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Where boundless variety is the spice of life

Skyscrapers and golden temples, frenetic markets and slow refinement, early-morning ceremonies and late-night bars. Bangkok is a wonderful assault on your senses. You’ll hear anything from chanting to chaos, smell anything from jasmine to fumes, taste an explosion of spices and see mind-blowing sights from ornate shrines to hip hangouts. Either way, every day in Bangkok is a feast.

Bangkok is as bewildering as it is bewitching. Experience the complex flavours of one of the world’s most vibrant street-food cultures. Explore its wildly fascinating neighbourhoods. Check out its turbo-charged shopping from huge malls to night markets, then kick back at one of its glitzy rooftop bars. Why not escape the bustle altogether? Early birds can find serenity at morning Buddhist ceremonies at the majestic Wat Pho temple or take a boat ride to ‘old’ Bangkok, where houses still sit on stilts, and lap up views of hilltop stupas.

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Best hotels in Bangkok for all types of traveller

We have a great selection of quality hotels in and around Bangkok to recommend.

The luxurious riverside Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok often rates as one of the top ten hotels in the world. Another luxury riverside sanctuary, the Millennium Hilton Bangkok is close to the city, and offers river views, all-day dining and a rooftop bar.

Bel Aire is an affordable hotel near the popular and bustling Sukhumvit Road. For a baht-beating bargain down the coast from Bangkok , book the Ibis Pattaya, which is in easy reach of Pattaya’s vibrant nightlife. 

 

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Bangkok holiday FAQs

Make the most of your Bangkok holiday

Bangkok is no wallflower. Whether it’s the golden spires and vivid mosaics of the Grand Palace or its floating markets, arty hangouts or neon-clad bars, there’s nowhere quite like it.

What are the best things to do in Bangkok?

  1. Visit Rattanakosin – the royal island off the east bank of the Chao Phraya River for more than 200 years of royal history and architecture. Located in the city’s old town, it’s where you’ll find the city’s most delicious and bombastic sights. Explore the unmissable Grand Palace which itself is a sprawling complex housing dazzling temples like Wat Phra Kaew – the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
  2. Among lavish architecture and seas of mosaic-covered stupas, you’ll find the 16th Century shrine of Wat Pho. You can’t possibly miss the gold-covered 46-metre-long Reclining Buddha. Most of the touristy bits around here are on the north but head south to find more monastic parts. The temple is also the national headquarters for teaching traditional Thai medicine – and is the perfect place to get yourself a massage.
  3. Head to the fabled Khao San Road for a melting pot of people. From backpackers to octogenarians, market stall holders to hipsters and hippies, nomads to nerds, you name it, you’ll find them here. It was once a backpackers’ hotspot, though much has been replaced by hip bars. Mind you, a walk around here is still an eye-opener.
  4. While the riverside can feel relatively calm at times, Bangkok’s downtown areas — Siam Square, Si Lom and Sukhumvit — are heaving with fancy malls such as Siam Paragon, EmQuartier and centralwOrld, as well as massive indoor markets. MBK Center is just one of them offering seemingly endless food courts and glitzy rooftop bars.
  5. Visit the rocket-shaped temple that rises from the Chao Phraya River’s banks. The Wat Arun temple was established with the then new capital of Siam and still forms an iconic part of the city – mostly because of its 82-metre spire decorated with tiny glass particles and Chinese porcelain. It’s one of the few temples you’re actively encouraged to climb thanks to its many steps.
  6. You can admire the Chao Phraya River from its banks but where’s the fun in that? Get out on a long-tailed boat cruise and hop off – at sunset – to catch the amazing silhouette of the city’s spires caught perfectly against a red and pink sky.

What are the best things to see in Bangkok

 

Bangkok is a place of variety and magnitude, a place where you can easily feel like a tiny speck of dust in the giant shadows of its skyscrapers. Then you take a closer look and find all the magic in the details.

Lumpini Park forms a 143-acre verdant escape within the city. Walk around its lake, lawns and woods or take it in from the SO Sofitel’s sky bar just across the street. Discover the hidden gem of Bang Kachao, across the Chao Phraya River. You’ll have to catch a small ferry to access this beauty spot of temples and tropical flowers.

Browse stalls at Chatuchak Weekend Market – one of the biggest open-air markets in Asia. If you fancy something spanking new, then head to malls like the MBK Center. Also worth a look are the futuristic interiors of Siam Discovery, the behemoth that is centralwOrld, and the polished glamour of Gaysorn Village. Night owls can head to the vibrant Patpong Night Market.

Visit the two-tiered observation deck at the top of one of Thailand’s tallest buildings. The SkyWalk at King Power Mahanakhon offers 360-degree vistas of Bangkok’s cityscape from the dizzying heights of its glass floor, 314 metres up.

Rumbling stomachs will like Tha Prachan. Based in the old town, it’s rammed with shophouse eateries and food stalls and loved by locals. Also try theCOMMONS for open-air chomping and The Market for the likes of drip coffee and craft beer. For something more high-end, the city offers more than 20 Michelin-starred restaurants.

 

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