Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
98 Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
If the Grand Palace is the soul of old Bangkok, the BACC is the brain of the new city.
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.
Erawan Shrine
Ratchadamri Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok
The Erawan Shrine sits at the intersection of two of Bangkok's busiest roads, surrounded by luxury hotels and shopping malls, with traffic roaring past on all sides — and somehow manages to be one of the most spiritually charged spots in the city.
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.
ICONSIAM
299 Charoen Nakhon Road, Khlong Ton Sai, Khlong San, Bangkok
ICONSIAM is absurd in the best possible way.
Khao San Road
Khao San Road, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Alex Garland called it 'the centre of the backpacking universe' in The Beach, and twenty-five years later, Khao San Road still hasn't shaken the title.
Lumphini Park
Rama IV Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok
Lumphini Park is Bangkok's Central Park — 142 acres of green in a city that otherwise treats open space as a development opportunity.
MahaNakhon SkyWalk
114 Narathiwas Road, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok
The King Power MahaNakhon was Bangkok's tallest building when it opened in 2016, and it still has the city's most vertigo-inducing attraction: a glass-floored observation deck on the 78th floor where you stand 314 metres above the street and look straight down through your feet.
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.
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 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 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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