Cultural tourism with the Ayutthaya River Cruise at the international pier 🛕🚤🌍

Hello everyone! 🌸

This post is about an annual festival of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand✨

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya is not very far from Bangkok — it takes only about 1.5 to 2 hours to get here 🚗⏰. For me, Ayutthaya is especially famous for its rich history and many ancient ruins 🛕📜, which attract both Thai and international tourists 🌍.

On Saturdays and Sundays, this place becomes particularly lively and bustling 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🎉

“Ayutthaya River Cruise: International Port City”

For this trip, I had the chance to visit here last Saturday 🌤️✨

• The event is called “Ayutthaya River Cruise: International Port City” 🚤🏛️, and it is held only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 📅🎉.

The festival will continue until February 1, 2026, which is the last day of the event ⏳📌. I highly recommend coming here before sunset 🌅📸 — you will get beautiful photos and definitely enjoy Thai culture to the fullest 🇹🇭🎭💖 When you arrive at the event, the first thing you need to do is buy an entrance ticket 🎟️✨The ticket prices vary depending on the type 💰📊

At the first stop after entering, you will find local community products for sale 🛍️🏘️

There is also a traditional Thai therapy for relieving body aches called Tok Sen massage 🪵💆‍♀️ — an ancient Thai healing method 🇹🇭✨. It looks very interesting and fascinating 😍🌿

After that, I walked around the area of Wat Chaiwatthanaram 🚶‍♀️🏛️✨ I forgot to tell you that this event is held at Wat Chaiwatthanaram 🛕📍 — normally, if there is no event, the temple is open to visitors only in the morning 🌅⏰

It looks incredibly beautiful when you walk inside ✨🏛️There are many interesting spots and beautiful photo locations 📸🌿 to capture as precious memories 💖.This event is held only once a year 📅🎉, and I personally think it becomes even more beautiful at night 🌙✨, because the decorative lights are bright, colorful, and truly stunning 💡🌈😍

Besides enjoying a leisurely walk and taking photos of the ancient ruins and the surrounding atmosphere 🚶‍♀️📸🏛️✨, there is also another large zone just as impressive — the food zone 🍽️🎉.About 90% of the food is Thai cuisine 🇹🇭🍛, with both Islamic (halal) food 🕌🥙 and general Thai dishes available 🍜🍢. What is especially interesting is that you will find many traditional Thai desserts and ancient-style Thai foods 🍡🍮🥮, and the prices are very affordable 💰😊

After enjoying buying food and feeling full, I was ready to walk around and take more photos of the atmosphere to share with my friends 🚶‍♀️📸✨

At this event, you can see that many people are very interested in wearing traditional Thai costumes 👘🇹🇭 while visiting the ancient ruins 🛕, and taking lots of beautiful photos together 📷😍.

I think this is truly one of the most colorful and charming highlights of the event 🎨🎉. If anyone is interested, there are traditional Thai costume rental shops at the venue 🏪👗, where you can choose outfits at very affordable prices 💰😊

• Another very interesting highlight is that on every event day, there is a show featuring traditional Thai ancient arts 🎭🇹🇭✨

On this day, the performance was Lam Tad music 🎶🪕 — a type of traditional folk song from central Thailand 🌾🎤. It is a performance with male and female singers exchanging witty verses and conversations 👨‍🎤👩‍🎤💬, which is very rare to see nowadays ⏳😲. And this is another wonderful day of my trip in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province 🛕🌙💖

Take photo By : Fuji X-A5 camera @kittima