai empire "Sukhothai." The emerging Thai nation flourished militarily, claiming lands as far north as Vientiane (capital of Laos now), and culturally developing a ...
Sukhothai
This is a top pick! ... his society could ring a bell to have their disputes ruled on by their king or to have their grievances heard by him. Today Sukhothai is a World Heritage area. The Sukhothai kingdom was one of the greatest periods in Thai history and it is fair to say it ...
Sukhothai
This is a top pick! ... a bus to New Sukhothai. We weren't pleased with having spent the entire day traveling, but the bus ride from Phitsanulok to Sukhothai made our displeasure melt away. The view from our seats was stunning. The light of the descending sun bathed miles and ...
And Now for Something Completely Different
This is a top pick! ... bustle, like someone held a large remote and was hitting the pause and unpause button. My purpose for being in Sukhothai (my only real stop in Thailand aside from Bangkok and the beaches in about a month's time) was to see the former Thai capital and ...
Sukhothai
This is a top pick! We left early to spend the day exploring Sukhothai on bikes. Definitely a highlight of our time in Thailand, The Sukhothai kingdom was an early kingdom which existed from 1238 to 1438. Today the historical park which we cycled around, is full of wats, ...
Pot Heads
This is a top pick! Sukhothai Historical Park reminds me so much of Ayyutaya, Though most of the temples are in ruins beautiful Buddha statues stand guard. The air is full of the sound of cicada. We get on a little shuttle that takes you all over the ...
A warped sense of logic.
This is a top pick! ... massage perhaps? No no, rent a bike and spend the day cycling 50 kilometers around archeological sites, of course. Sukhothai was the first capital of Thailand and is viewed as the golden age of Thai civilisation. I had to go and see it, nothing like ...
Sukho Thai
This is a top pick! Sorry, no story on this page. Just needed it to add a link on the ...
Bushtucker Ben
This is a top pick! ... Thai style cook it yourself barbecue, much like the Mongolian barbecue, only much better. Sukhothai. With Songkram over, i boarder the bus for pretty much a full day of travel, and in the evening i just sat ...
Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai
This is a top pick! ... pleasant to stroll in the shade and admire the old remains of once brilliant kingdom. I think I've been here... I visited Sukhothai three years ago, but I remembered very little of the historical parks. While I couldn't recall much of the temples ...
Loy Kratong
The festival of Loy Kratong was originated in Old Sukhothai (supposedly the king's advisor sent a floating flower arrangement down the river to please the king. This one, in turn, liked the idea so much and turned it into a holiday). As such, Sukhothai ...
The old capital of Thailand
... process - the story is in the pictures. From Pitsanulok we took a day trip to Sukothai, one of the ancient capitals of Thailand in the 14th century. Many temples and statues of the Buddha remain. This era in Thai history is also important ...
Wat, chedi et bouddha
... , une grande blonde aux yeux bleus sont aussi exotiques que les monuments historiques ! C'était bien drôle. Et męme ŕ Sukhothai, qui voit pourtant beaucoup de touristes ŕ cause du parc historique, nous nous faisions pointer du doigt (par curiosité, ...
Sukhothai
... je imela 9 kraljev v obdobju 200 let in v tem casu je bilo prvic pod enotno vladavino zdruzeno vso ozemlje trenutne Tajske. Sukhothai je prav tako zasciten s strani UNESCA in ima prav tako status svetovne dediscine. Rusevine so razdeljene v 5 območij ...
Moving North
... an looked very effective - they're a very ingenuitive bunch these Thais! We enjoyed a couple of days in Phitsanulok before heading across to Sukhothai, which is were we are now. This was another old capital and the 'old city' about 14km away from the 'new ...
sukhothai historical pk and loi krathong festival
... checking out the local life! I walked back home, had some brekky then we hopped in our songthaw for the 40 min drive to the Sukhothai historical park. We all hired bikes and set off for a look (the best way to see the area is on a bike - it was ...
Joy ride
... country the way most Thais live it. I'm on a seven hours train ride from Bangkok to Sukhothai. The beautiful scenery of Thailand's countryside with its vast rice fields, fish farms, lotus ponds and occasional towns is delightful to observe, ...
Gay monk, drug addict monk, iPod monk and me
... pictures of us. Every Thai person who sees us giggles and smiles. I met him yesterday afternoon. I was wondering around Old Sukhothai and stumbled upon a few structures surrounding a pond that turned out to be a monastery. As I was looking at ...
Sukhothai
OK, well we're here. Declan saw the pictures in the LP Guide and wanted to come here. So to maintain the thin veneer of democracy in the household we did. Don and I thought we had been here on the last trip, but after being there we're ...
Christmas with a Buddha
My bus from Chiang Mai landed me in Sukothai at around 1am on Christmas Eve. I explained to a tuk-tuk driver that I wanted to go to 'the new hostel that was being run by the Swedes' and after some confusion, he suddenly said 'YES YES I know where you ...
Day 9: Elephant Centre and Sukothai Day
Up the next day after 3 hours sleep and onto the elephant centre in Lampang. Which was amazing. They put on a show of curtsying, working (shifting logs) instrument playing, painting elephants. Then we got to feed them before an elephant ...
Bicycle, Bicycle, I Want To Ride My Bicycle
... night, but we got on the first bus out the next morning and arrived in Sukhothai early in the afternoon. Sukhothai was the first capital of Thailand and is interesting because the ancient city is full of the ruins of the old temples. There aren't any ...
Ruins, Temples and yet more ruins
... was hardly any traffic and it had cooled down by then. We found a good spot to watch what turned out to be a spectacular sunset. Sukhothai was the first capital of Siam up to the end of the 1400's before going into decline as Ayutthaya took over as the ...
Wat you talking 'bout Sukka-thai?
... breakfast and water went some way to fixing it and as a group we headed off to the 'Old City' in another pick-up / bus. Sukhothai was Thailands first capital back in the 13th century and the ruins of the old city are a Unesco World Heritage Site. After a ...
Ruined on Ruins
... temples outside the main city wall, which again took nowhere near as long as we were expecting. Our favorite of the Sukhothai temples was Wat Si Chum. This temple has a giant Buddha built into a tiny little space. The ...
Historical Park & night market
... nobody cared. Mostly people came because of the stalls selling food, clothes and everything you need or not need ;) Sukhothai selber ist eigentlich kein schoener Ort, hat ueberhaupt keinen Charme, die Gebaeude schauen irgendwie haesslich aus. Aber man ...
Old Capitals
... evenings we dined at Tony's a local restaurant with great Thai food and beer. On January 25th, We arrived in Sukhothai after a long bus journey from Ayuthaya. We were persuaded to stay at the Garden Guesthouse, which was actually really nice and ...
More ruinous activities
Visited the ancient capital of Sukkothai for a few days to see some more ruin. Despite the humidity I decided to walk around the Historical Park (after getting a local bus to the site from the New City) Its an amazing place, some of the temple and ...