Guidebook for Bangkok
Shopping
Chatuchak Weekend Market,is very popular shopping centre to Thais and has become a popular place to tourists and foreigners who stay in Bangkok, has over 200,000 visitors each day(SAT-SUN) 30% is foreign. There are almost everything can be found here at a bargaining local price (not a tourist price), and most vendors actually come from local factories, like antique wood carving, clay handicrafts, local souvenirs from every parts of Thailand, Buddhist amulets, wooden funitures, hand made decorated flowers, plant, ceramic wares, dools, Thai Bejarong, Chinese wares, graden decorated plants, stones, trendy fashions, silk, hill-tribe outfits, fluffy dogs and more miscellaneous, etc.
Location Area
Chatuchak Market is adjacent to the Kamphaengpecth Station (MRT)
945 locals recommend
Chatuchak Weekend Market
Chatuchak Weekend Market,is very popular shopping centre to Thais and has become a popular place to tourists and foreigners who stay in Bangkok, has over 200,000 visitors each day(SAT-SUN) 30% is foreign. There are almost everything can be found here at a bargaining local price (not a tourist price), and most vendors actually come from local factories, like antique wood carving, clay handicrafts, local souvenirs from every parts of Thailand, Buddhist amulets, wooden funitures, hand made decorated flowers, plant, ceramic wares, dools, Thai Bejarong, Chinese wares, graden decorated plants, stones, trendy fashions, silk, hill-tribe outfits, fluffy dogs and more miscellaneous, etc.
Location Area
Chatuchak Market is adjacent to the Kamphaengpecth Station (MRT)
Asiatique The Riverfront in Bangkok Night Shopping At The Bazaar By The River ADD TO TRIP!291 Asiatique has successfully combined two of the most popular shopping experiences in the city: a night bazaar and a mall. Ten minutes downriver from Saphan Taksin BTS station this once-bustling international trade port has been transformed, with over 1,500 boutiques and 40 restaurants housed under a huge replica warehouse complex. Open from 17:00, spending an evening here is no problem: you’ll have good fun browsing the boutiques, picking up gifts or something for yourself; you are guaranteed to find something you would like to eat and if this isn’t enough entertainment, shows are performed nightly: Calypso ladyboy cabaret and soon, a classic Thai puppets performance.
he easiest and fastest way to get there is via boat. Take the BTS to Saphan Taksin and jump on the free shuttle at the end of the pier. It only takes ten minutes, and the boat runs until 23:00. Taxis are not recommended as the traffic can be terrible in this area. From the boat you step off onto a long boardwalk which runs for 300 metres that looks romantic once the sun has set. Wide streets run between each warehouse and Asiatique provides retro props for photo opportunities: a reproduction tram car, anchors and a push cart. The decor does feel a little overdone on occasion and not quite in keeping with the designers’ plans to evoke nostalgia for the 1900s but it’s so well planned, clean and spacious that the lack of history doesn’t really matter.
The easiest and fastest way to get there is via boat. Take the BTS to Saphan Taksin and jump on the free shuttle at the end of the pier. It only takes ten minutes, and the boat runs until 23:00. Taxis are not recommended as the traffic can be terrible in this area. From the boat you step off onto a long boardwalk which runs for 300 metres that looks romantic once the sun has set. Wide streets run between each warehouse and Asiatique provides retro props for photo opportunities: a reproduction tram car, anchors and a push cart. The decor does feel a little overdone on occasion and not quite in keeping with the designers’ plans to evoke nostalgia for the 1900s but it’s so well planned, clean and spacious that the lack of history doesn’t really matter.
Read more at: http://www.bangkok.com/shopping-mall/asiatique.htm
757 locals recommend
Asiatique The Riverfront
2194 Charoen Krung RdAsiatique The Riverfront in Bangkok Night Shopping At The Bazaar By The River ADD TO TRIP!291 Asiatique has successfully combined two of the most popular shopping experiences in the city: a night bazaar and a mall. Ten minutes downriver from Saphan Taksin BTS station this once-bustling international trade port has been transformed, with over 1,500 boutiques and 40 restaurants housed under a huge replica warehouse complex. Open from 17:00, spending an evening here is no problem: you’ll have good fun browsing the boutiques, picking up gifts or something for yourself; you are guaranteed to find something you would like to eat and if this isn’t enough entertainment, shows are performed nightly: Calypso ladyboy cabaret and soon, a classic Thai puppets performance.
he easiest and fastest way to get there is via boat. Take the BTS to Saphan Taksin and jump on the free shuttle at the end of the pier. It only takes ten minutes, and the boat runs until 23:00. Taxis are not recommended as the traffic can be terrible in this area. From the boat you step off onto a long boardwalk which runs for 300 metres that looks romantic once the sun has set. Wide streets run between each warehouse and Asiatique provides retro props for photo opportunities: a reproduction tram car, anchors and a push cart. The decor does feel a little overdone on occasion and not quite in keeping with the designers’ plans to evoke nostalgia for the 1900s but it’s so well planned, clean and spacious that the lack of history doesn’t really matter.
