Both
air and non air-conditioned buses leave Bangkok for Sukhothai
daily from the Northern Bus Terminal, Kamphaeng Phet Road. Tel.
537-8055-6
By Train
There
are no trains going directly to Sukhothai. One may travel by
train to Phitsanulok and then take a local bus to Sukhothai,
some 50 km away. Contact Bangkok Railway Station Tel. 223-7010,
223-7020
By Plane
Bangkok Airways flies one flight daily at 8.20 hrs. from Bangkok
to Sukhothai then on to Chiang Mai. For more information please
contact Tel. 229-3456-63
By Plane
Thai
Airways International Ltd. (Domestic) files daily to
Phitsanulok, Tel: 2800070, 2800080 for more details. The
connection is Sukhothai by bus in only 1 hour.
Those
with private cars will find it enjoyable to drive from Bangkok
by having the opportunity of really seeing rural Thailand. They
will travel through a number of provinces: Ayutthaya, capital of
Thailand before Bangkok; Saraburi with its temple of Lord
Buddha's Footprint; Lopburi with its ancient Khmer temple; Chai
Nat with its huge irrigation dam; Nakhon Sawan where major
rivers converge to form Maenam Chao Phraya; Phitsanulok with its
various attractions; Kamphaeng Phet and Tak with their striking
views of hills and rivers.
