Bangkok · 01 of 8 categories
Places to visit in Bangkok
The five most people build a first trip around.
Phra Nakhon
Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew
The royal complex and the Emerald Buddha. Strict dress code — shoulders and knees covered, and they enforce it at the gate.
Phra Nakhon
Wat Pho
The reclining Buddha, and the temple that is also the home of Thai traditional massage.
Thonburi, across the river
Wat Arun
The porcelain-covered spire on the west bank. Two minutes by cross-river ferry from Wat Pho.
Near National Stadium BTS
Jim Thompson House
Six traditional teak houses assembled into one home by the American who rebuilt the Thai silk trade, and then disappeared.
Silom / Sathorn
Lumphini Park
The city's central park, with monitor lizards in the lakes. Free, and the one place in Bangkok that is quiet at dawn.