The easiest and fastest way to get there is via boat. Take the BTS to Saphan Taksin and jump on the free shuttle at the end of the pier. It only takes ten minutes, and the boat runs until 23:00. Taxis are not recommended as the traffic can be terrible in this area. From the boat you step off onto a long boardwalk which runs for 300 metres that looks romantic once the sun has set. Wide streets run between each warehouse and Asiatique provides retro props for photo opportunities: a reproduction tram car, anchors and a push cart. The decor does feel a little overdone on occasion and not quite in keeping with the designers’ plans to evoke nostalgia for the 1900s but it’s so well planned, clean and spacious that the lack of history doesn’t really matter.
Read more at: http://www.bangkok.com/shopping-mall/asiatique.htm
Arts & Culture
Siam Niramit - World Class Spectacular Performance, Bangkok,Thailand
http://www.siamniramitshow.com/
Access by Metro (MRT): Siam Niramit runs a free shuttle bus service from MRT Thailand Cultural Centre Station. Please take Exit 1. Pickups start at 17.30hrs Cycle time: roughly 15 minutes, traffic permitting. The service runs on a first-come, first-served basis.
146 locals recommend
Siam Niramit Bangkok
19 Thiam Ruam Mit RdSiam Niramit - World Class Spectacular Performance, Bangkok,Thailand
http://www.siamniramitshow.com/
Access by Metro (MRT): Siam Niramit runs a free shuttle bus service from MRT Thailand Cultural Centre Station. Please take Exit 1. Pickups start at 17.30hrs Cycle time: roughly 15 minutes, traffic permitting. The service runs on a first-come, first-served basis.
Wat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (officially known as Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram) is regarded as the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand. Located in the historic centre of Bangkok, within the grounds of the Grand Palace, it enshrines Phra Kaew Morakot (the Emerald Buddha), the highly revered Buddha image meticulously carved from a single block of jade. The Emerald Buddha (Phra Putta Maha Mani Ratana Patimakorn) is a Buddha image in the meditating position in the style of the Lanna school of the north, dating from the 15th century AD.
Wat Phra Kaew Opening Hours: 8.30 am to 3.30 pm Location: Na Phralan, Phra Nakorn (inside Grand Palace complex), Old City (Rattanakosin) Dress Code: no short pants or short skirts, not sleeveless tshirts. Sarong are for rent at the entrance but better dress appropriately to avoid the queue.
Read more at: http://www.bangkok.com/attraction-temple/wat-prakaeo.htm?cid=ch:OTH:001
349 locals recommend
Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Na Phra Lan RoadWat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (officially known as Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram) is regarded as the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand. Located in the historic centre of Bangkok, within the grounds of the Grand Palace, it enshrines Phra Kaew Morakot (the Emerald Buddha), the highly revered Buddha image meticulously carved from a single block of jade. The Emerald Buddha (Phra Putta Maha Mani Ratana Patimakorn) is a Buddha image in the meditating position in the style of the Lanna school of the north, dating from the 15th century AD.
Wat Phra Kaew Opening Hours: 8.30 am to 3.30 pm Location: Na Phralan, Phra Nakorn (inside Grand Palace complex), Old City (Rattanakosin) Dress Code: no short pants or short skirts, not sleeveless tshirts. Sarong are for rent at the entrance but better dress appropriately to avoid the queue.
Read more at: http://www.bangkok.com/attraction-temple/wat-prakaeo.htm?cid=ch:OTH:001
Parks & Nature
Lumpini Park is an inner-city haven of tranquility, fresh air and shade - offering city dwellers the perfect connection to nature. Named after the birthplace of the Lord Buddha in Nepal, the park is more than half a million square metres big, and the habitat of various flora and fauna.
Opening Hours: 04:30 - 21:00 Location: Rama IV Road, Pathumwan MRT: Silom, Lumphini BTS: Saladaeng How to get there: MRT Subway Silom or Lumphini Stations will drop you right opposite the park.
Read more at: http://www.bangkok.com/sport-parks---activities/lumpini-park.htm?cid=ch:OTH:001
639 locals recommend
Lumpini Park
192 Thanon WitthayuLumpini Park is an inner-city haven of tranquility, fresh air and shade - offering city dwellers the perfect connection to nature. Named after the birthplace of the Lord Buddha in Nepal, the park is more than half a million square metres big, and the habitat of various flora and fauna.
Opening Hours: 04:30 - 21:00 Location: Rama IV Road, Pathumwan MRT: Silom, Lumphini BTS: Saladaeng How to get there: MRT Subway Silom or Lumphini Stations will drop you right opposite the park.
Read more at: http://www.bangkok.com/sport-parks---activities/lumpini-park.htm?cid=ch:OTH:001
Essentials
Ideo Mobi Rama 9
90 Thanon Phra Ram 9There are Maxvalue supermarket under the building (open 24 hours)
Getting Around
Phra Ram 9 staton ,Located along Ratchadaphisek Road on Rama 9 Intersection near the front of the Fortune Town Building.
97 locals recommend
Phra Ram 9 station
Phra Ram 9 staton ,Located along Ratchadaphisek Road on Rama 9 Intersection near the front of the Fortune Town Building.