CHAO PHRAYA EXPRESS RIVER TAXI BOATS

LONG-TAILED TAXIS “rua hang yao” เรือหางยาว “RUSH HOUR” EXPRESS BOATS (with a flag) Available for private hire by the hour from any Orange flag: Baht 15. Yellow flag: Baht 20-29. pier. RECOMMENDED for 2 hour private tours Green & Yellow: B 13-32. These stop at only of Klong Noi, best around sunset! some piers (see maps at the piers). The Orange flag runs daily 6am-7pm. Others run only Mon- Fri during morning and evening rush hours.

CHAO PHRAYA TOURIST BOAT (Blue Flag) Fare: Baht 200. (Discounts available online.) Hop on and off at 9 piers near attractions. Guides provide commentary but engine may be too loud to hear. Daily LOCAL LINE BOATS (stop at all numbered piers) from Central Pier 9am-5.30pm., departures every 30 min. Fare: Baht 10-14 depending on distance. Runs daily from 6am-6pm, all the way north to Nonthaburi (about 45 minutes north of Central Pier) and south to Ratsingkhon (Pier S3).

NEW: HOP ON HOP OFF BOATS (CRL BOAT4U) CROSS RIVER FERRIES “rua kham fak” Fare: Baht 200 for 24hrs, Baht 400 for a 3 day pass. Fare: Baht 3.50. Runs 5am-9pm or 10pm depending Hop on and off at 8 piers including the Central Pier on the pier. Available at almost every landing. These take (Sathon). Daily 9.30am-6pm, departures every 30 min. people directly across the river. Usually everyone stands up as seating is limited. AIPN 2020 International Petroleum Summit FREE SHUTTLE BOATS All the major riverside hotels and the River City shopping mall offer continuous boat shuttle services to/from Central Pier (Tha Sathorn). If using the boats to get to the BTS skytrain, please take note of which pier they drop you off at and Mandarin Oriental Bangkok signage on the boat to avoid confusion on your return. BTS SKYTRAIN & MRTA SUBWAY HIGHLIGHTS

The Saphan Taksin BTS skytrain station is on the Silom Line of the BTS system, which runs 6am to midnight. Highlights on this line include:

BTS Station Attractions SURASAK Blue Elephant Restaurant and Cooking School RIVERSIDE AREA MAP SALADAENG Silom Soi 4 bars, good Japanese restaurants on Soi Thaniya and Surawongse Road, and Lumpini Park (fun to visit early in the morning or early evening) SIAM Shopping malls: (Bangkok’s flashiest mall), , Siam Discovery NATIONAL STADIUM MBK Shopping Mall, Bangkok Art & Culture Center, Jim Thompson’s House Museum & Gallery, and Siam@Siam’s Roof Bar Transfer to the Sukhumvit Line at the Siam BTS skytrain station to explore further.

BTS Station Attractions MOCHIT (get a Nancy Chandler map of Chatuchak to pinpoint best parts!) CHITLOM CentralWorld and Gaysorn malls, the , Central Chidlom, and (with excellent Eathai food market in the basement and Open Door bookstore/eateries on 6F) ASOK shopping mall PHROM PHONG The and Emquartier shopping malls with fine dining of all kinds in the area. Transfers to the MRTA underground subway system are easiest from the Saladaeng BTS station on the Silom Line and the Asok BTS station on the Sukhumvit Line. Destinations of interest on the MRTA route:

MRTA Station Attractions HUALAMPONG Wat Traimit and Chinatown, Soi Nana off Rama IV cool bar area KAMPHAENGPHET Chatuchak Weekend Market SANAM CHAI Museum Siam, Wat Po, (station itself a sightseeing attraction) S SENA FEST WAT Great top floor S THE LIGHTHOUSE SUWAN ORIENTAL SPA & jazz lounge bar FITNESS CENTRE offers a 360 degree NORTH RIVERSIDE AREA with tennis, squash, jogging track, view of Bangkok JAM FACTORY ART THE VUE and fitness centre (with Muay Thai, rain or shine! c NOVEMBER 2019. CREATED BY S AT THE RIVER SPACE, ANYROOM LHONG 1919 Thai dancing shows with boot camp, yoga & other classes). FURNITURE, CANDIDE Thai-Chinese heritage site NANCY CHANDLER GRAPHICS Home to River Fitness set dinner 7-11pm. Quieter INDIE BOOKSHOP & with designer boutiques & ala carte dining on the river. EXCLUSIVELY FOR AIPN. & WISHBEER GARDEN ICON SIAM S THE NEVER ENDING chic eateries. (Craft beer bar) SALA RIM Bangkok’s newest shopping mall MILLENIUM SUMMER (Rare Thai www.nancychandler.net. with SIAM TAKASHIMAYA Japanese dishes in industrial NAAM HILTON setting) More excellent dept. store, ELEPHANT PARADE, H YOK YOR IBIS RIVERSIDE restaurants at the SOOKSIAM Thai ‘floating market’, KLONG SAN modern Thai crafts on F, H PENINSULA 4-5 BE MY GUEST KLONG SAN (Chinese seafood) fine dining with river views on 6F, (Casual Thai, MARKET BANGKOK a high end cinema, and riverfront Eve. only) H promenade with free fountain shows daily at 6.30, 8 and 9pm.

