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Contrast Travel Penang To Thailand

🇲🇾 PENANG → 🇹🇭 THAILAND

A Rice Bowl Travel Signature Journey

Begin among the heritage streets and famous food of Penang, then travel north through southern Thailand before finishing in Bangkok.

🇲🇾 PENANG CULTURE Heritage • Hawker Food • Cafés • Art • Beaches
🇹🇭 THAILAND ADVENTURE Markets • Temples • Thai Food • Islands • City Life
DAYS 1–4

🇲🇾 GEORGE TOWN

Begin in Penang's UNESCO heritage heart, exploring colourful streets, temples, markets and famous food.

🏛️ Heritage • 🎨 Street Art • 🍜 Hawker Food • 🛕 Temples

NEXT → 🏖️ BATU FERRINGHI
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🏨 PENANG PLACES TO STAY

Stay inside the heritage zone for easy access to food, cafés and historic streets, or choose a beach resort around Batu Ferringhi.

🏛️ Heritage Hotels • 🛏️ Boutique • 🏖️ Beach Resorts • 🎒 Budget

🏨 PENANG ACCOMMODATION
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🍜 PENANG RESTAURANTS

Explore one of Southeast Asia's great food destinations, from hawker stalls to traditional restaurants.

🍜 Char Kway Teow • 🍲 Laksa • 🍛 Nasi Kandar • 🥟 Dim Sum

🍽️ PENANG FOOD TRAIL
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☕ PENANG CAFÉS

Discover traditional kopitiams, heritage cafés and modern coffee shops.

☕ Kopi • 🍰 Desserts • 🥐 Brunch • 🏛️ Heritage Cafés

☕ PENANG CAFÉ CULTURE
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DAYS 5–6

🏖️ BATU FERRINGHI

Enjoy Penang's famous coastal strip before beginning the journey into Thailand.

🏖️ Beach • 🌅 Sunset • 🏨 Resorts • 🌴 Relaxation

🚐 GEORGE TOWN → BATU FERRINGHI
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🇲🇾 PENANG → 🛂 → 🇹🇭 THAILAND

Leave Malaysia behind and cross into Thailand, travelling through the northern Malaysian peninsula towards southern Thailand.

🚐 PENANG → HAT YAI
DAYS 7–8

🇹🇭 HAT YAI

Arrive in southern Thailand and experience the city's markets, food and shopping scene.

🍜 Southern Thai Food • 🛍️ Markets • 🥟 Dim Sum • 🌃 Night Markets

🚐 PENANG → HAT YAI
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🏨 THAILAND PLACES TO STAY

Choose from city hotels, boutique stays, beach resorts and accommodation across southern Thailand and Bangkok.

🏨 Luxury • 🛏️ Boutique • 🎒 Budget • 🌴 Resorts

🏨 THAILAND ACCOMMODATION
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🍜 HAT YAI RESTAURANTS

Try southern Thai flavours and the city's distinctive Thai-Chinese food culture.

🍛 Khao Mok Gai • 🥟 Dim Sum • 🍜 Noodles • 🍗 Thai Food

🍽️ SOUTHERN THAILAND FOOD
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☕ HAT YAI CAFÉS

Take a break in local coffee shops, modern cafés and traditional Thai cafés.

☕ Thai Coffee • 🧋 Drinks • 🍰 Desserts • 🥐 Café Food

☕ HAT YAI CAFÉ CULTURE
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DAYS 9–12

🇹🇭 BANGKOK

Continue north to Thailand's capital for temples, markets, shopping, rooftop views and nightlife.

🛕 Temples • 🛍️ Shopping • 🍜 Food • 🌃 Nightlife

🚆 / ✈️ HAT YAI → BANGKOK
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🏨 BANGKOK PLACES TO STAY

Choose from riverside hotels, luxury skyscrapers, boutique neighbourhood stays and backpacker accommodation.

🏨 Luxury • 🌆 Riverside • 🛏️ Boutique • 🎒 Budget

🏨 BANGKOK ACCOMMODATION
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🍜 BANGKOK RESTAURANTS

Finish with Thai street food, riverside dining and restaurants from across the world.

🍜 Pad Thai • 🍛 Curry • 🦐 Seafood • 🥢 Thai Food

🍽️ BANGKOK FOOD TRAIL
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☕ BANGKOK CAFÉS

Discover rooftop cafés, riverside coffee, hidden neighbourhood cafés and modern Thai coffee shops.

☕ Thai Coffee • 🍰 Desserts • 🌆 Rooftop Views • 🥐 Brunch

☕ BANGKOK CAFÉ CULTURE
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🇹🇭 HAT YAI → 🌆 BANGKOK

From southern Thailand's food and markets to the temples, shopping and energy of Bangkok.

🇹🇭 THE THAILAND EXPERIENCE
FINAL DAY

🇹🇭 BANGKOK

Enjoy one final day exploring Bangkok's temples, markets, cafés and restaurants.

🛕 Temple • 🍜 Final Meal • ☕ Coffee • 🌃 Nightlife

🧳 JOURNEY FINALE

✈️ BANGKOK AIRPORT

Continue from Bangkok's airport for your onward journey.

✈️ DEPART THAILAND
COMPLETE

🍚 RICE BOWL JOURNEY COMPLETE

From Penang's heritage streets, famous food and cafés to the markets, temples and energy of Thailand.

🇲🇾 PENANG → 🇹🇭 THAILAND
🍚 YOUR COMPLETE RICE BOWL JOURNEY
🇲🇾 PENANG → 🏛️ → GEORGE TOWN → 🏖️ → BATU FERRINGHI → 🛂 → 🇹🇭 HAT YAI → 🍜 → RESTAURANTS → ☕ → CAFÉS → 🏨 → PLACES TO STAY → 🚆 → 🌆 BANGKOK → 🍜 → RESTAURANTS → ☕ → CAFÉS → 🏨 → PLACES TO STAY
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