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176 mm 7 inc 7 inc 176 mm Experience the diverse lifestyle Bangkok, the City of Angels, is full of unique cultural heritage, beautiful canals and rivers, charming hospitality, and fascinating trends. Colourful events in the streets play an important role in Thai lifestyle and add vitality to the high-rise environment. Wherever you go, there are sidewalk vendors selling just about anything; such as, handmade products, fabrics and textiles, jewellery, and food. Street food is as delicious as that provided in restaurants, ranging from barbeque skewers to fresh seafood, and even international cuisine. One of the best ways to explore Bangkok is to take a stroll along the following roads as they reflect the everyday city life of the local people. Bangkok City Printed in Thailand by Promotional Material Production Division, Marketing Services Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand for free distribution. www.tourismthailand.org E/MAR 2019 The contents of this publication are subject to change without notice. 62-02-134_A+B-Colourful Bkk new22-3_J-CoatedUV.indd 1 62-02-134_A-Colourful street Life in Bangkok new22-3_J-CC2018 Coated UV 22/3/2562 BE 18:18 176 mm 7 inc 7 inc 176 mm Experience the diverse lifestyle Bangkok, the City of Angels, is full of unique cultural heritage, beautiful canals and rivers, charming hospitality, and fascinating trends. Colourful events in the streets play an important role in Thai lifestyle and add vitality to the high-rise environment. Wherever you go, there are sidewalk vendors selling just about anything; such as, handmade products, fabrics and textiles, jewellery, and food. Street food is as delicious as that provided in restaurants, ranging from barbeque skewers to fresh seafood, and even international cuisine. One of the best ways to explore Bangkok is to take a stroll along the following roads as they reflect the everyday city life of the local people. Bangkok City Printed in Thailand by Promotional Material Production Division, Marketing Services Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand for free distribution. www.tourismthailand.org E/MAR 2019 The contents of this publication are subject to change without notice. 62-02-134_A+B-Colourful Bkk new22-3_J-CoatedUV.indd 1 62-02-134_A-Colourful street Life in Bangkok new22-3_J-CC2018 Coated UV 22/3/2562 BE 18:18 176 mm 7 inc 7 inc 176 mm Experience the diverse lifestyle Bangkok, the City of Angels, is full of unique cultural heritage, beautiful canals and rivers, charming hospitality, and fascinating trends. Colourful events in the streets play an important role in Thai lifestyle and add vitality to the high-rise environment. Wherever you go, there are sidewalk vendors selling just about anything; such as, handmade products, fabrics and textiles, jewellery, and food. Street food is as delicious as that provided in restaurants, ranging from barbeque skewers to fresh seafood, and even international cuisine. One of the best ways to explore Bangkok is to take a stroll along the following roads as they reflect the everyday city life of the local people. Bangkok City Printed in Thailand by Promotional Material Production Division, Marketing Services Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand for free distribution. www.tourismthailand.org E/MAR 2019 The contents of this publication are subject to change without notice. 62-02-134_A+B-Colourful Bkk new22-3_J-CoatedUV.indd 1 62-02-134_A-Colourful street Life in Bangkok new22-3_J-CC2018 Coated UV 22/3/2562 BE 18:18 176 mm 7 inc 7 inc 176 mm Ratchaprasong and Siam Square Chatuchak Weekend Ratchaprasong area is one of the most bustling Market and Chatuchak areas in Bangkok. It is full of department stores, restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, and sidewalk Flower and Plant Market vendors, as well as six Hindu shrines. Located not Chatuchak Weekend Market far from Ratchaprasong intersection is Siam Square, sells virtually everything, where young adults of Thailand hang out. It is an from clothing, fashionable enormous shopping square full of boutiques, shops, accessories, house wares, Hindu shrines restaurants, and department stores. Those who want souvenirs, antiques, silk, to know what is in fashion in Thailand should come Pratunam street foods, and even pets. here and explore the stores, as well as taking a look A bustling open-air market Silom at what the local shoppers are wearing. Concerts, with over 8,000 stalls, it Silom is the major business district of Bangkok, where visitors fashion shows, festivals, events, and activities are Yaowarat Road seems like spending one can see office workers taking their lunch break in the streets. often held around Ratchaprasong and Siam Square, day at this market is not Yaowarat Road, known as Thailand’s Chinatown, is a Numerous street food stalls, food courts, restaurants and small creating an even more vibrant atmosphere to these enough but if you have only heaven