Page 78 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Bangkok

76 ❯❯ Bangkok Area by Area

Chinatown

At the time of Bangkok’s founding in 1782 (see p40), Chinese
immigrants were moved out of Rattanakosin Island to make way
for the Grand Palace and govern ment buildings. They settled to the
south of Rattanakosin Island beside the Chao Phraya River. These
days Chinatown is one of the most color ful and congested areas of
the city, and though it lacks the grand monuments of the Old City,
it is fascinating for its maze of alleys, markets, gaudy temples,
and gold shops. Sharing this crowded part of the capital with the
Chinese is a small commu nity of Indians in a sub-district known
as Little India, with the cloth market of Phahurat at its heart.

Golden Buddha,
1
Wat Traimit
MAP F6 • 661 Charoen Krung Road
• 02 225 9775 • Open 8am–5pm daily
• Adm
There are thousands of gold-leaf
smothered Buddha images in
Thailand, but the Golden Buddha is
made of solid gold – all 12,000 lb
(5,500 kg) of it. This fact was revealed
only in 1955 when it was accidentally
dropped, exposing its gold interior.
The 13-ft (4-m) tall, 13th-century
Sukhothai Buddha is housed in a
Golden Buddha, Wat Traimit glittering, three-story shrine.
CHINATOWN
BU R AP H A BU R AP H A MAHA CHAI MAHA CHAI SCK 13 SCK 13 YOMMARATSUKHUM LUA N G A N G
LU
PHLAB PHLA CHAI
SI THAMATHIRAT
PH R A PH I
PH R A PH I TA K TA K SCK 8 SCK 10 SCK 8 SCK 10 CHAO KHAMROP MAITRI C SOI MANGKON 1 SOI MANGKON 1 SOI MANGKON SOI 2 MANGKON 2
PHAHU
PHAHUR AT R AT P HA H U R AT AT Ang Ang YAO WA R AT C H A R O E N K R U N G SI THAMATHIRAT SUAPA SUAPA PHLAB PHLA CHAI Y K 3 HIT MA N G KO N
CHAO KHAMROP
YOMMARATSUKHUM
Y K
AT S A D A N G
P H A H U R
SOI MANGKON
SOI MANGKON
MAITRI C 3 HIT
TRI PHE T
TRI PHE T
Khlong Lot R AC H I N I AT S A D A N G B A N M O PHAHURATPHAHURAT Khlong H E T Ong Ong BORIPHAT BORIPHAT SOI W 1 YAOWAR AT SUAPA MANGKON MANGKON YISIPSONG K
R AC H I N I
B A N M O
YISIPSONGK 2
YAO WA R AT
YISIPSONGK 2
MA N G KO N
C H A R O E N K R U N G
CHINATOWNCHINATOWN
YISIPSONG KARAKADAKHOM 1

MAH ACH AK
SOI W 1
Khlong Lot
SUAPA
S A N A M C H A I
C H A K K R A W A T
S A N A M C H A I
C H A K P
SOEM SINKHA ( N E W R O A D )
SOEM SINKHA ( N E W R O A D )
JULYJULY
SANTIP
22ND22ND
PLAENG NAM
SANTIPHAP HAP
SOI SOI C H A K P H E T Khlong C H A K K R A W A T MAH ACH AK YAOWAR AT SOI C K 16 SOI C K 16 SANTIPHAP HAP CIRCLECIRCLE SANTIP Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Khlong Ph
SOI EMPIRE
THAKLANG CHAK PHET SAM SOI PHALITTAPHON PLAENG NAM MITTRAPHAN MITTRAPHAN
SOI EMPIRE
THAKLANG CHAK PHET
PHO PHANIT
PHO PHANIT
R ATCH AWO NG
CHAROEN
SOI AMA KANG
MUANG
MUANG
SOI PHALITTAPHON
PakPak TROK KRAI TROK KRAI SAM P ENG CHAROEN
SOI ISARA NUPHAP
KhlongKhlong SAPHAN PHUT UT A NU W O NG NG R ATCH AWO NG P E MA ITR I CH I T
A NU W O
YAOWAPHANIT
SAPHAN PH
MemorialMemorial S PHI ROM S PHI ROM O - S AT H A H O N O N SOI AMA KANG NG
O - S AT H A H
BridgeBridge MAN G KON MAN G KON SOI ISARA NUPHAP YAOWAPHANIT R A M A I V HuaHua
MA ITR I CH I T
LampongLampong
MemorialMemorial
R A M A I V
BridgeBridge Phra PokPhra Pok
KlaoBridgeKlaoBridge
RachawongseRachawongse SAMPHAN THAWONGSAMPHAN THAWONG
T R I M IT IT Hua LampongHua Lampong
SONG SAWAT YAOWA R AT
SONG SAWAT YAOWA R AT
T R I M
SON GWAT
SON GWAT
Chao Phraya
Chao Phraya
Top 10 Sights CHA R OEN K R U N G (NE W R OAD) RAMA IV
RAMA IV
see pp76–9 DinDin TRI MIT IT
TRI M
DaengDaeng
K A O L
SongSong K A O L A N A N TROK C K RUNG
Restaurants and Cafés
Restaurants and Cafés SawatSawat SON GWAT
SON GWAT
TROK C K RUNG
see p81 WatWat 0 meters0 meters 400400
ThongThong 0 yards0 yards 400400
CHA R OEN K R U N G (NE W R OAD)
Eyewitness Travel – Top 10 series LAYERS PRINTED:
Two-column, 8.5pt grid “UK” LAYER
(SourceReport v.1.9)
076-079_Top_10_Bangkok.indd 76 22/05/2017 12:13
Date 24th June 2015
Size 100mm x 191mm