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Exploring Bangkok

Although Bangkok is huge, many of its
sights are within walking distance of
each other along the river or in nearby
Downtown. Using a combination of river
boats and mass transit, it’s largely possible
to avoid the notorious traffic jams. Here Rattanakosin art from
are our suggestions for the best things to the 18th to 20th Vimanmek
Vimanmek
centuries can be admired
Mansion
experience in either two or four days. in the National Museum. Mansion Zoo Zoo BeyondBeyond AyutthayaAyutthaya
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Brown Sugar:
MuseumMuseum The Jazz
The Jazz
Boutique
Royal Barge
Royal Barge Boutique see area ofsee area of
Museum
Museum main mapmain map
Tha Tha Damnoen SaduakDamnoen Saduak
Maharat
Maharat Queen Sirikit Queen Sirikit Floating MarketFloating Market
MuseumMuseum BOAT BOAT
of Textilesof Textiles Bight of BangkokBight of Bangkok
Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson
Wat Phra KaeoWat Phra Kaeo House
House
Grand PalaceGrand Palace Siam Siam
Paragon
Paragon
Wat PhoWat Pho fromfrom Rama I Road
Rama I Road
Wat ArunWat Arun AyutthayaAyutthaya BOAT BOAT Siam NiramitSiam Niramit
(6 km)(6 km)
Khlong Bang Luang MarketKhlong Bang Luang Market
Wat Phra Kaeo is a complex of prayer (3 km)(3 km)
halls, towers, and chedis (stupas) within 0 kilometers 1 1
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the grounds of the Grand Palace.
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Day 2 from Damnoen
from Damnoen
Two Days in Bangkok MORNING Floating Market
Saduak
Saduak
Floating Market
Take a water taxi to Wat Arun (see Silom Road
Silom Road
Day 1 pp32–3), on the Thonburi side of the SaphanSaphan H Art Gallery
H Art Gallery
MORNING river, then hop on the Saen Saeb TaksinTaksin
Start the day with a visit to the canal boat to Jim Thompson
magnificent Wat Phra Kaeo and the House (see pp30–31), the home Blue Blue
Elephant
adjacent Grand Palace (see pp12–15), of the American who revived Elephant
taking time for the excellent Queen the Thai silk industry.
Sirikit Museum of Textiles. Walk AFTERNOON BOAT BOAT
down to the Chao Phraya River and Browse the shopping
have lunch at one of the small malls on Rama I Road
restaurants at Tha Maharat (see p73). (see p89), then take in
AFTERNOON the Thai dance show at Asiatique
Asiatique
The Riverfront,
The Riverfront,
After lunch, stroll the grounds of Wat Siam Niramit (see p50). Calypso Cabaret
Calypso Cabaret
Pho (see pp18–19) and enjoy a back rub
in the temple’s massage school. Next,
visit the National Museum (see pp16– Four Days in Bangkok
17). Have dinner at the Blue Elephant
restaurant (see p58), then board the Day 1
boat from Tha Saphan Taksin to MORNING
Asiatique the Riverfront and take in Cross the river to Thonburi to visit
the Calypso Cabaret (see p51). the stunning “Temple of Dawn”,
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