MahaNakhon SkyWalk

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. If you've ever wanted to know what it feels like to float above Bangkok, this is it.

The building itself is a work of architecture worth studying from the ground. Designed by Ole Scheeren (the German architect behind Beijing's CCTV headquarters), it looks like a pixelated tower that's been partially unwrapped — a cubic spiral of glass boxes that jut out from the façade as if the building is deconstructing itself. The 'pixels' are actually balconies and terraces for the residences inside, and the effect from street level is genuinely disorienting in the best way.

The SkyWalk occupies the top four floors. You take the elevator to the 74th floor — an indoor observation deck with 360-degree views — then head to the rooftop bar on 76, and finally up to the open-air glass tray on 78. On a clear day you can see the Gulf of Thailand. On a hazy day (which is most days) the city fades into a smoggy infinity that's oddly beautiful. The glass floor section is about 5 square metres and holds groups of visitors who invariably spend more time photographing their feet than the view. Staff hand out cloth shoe covers to prevent scratches, which somehow makes the whole thing feel more precarious.