Bangkok Video Guide

Bangkok
The Bangkok special administrative area covers 1,568.7 km2 (606 sq mi), making it the 68th largest province in Thailand. Much of the area is considered the city of Bangkok, therefore making it one of the largest cities in the world. The Chao Phraya River, which stretches 372 km (231 mi), is Bangkok’s main geographical feature. The Chao Phraya River basin, the area surrounding Bangkok, and the nearby provinces comprise a series of plains and river deltas that lead into the Bay of Bangkok about 30 km (19 mi) south of the city center. This gave rise to Bangkok’s appellation as the “Venice of the East” due to the number of canals and passages that divide the area into separate patches of land.
Festivals and Events
Chinese New Year Festival,Bangkok Songkran Festival.,Royal Ploughing Ceremony,H.M. The Queen’s Birthday Celebration ,Trooping of the Colours
H.M. The King’s Birthday Celebrations

Ayutthaya Video Guide

Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, covering 2,556 square kilometres, is located in the flat river plain of the Chao Phraya river valley. The presence of the Lop Buri and Pa Sak River make the province a major rice farming area.Ayutthaya one of the major tourist attraction and was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong. It was the capital of Thailand (then called Siam) for 417 years from 1350 until it was sacked by the Burmese army in 1767. During this era Ayutthaya had 33 kings of different dynasties ruling the kingdom This period of Thai (Siamese)history is now usually referred as the Ayutthaya period or Ayutthaya kingdom. The Bowring Treaty (1855), signed by King Mogkhut between Siam and Britain, was the first of its kind and successfully opened up Siam to Western influence and trade.
Festivals
Bang Sai Arts and Crafts Centre Fair,Songkran Festival ,Wai Khru Bucha Tao Ceremony ,Bang Sai Loi Krathong and Traditional Long Boat Races ,Ayutthaya World Heritage Fair ,Ayutthaya Maha Mongkhon

Chonburi Video Guide

Samut Prakan
Samut Prakan is located at the mouth of the Chao Phraya river to the Gulf of Thailand. Thus the province is also sometimes called Pak Nam , the Thai word for the mouth of a river. The part of the province located on the western side of the river consist mostly of rice and prawn fields as well as mangrove forests, while the east part is the urban center - including industrial factories. It is part of the Bangkok metropolis, the urbanization on both sides of the provincial boundary is identical. The province has a coastline of approximately 47.2 kilometer.
Festivals
Pak Lat (Phra Pradaeng) Songkran Festival,Song Khao Songkran Tradition
Phra Samut Chedi Fair ,Rap Bua or Yon Bua Festival ,Luangpho Pan Fair

Nonthaburi Video Guide

Nonthaburi
Nonthaburi is located directly north of Bangkok on the Chao Phraya river. The province is part of the greater Bangkok Metropolitan Area. In most parts it is as urbanized as the capital, and the boundary between the two provinces is nearly unrecognisable.
Festivals
Mon Songkran Festival ,Nonthaburi Fruits & Fairs ,Tham Bun Tak Bat Phra Roi Paet Ceremony: ,Mon classical Dance

Nakhon Pathom Video Guide

Nakhon Pathom
Nakhon Pathom is a small province located just 56 km from Bangkok. It is located in the alluvial plain of central Thailand. It is drained by the Tha Chin River (also called Nakhon Chaisi river), a distributary of the Chao Phraya river. The urban area of Bangkok has already grown until the provincial borders to Nakhon Pathom.
Festivals
Nakhon Pathom Food and Fruits Fair Songkran Festival,Buffet for Elephant and Elephant Queen Pageant ,Wat Rai Khing Festival ,Phra Pathom Chedi Festival ,
Loy Krathong Festival

Kanchanaburi Video Guide

Kanchanaburi
The province is located in the west of Thailand, and is situated 129 km. from Bangkok and covers a total area of approximately 19,483 sq.km. being the country’s third largest province after Nakhon Ratchasima and Chiang Mai. Topographically, it is covered with timber and evergreen forests. The district covers the source valleys of the rivers Kwae Yai and Kwae Noi (”River Kwai”), which merge at the city Kanchanaburi and form the Mae Klong River there.
Festivals
Mineral Water and Waterfall Bathing Day,Boat and Raft People’s Day.,River Kwae Bridge Week

Lopburi Video Guide

Lopburi
Lop Buri is located on the east side of the Chao Phraya river valley, between the Lopburi River and Pa Sak Rivers. 30% of the area of the province, including most of Tha Wung district, the southwestern parts of Mueang Lopburi and Ban Mi districts are a very low alluvial plain. The rest 70% is intermixed between plains and hills, with the Phetchabun Mountains form the eastern boundary of the province towards the Khorat Plateau.
Festivals
King Narai the Great’s Reign,Lop Buri Monkey Banquet ,Lop Buri Sunflower Blooming Festival ,Kam Fa Tradition ,Sai Krachat Tradition ,Chak Phra Si An Tradition of Wat Lai or the Tradition of the Maitreya Bodhisattva

Phetchaburi Video Guide

Phetchaburi
Phetchaburi is located at the northern end of the Malay Peninsula, with the Gulf of Thailand to the East and the Tanaosi mountain range forming the boundary to Myanmar. Except these border mountains most of the province is a flat plain area. With an area of about 3000 km² the Kaeng Krachan National Park is Thailands largest national park, covering nearly half of the province. It protects mostly rainforests in the mountains along the boundary to Myanmar, but also the Kaeng Krachan reservoir is part of the park. The only significant river of the province is the Phetchaburi River.
Festivals
Phra Nakhon Khiri Fair,Thai Song Dam Festival ,

Prachinburi Video Guide

Prachinburi
The province is divided into two major parts, the low river valley of the Prachin Buri River, and the higher lands with plateaus and mountains of the Dong Phaya Yen mountains. In those areas are also two national parks, Khao Yai and the Tab Larn National Park.
The provincial seal shows the Bodhi tree. It symbolizes the first Bodhi tree planted about 2000 years ago in the temple Wat Si Maha Phot. The provincial colors are red and yellow - red stands for the land, and yellow for Buddhism.
Festivals
Makha Purami Si Prachin Festival ,The Bang Fai Sky Rocket Festival ,Agriculture and Well-known Products of Prachin Buri Fair ,Whitewater Rafting at Kaeng Hin Phoeng Week ,Traditional Long Boat Races ,Loi Krathong Festival

Nakhon Nayok Video Guide

Nakhon Nayok
The northern part of the province is located in the Dong Phaya Yen mountain range, with the highest elevation the 1292 meter high Yod Khao Kiew. Most of that area is covered by the Khao Yai National Park. The central part of the province however is a rather flat river plain formed by the Nakhon Nayok River. The southern part of the province has relatively unfertile acidic soil.
Festivals
Tak Bat Thewo Rohana Fair,Sweet Plum Mango and Nakhon Nayok Products Fair ,Thai Merit Making (Sat Thai) & Long boat Racing ,Ongkharak Ornamental Plants and Flowers Fair