Day
1:
Arrive
in
Bangkok
Our
English
speaking
tour
guide
will
meet and
greet
you at
the
airport
and
transfer
to
hotel.
Check-in
hotel
and
Balance
of the
day at
your
leisure
to relax
or
indulge
in a
variety
of
activities
on
resort
grounds.
Overnight
at hotel
in
Bangkok
Day 2:
Bangkok
Cooking
& Half Day
Tours
(Meals:
B)
Morning
visit to
market
with
chef.
We'll
then
have a
five-hour
cooking
course
at
Bangkok's
best
cooking
school.
This
afternoon
we'll
visit
Bangkok's
cultural
highlights
- Wat
Pho, the
Temple
of the
Emerald
Buddha,
and the
Grand
Palace.
For
dinner
we'll
enjoy
Bangkok's
best
royal
Thai
cuisine.
Overnight
at hotel
in
Bangkok.
Day 3:
Bangkok
Cooking
& Half Day
Tours
(Meals:
B)
In the
Thai
cooking
school
we'll
have a
short
lecture.
Following
a
cooking
demonstration,
we'll
cook and
sample
several
dishes,
in a
relaxed
and
enjoyable
atmosphere.
This
afternoon
we'll
take a
guided
visit to
Jim
Thompson's
house.
Part
museum,
part
park,
Jim
Thompson's
house is
an oasis
of
tranquility
and
beauty.
Following
a
delicious
dinner
in a
recreated
historic
Thai
village,
we'll be
entertained
by a
traditional
Thai
show.
Overnight
at hotel
in
Bangkok.
Day 4:
Full Day
Cooking
at THAI
HOUSE
(B, L,
D)
To day
is spent
at the
Thai
House
where
you
could
how to
prepare
and cook
various
delicious
Thai
dishes -
The Thai
House is
a
traditional
Thai
house
built
with a
golden
teakwood
structure
in an
architectural
style
that was
popular
around
the
Ayutthaya
region
in
central
Thailand
some 150
years
ago. The
distinctive
wing-shaped
roof
structure
is
inspired
by the
temples.
It is
thought
that
these
wings
are a
means of
the
inhabitants
to reach
heaven.
Culinary
courses
featured
at the
Thai
House
are
designed
for
participants
with
little
time but
who wish
to
attain
the
basic
knowledge
it takes
to
create
menus
for home
entertainment,
or
simply
to enjoy
a
delicious
home-cooked
meal.
The
cooking
classes
are held
in an
outdoor
classroom
in the
midst of
an
orchard
of
mango,
banana,
papaya
and
coconut
trees,
and a
kitchen
garden
of fresh
herbs
and
spices
used in
the
recipes.
Lessons
featuring
brief
lectures,
the
preparation
of
ingredients,
hands-on
cooking
demonstrations
and time
for
discussion
and
enjoying
the
fruits
of
success
are
conducted
in an
open air
kitchen.
Transfer
you back
to hotel
and
overnight
at hotel
in
Bangkok.
Day 5:
Bangkok
- Golden
Triangle
(Meals:
B, D)
Fly to
Chiang
Rai.
Meet and
greet
upon
arrival,
transfer
to hotel
in the
Golden
Triangle.
This
afternoon
take a
boat
tour on
the Mai
Kok
River
with a
visit to
the Lahu
& Karen
Villages
and an
elephant
ride.
Dinner
and
overnight
at the
hotel.
Day 6:
Cooking
At Lanna
Cooking
School
(Meals:
B, L, D)
Enjoy
cooking
class at
Anantara's
Lanna
Cooking
School
-
The Lana
Thai
Cooking
School
at the
Anantara
offers
our
guests a
choice
of
morning
or
afternoon
courses
hosted
by the
finest
chefs in
Thailand.
Each
lesson
includes
a
delightful
visit to
a local
market
(morning
course
only) or
a to a
spice &
herb
garden,
where
you will
learn
all
about
the
different
vegetables,
herbs,
roots
and
spices
being
sold,
and an
extensive
menu
selection
of Thai
dishes.
Your
half-day
culinary
lesson
includes:
-
Local
market
or
herb
garden
visit
to
shop
for
today's
ingredients.
-
Refreshing
welcome
drink
upon
return
from
market
or
herb
garden
-
Recipe
distribution
&
ingredients
presentation
by
Thai
Chef
-
Chef
demonstration
&
create
the
dishes
together
-
Sit
down
together
and
enjoy
the
self-prepared
lunch
-
Certification
presented
by
Executive
Chef
Day 7:
Hill
Tribe
Village
& Golden
Triangle
Tour
(Meals:
B, L)
Today's
tour
begins
with a
scenic
drive to
the Akha
and Yao
hilltribes
where
natives
continue
to
follow
their
ancient
way of
life.
Next,
visit
the town
of Mae
Sai
located
on the
Thai-Myanmar
border
followed
by a
visit to
the
Golden
Triangle,
the
meeting
point of
the
borders
of
Burma,
Laos and
Thailand.
After
lunch,
stop at
the
ancient
village
of
Chiang
Saen
located
at the
scenic
borders
of the
Mekong
River
before
returning
to your
hotel.
Dinner
at a
local
restaurant.
Overnight
at hotel
in
Chiang
Rai.
Day 8:
Chiang
Rai -
Bangkok
(Meals:
B)
At
leisure
and
transfer
to the
airport
to take
a short
flight
back to
Bangkok.
Connecting
your
flight
onward.
End of
service.
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Cooking
Class
upon
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