14 Local Spots in Bangkok Tourists Don't Know About
14 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Asiatique The Riverfront
2194 Charoen Krung Road, Wat Phraya Krai, Bang Kho Laem, Bangkok
Asiatique occupies the former warehouses of the East Asiatic Company, a Danish trading firm that was one of the most powerful businesses in Southeast Asia for over a century.
Bang Krachao
Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan (Bangkok Metro Area)
You’re in one of the most crowded cities on Earth, but suddenly, the concrete vanishes.
Chatuchak Weekend Market
Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok
Chatuchak is not a market.
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.
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.
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.
Or Tor Kor Market
101 Kamphaeng Phet Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok
Or Tor Kor is the market where Bangkok's serious home cooks shop, and it shows.
Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)
Chak Phet Road, Wang Burapha Phirom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Bangkok's flower market is best experienced at 3am, which tells you everything you need to know about this city's relationship with sleep.
Santichaiprakarn Park & Phra Sumen Fort
Phra Athit Road, Chana Songkhram, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
This tiny riverside park is Bangkok's best-kept sunset secret.
Soi Rambuttri
Soi Rambuttri, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok
Soi Rambuttri is Khao San Road's quieter, cooler older sibling.
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.
Thonglor (Sukhumvit Soi 55)
Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok
If the old town is where Bangkok prays, Thonglor is where Bangkok parties, eats, and pretends to be Tokyo.
Wang Lang Market
Thanon Wang Lang, Siriraj, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok
Wang Lang is the street food market that travel writers try to keep secret, which never works because the food is too good.
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