Chinatown (Yaowarat Road)
Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok
Bangkok's Chinatown is what happens when a community has had 200 years to perfect its street food game.
Democracy Monument
Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
The Democracy Monument sits in the middle of a traffic roundabout on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, which is either a metaphor for how democracy works in Thailand or just bad urban planning.
Grand Palace
Na Phra Lan Road, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
The Grand Palace isn't just a building — it's an entire walled city within a city, and for 150 years it was the beating heart of the Thai kingdom.
Jim Thompson House
6 Soi Kasemsan 2, Rama 1 Road, Wang Mai, Pathum Wan, Bangkok
Jim Thompson was an American spy who moved to Bangkok after World War II, single-handedly revived the Thai silk industry, built a stunning house out of six dismantled teak homes, filled it with one of Southeast Asia's finest private art collections — and then vanished without a trace in the Malaysian jungle in 1967.
Rajadamnern Muay Thai Stadium
1 Ratchadamnoen Nok Road, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok
Rajadamnern is where Muay Thai stops being a tourist show and starts being religion.
Santichaiprakarn Park & Phra Sumen Fort
Phra Athit Road, Chana Songkhram, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
This tiny riverside park is Bangkok's best-kept sunset secret.
Talat Noi
Talat Noi, Samphanthawong, Bangkok
Talat Noi is the Bangkok neighbourhood that Instagram discovered about five years ago, and for once the hype is justified.
Vimanmek Mansion
16 Ratchawithi Road, Dusit, Bangkok
Vimanmek Mansion holds the record for the world's largest building made entirely of golden teak, and it was built without a single nail.
Wat Arun
158 Thanon Wang Doem, Wat Arun, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok
Wat Arun looks like something a giant built out of broken china — and that's basically what happened.
Wat Benchamabophit (Marble Temple)
69 Thanon Si Ayutthaya, Dusit, Bangkok
The Marble Temple is the one Bangkok temple that looks like it was designed by an architect who had just returned from a trip to Italy — because it was.
Wat Pho
2 Sanam Chai Road, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Wat Pho is home to a Buddha so big they had to build the temple around it.
Wat Ratchanatdaram (Loha Prasat)
2 Maha Chai Road, San Chao Pho Suea, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Loha Prasat looks like nothing else in Bangkok — or anywhere else in the world.
Wat Saket (Golden Mount)
344 Thanon Chakkraphatdi Phong, Ban Bat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok
The Golden Mount is Bangkok's original skyscraper — a 77-metre artificial hill crowned with a gold chedi that was the tallest point in the city for over a century.
Wat Suthat & the Giant Swing
146 Bamrung Muang Road, Wat Ratchabophit, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
The Giant Swing is one of those things in Bangkok that makes you stop and say 'wait, what?' A 21-metre-tall red teak frame that looks like a massive goalpost stands in the middle of a traffic circle, and for 150 years it was the centrepiece of a Brahmin ceremony where young men would swing to terrifying heights trying to grab a bag of gold coins hung from a pole with their teeth.
Wat Traimit (Golden Buddha)
661 Charoen Krung Road, Talat Noi, Samphanthawong, Bangkok
Wat Traimit houses a secret that stayed hidden for over 200 years.
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