for those who enjoy eating. Chinese immigrants markets serve these office workers. Surawong, Charoen Krung areas. There are also many hairdressers, nail salons, one day available, then this settled in this area during the reign of King Rama I, and Mahesak, located near each other in the Silom area, are the and other beauty services available in these areas to is the best place to go. Make making it one of the oldest areas in Bangkok. Chinatown centres of the silver and gem worlds. As night falls, Silom trans- pamper your every need. sure you negotiate on all is also where you can find gold shops on almost every forms into a bustling shopping street and entertainment venue. items you intend to buy and corner, and Chinese pharmacies along both sides of Khao San Road you will surely get a good the streets. Running parallel to Yaowarat is ‘sampheng,’ Pratunam Khao San Road offers an amusing street shopping deal. Once tired from the an alley where you can find good quality fabrics, dress Pratunam is an open-air market consisting of many narrow experience. You can find restaurants and roadside shopping and negotiating, material, and accessories, as well as jewellery and toys walking lanes, offering a wide variety of clothing, accessories, stalls selling delicious food, stores selling a wide you can relax at countless at reasonable prices. Sampheng is considered to be one and shoes. Pratunam is where shoppers can get lost in time array of products and accessories, nightclubs for restaurants or eateries that of the oldest wholesale markets in Thailand and not far while enjoying a shopping spree for fashionable products at entertainment, and all kinds of accommodation. It is Yaowarat Road offer a variety of food at rea- away is Phahurat or Little India, a place where the reasonable prices. Bargaining is acceptable but, if buying in the most popular tourist centre for budget travellers sonable prices. Chatuchak population is mainly Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh. This is bulk, you will get the wholesale price which is already very and backpackers, and where people can socialise Flower and Plant Market is where you can find almost anything to do with fabrics cheap. with Thai locals and tourists from all over the world. situated in the same area and textiles, as well as an array of aromatic Indian cuisines. At night, apart from several Chinese restaurants lined up along both sides of the One of the most enjoyable aspects of Khao San Road Khao San Road main road, Yaowarat also features countless roadside food stalls selling a variety as the Chatuchak Weekend Sukhumvit is the stalls selling food along both sides of the street. of culinary delights, ranging from simple yet delicious noodles to scrumptious and Market but opens only on Sukhumvit is the longest road in Thailand with many adjoining Phat Thai, Spring Rolls, and Khai Chiao (Thai-styled fresh seafood menus and luxurious bird’s nest and shark fin soup. During Chinese Wednesdays and Thursdays. ‘sois’ (small streets). It serves as the main commercial street omelette) are amongst the most popular menus, New Year, Yaowarat Road organises a grand Chinese New Year Festival at which HRH Here you can enjoy shopping of Bangkok and has a variety of social entertainment venues, whereas fine restaurants featuring Thai, Indian, Princess Sirindhorn presides every year. The festival includes the dragon parade and for all kinds of plants, from being one of the most energetic and eclectic places at both and Western-style food can also be found. Known lion dance and cultural performances, as well as the selling of delicious Chinese small fragrant flowers to day and night. Along both sides of Sukhumvit are department as the coolest hippie hangout, Khao San Road also cuisine along both sides of the street. exotic fruit trees and rare stores, Thai and international restaurants, coffee shops, offers fun-filled activities; such as, painting henna Chatuchak Weekend Market palm trees. hotels, galleries, parks, entertainment complexes, and tattoos, and hair-braiding. Khao San Road is famous nightclubs, as well as street stalls. Amongst the most popular among the locals and tourists for being a place full sois in Sukhumvit is Thonglo, where visitors can find cool and of fun activities on special occasions. Whether it is chic restaurants, stores, and nightclubs. The wide range of Christmas, New Year or Songkran (Thai New Year), entertainment and retail facilities coupled with the easily- Khao San Road is always filled with people having accessible location make Sukhumvit the most popular expatriate a blast, especially at Songkran when you can see place in Bangkok. people having water fights. Chatuchak Flower and Plant Market Tips l Bring enough cash as most of the vendors on the streets do not accept credit cards. l Beware of pickpockets as these places are often crowded with both shoppers and those who take advantage of the busy activities.
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