TAKSIN (SATHORN) BRIDGE CHAO PHRAYA RIVER FREE SHUTTLE RIVER 5PM ON EXPRESS SO PIER THA SIAM CHAO PHRAYA SI PHRAYA HENG TOURIST BOAT & S HOLY COMMERCIAL TAI HOTEL SHUTTLES THA WAT N3 BANK, TALAAT BOATS CROSS RIVER FERRY, ROSARY MANSION CENTRAL PIER LONGTAIL BOAT TOURS, MUANG KAE RIVER CITY (WAT NOI BRANCH PRIVATE BOAT TO ASIATIQUE (B30) THA N2 High quality (THA SATHORN) ORIENTAL (Heritage PENINSULA antiques, art, KALAWA) TALAAT There are 4 piers here PIER PORTUGUESE ROYAL CHURCH Building) under the bridge, each Former N1 OLD CUSTOMS auctions,4 Satpm, NOI EMBASSY H ORCHID film club serving different H JACK’S BAR EAST ASIATIC BLDG FRENCH HOUSE boat tours FOOJOHN

destinations. See SHANGRI-LA HOTEL(Secret sunset MANDARIN EMBASSY COMMUNICATIONS & dinner SUAN PLU SUAN ’s Cocktail bar, live notes above. bar on the SHERATON 1920

SALATHIP (Thai with classical dance shows) WAT SOI ORIENTAL AUTHORITY OF cruises. H WAT P TENDERCOOL music, rooftop SHANG PALACE (Chinese) river) AUTHOR’S TOWER (Designer smokehouse VOLTI (Italian), and wonderful LOUNGE, CIAO, BAMBOO BAR MUANG KHAE furniture) JUA 061-558-7689 weekend brunch on the river! LE NORMANDIE (Great jazz) HOME HAROON 30 BRONZE (Modern izakaya, SOY SAUCE FACTORY (Fine French), CUISINE MOSQUE WAREHOUSE SHOP western chefs, ART SPACE & BAR 24 SAPHAN TAKSIN LORD JIM’S ISLAMIC Modern crafts, hipart, cafes creative menu) BTS Station CHINA RESTAURANT SARNIES ASSUMPTION S documentary clubincl & MAISON LEK GALLERY MOST & SPEEDY GRANDMA See the back BAN OOU CHURCH (1809) HOUSE (Antiques) ART GALLERY & BAR of this map ROBINSON DEPT. MOSQUE Roasted CHATENET 1PROJECTS coffee O.P. PLACE O.P. GARDEN for French ART GALLERIES for more STORE & TOPS BAAN PAD WAT THAI HOME (Antiques, GALLERY 80/20 (Creative & brunch SERENDIA GALLERY (Art & books 32 pastries) CAFE TROPIC CITY 26 Thai food details. SUPERMARKET THAI cafe in SUAN PLU INDUSTRIES art, jewelry, on the Himalayan & SEA cultures), Rum bar 28 50 (A dusty treasure silk) & cocktails) 46 BANGRAK old shop MAZZARO S nice jewerly and craft shops,THAILAND CREATIVE 30 S STARBUCKS MARKET house (Italian) trove for shoppers of and FRENCH ST. Restaurant THE CREATIVE DISTRICT BRIDGE things Thai) DESIGN CENTER IN GRAND stretches from TCDC at CAFE & CHAROEN KRUNG 44 42/1 34 POSTAL BLDG ART (Art Deco) Charoen Krung Soi 30 to ASSUMPTION HARMONIQUE Talaat Noi. If you like art & 40 38 36 SIPHRAYA creative cocktails, COLLEGE (Thai dining in an antique- 39 42 filled old shophouse) have a wander! is lined with antique and gem 02-237-8175 43 shops from soi 42/1 to Siphraya. PANLEE SPICE SHOP SONNY’S ADLER SAFETY TIP: Look BOTH ways N CHAROEN KRUNG

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