观光景点

If one has to name the must-see sight that no visit to Bangkok would be complete without, it’s definitely has to be this impressively astonishing Grand Palace. Built in 1782 – and for 150 years the home of the Thai King, the Royal court and the administrative seat government – The Grand Palace of Bangkok is a grand old dame indeed. Within the palace complex there are several impressive buildings, including Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), where the small and very famous Emerald Buddha has been preserved since the 14th Century. Until today, the palace complex is still used to mark all kinds of other ceremonial and auspicious happenings.

– Opening Hours : 8.30-15.30

Although set inside a very large neoclassical house built in 19th Century, the Museum of Siam is surely not the ordinary display of historical artefacts and dusty mannequins anyone would expect to find in museums. The entire museum is dedicated to the history of Thai people and the evolution of their spirits and cultures in the most surprising, untraditional way. 

– Opening Hours : 10.00-18.00 (Tuesday to Sunday)

If you are brave enough and forget everything you thought you knew about food, Chinatown will surprise you. Yaowarat is famous for its very popular food stalls balanced on the most impractical pavements, not to mention the dubious sanitary conditions. And yet, each plastic chair is occupied and a queue is patiently standing by. There’s also a small selection of indoor restaurants complete with menus in English, including the amazing Double Dogs tea room, with hundreds of types of tea, and Red Rose at the stunning Shanghai Mansion where the food is a fusion of oriental flavours. Chinatown is adventure, and the sooner you discover it the better.

– Opening Hours : Never closes