Insight Guides Pocket Bangkok (Travel Guide eBook)
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Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook, and a pull-out map.
Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Bangkok
Covers Top Ten Attractions, including the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, and Jim Thompson's House and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
Includes an innovative extra that's unique in the market - all Insight Pocket Guides come with a free eBook
Inspirational colour photography throughout
Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience
About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
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Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Bangkok, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Bangkok, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Bangkok are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Bangkok. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd
Table of Contents
Bangkok’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day in Bangkok
Introduction
A distinctive capital
Population
Religion
Something for everyone
A Brief History
Bangkok’s predecessor
Founding a new capital
Revolution, coup and counter-coup
Democratic struggles
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Ko Rattanakosin (Royal Island)
Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew 1 [map]
Wat Pho (Wat Phra Chetuphon)
Museum of Siam
Lak Meuang and Sanam Luang
Wat Mahathat
National Museum
Chinatown and around
Pahurat
Eastern Chinatown and Hualamphong
Thonburi
Thonburi canals
Royal Barges National Museum
Forensic Medicine Museum
Wat Arun
Santa Cruz Church
Old Bangkok
Wat Suthat
Monk’s Bowl Village (Ban Baht)
The Golden Mount
Democracy Monument
October 14 Memorial and Museum
Khao San Road
Phra Sumen Fort and Santichaiprakan Park
Dusit
Dusit Park
Dusit Zoo
Central Bangkok
Jim Thompson’s House
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre
Siam Square
Wang Suan Pakkard
Thap Thim Shrine
Erawan Shrine
Lumphini Park
Snake Farm
Silom and Bangrak
Sri Mariamman Temple (Maha Uma Devi Temple)
Kukrit Pramoj Heritage House
Patpong
Excursions from Bangkok
Ko Kret
Ancient City (Muang Boran)
Ayutthaya
Phra Pathom Chedi
Floating markets
Kanchanaburi
Ko Samet
What To Do
Shopping
Markets
Shopping centres and department stores
Books
Antiques
Entertainment
Theatre
Bars
Dance clubs
Live music
Cinema
Sport
Muay Thai
Takraw
Other sports
Children’s Bangkok
Calendar of events
Eating Out
Where to eat
What to eat
Thai cooking
International cuisines
What to drink
Non-alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic drinks
Reading the Menu
To help you order…
…and read the menu
Restaurants
Ko Rattanakosin
Chinatown and around
Thonburi
Old Bangkok and Dusit
Central Bangkok
Silom and Bangrak
Sukhumvit Road
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also Hotels, click here)
Airports
B
Bargaining
Budgeting for your trip
C
Car hire (rental)
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety (see also Emergencies)
D
Disabled travellers
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies (see also Crime and safety)
G
Gay and lesbian travellers
Getting there (see also Airports)
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
Language
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening times
P
Police (see also Emergencies and Crime and safety)
Post offices
Public holidays
R
Religon
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
V
Visa and entry requirements
W
Websites and internet access
Y
Youth hostels
Recommended Hotels
Ko Rattakosin
Chinatown and around
Thonburi
Old Bangkok and Dusit
Central Bangkok
Silom and Bangrak
Sukhumvit Road
Bangkok’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew
These buildings represent some of the city’s oldest and most beautiful architecture. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #2
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Wat Traimit
The temple houses a 5.5-tonne solid gold Buddha. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #3
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Royal Barges National Museum
Offers a glimpse into a water-borne world of ceremony and pageantry. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #4
Peter Stuckings/Apa Publications
Khao San Road
Asia’s biggest and most popular backpacking hub. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #5
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Vimanmek Mansion
Built from teak, it is the city’s most splendid example of Victorian-meets-Thai architecture. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #6
Peter Stuckings/Apa Publications
Wat Pho
Bangkok’s oldest temple contains the longest reclining Buddha in Thailand. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #7
Hans Fonk
Jim Thompson’s House
Visit the famous expat’s house, full of beautiful art and antiques. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #8
Peter Stuckings/Apa Publications
Erawan Shrine
Traditional spirit worship and Hinduism combine here. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #9
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Thonburi
Colourful longtail boats ply its network of canals, offering another perspective on the city. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #10
Peter Stuckings/Apa Publications
National Museum
Every period of Thai history is displayed and documented in its stately buildings. For more information, click here.
A Perfect Day in Bangkok
8.30am
Breakfast
Get an early start and a river breeze to beat the heat with breakfast on the terrace of the Mandarin Oriental. It is rich with history, as Bangkok’s most famous hotel, and the boats lend a relaxing backdrop.
9.30am
Chinatown
A 15-minute taxi ride and you’re at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, Chinatown’s biggest and most important temple. Later, wander down the evocative Soi Itsaranupap, a historic lane packed with Chinese culture, traditional streetfood and a 200 year-old market.
11.30am
Art shows
Next take a taxi to the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, which has temporary exhibitions of local and international works displayed over several floors. The gallery often features Thailand’s best established and rising stars.
12.30pm
Siam Square
The Siam Square zone marks the beginning of Bangkok’s downtown shopping malls, so there’s lots of choice when it comes to lunch. A good option is the ground floor food court at Siam Paragon mall for a range of local streetfood, reasonably priced and in air-conditioned comfort.
1.30pm
Ocean World
In the basement of Siam Paragon is Ocean World, which has tanks containing some 30,000 marine species. You can take a glass-bottomed boat ride, go diving with sharks and marvel at South African penguins.
2.30pm
Shopping
Paragon is just one of many malls along this stretch, with a phenomenal choice, whether you want high fashion, smartphones, spices, or copies of master artworks executed by painters in MBK. You can use skywalks between several of the malls, so you avoid the cluttered pavements below.
4.00pm
Time for pampering
After a long day, there’s nothing better than a relaxing massage, and Bangkok is full of pampering options. The nearby Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel has a luxury rooftop day spa, while Siam Square has many streetside parlours to ease those aching limbs.
5.30pm
Sunset cocktails
A taxi to the bottom of Silom Road brings you to Sirocco, a 300-metre-high rooftop restaurant and bar that provides a stunning view for sunset cocktails. Either linger here for dinner or take a five-minute walk around the corner for a choice of Thai at Harmonique.
9.00pm
Nightlife
Still at the bottom end of Silom Road, Maggie Choo’s is one of the city’s classiest and most imaginative nightlife spots. It’s based on a vision of slinky 1930s’ Shanghai, with a slightly naughty vibe, great sounds and serious drinks. They also have a period-style noodle shop, so you could just as easily eat here.
Introduction
Bangkok is one of the most exciting and dynamic cities in