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Patpong
1
MAP P5 • Between Silom and
Surawong roads • Markets and bars
open 6pm–1am daily
Named after a Chinese millionaire
who first started to develop these
narrow lanes, Patpong 1 and 2 became
world famous when their go-go bars
were visited by US soldiers on leave
from Vietnam in the late 1960s. Its
hey day was in the 1980s, during Thai-
land’s first tourist boom. In the early
1990s, a night market was set up
along the length of Patpong 1, and the
raunchy night life began to decline.
The down stairs bars include live music
cafés and loud go-go bars. Exercise
caution at these places, and note that
many upstairs bars are rip-off joints.
DOWNTOWN
500 metres The elaborate Assumption Cathedral
500 metres
Top 10 Sights
Phaya Phaya
PHITSANU
Thai Thai THANON SI AYUTTHAYA see pp84–7 Assumption Cathedral
PHITSANULOK LOK
LAN LUANG NG SIRAT AT 2
LAN LUA
SIR
THANON SI AYUTTHAYA
KRUNG KASEM
Restaurants
KRUNG KASEM
EXPRESS
P PHAYA THAI PHAYA THAI PRATUNAM Ratchaprarop EXPRESSWAY WAY Restaurants MAP M6 • Soi Oriental • 02
PRATUNAM
KRUNG KASE M KRUNG KASE M Khlong Saen Saeb BANTHAT THONG H A B U RI U RI P E T C H A B U R I U R I R AT C H A P R A R O P Ratchaprarop P E T C E T C H A B Best of the rest 234 8556 • Open 6am–7pm daily
see p91
PHAYATHAI-BANGKHLO EXPRESSWAY
BANTHAT THONG
PE TC E TCH A B
R AT C H A P R A R O P
Khlong Mahanak
Best of the Rest
Makkasan
Khlong Mahanak
In quiet backstreets near the river,
Makkasan
see p88
Ratchathewi
this imposing building, erected in
Ratchathewi
P E T C H A B
Bars and Pubs
1910, replaced a structure from the
Bars and Pubs
P
Khlong Saen Saeb
see p92
SUKHUMVIT SOI 3
BAMRUNG MUANG
Khlong Saen Saeb
BAMRUNG MUANG
Khlong Saen Saeb
Shopping Malls
square that is part of a Catholic
RAMA I
see p89
RAMA I
LUANG PHAYATHAI-BANGKHLO EXPRESSWAY RAMA I National RAMA I WITTHAYU (WIRELESS RD) WITTHAYU (WIRELESS RD) SUKHUMVIT SOI 3 H A B U R I U R I Shopping Malls 1820s. It dominates a tree-lined
LUAN National mission. The elaborate pink and
CHINA- Stadium Siam Central RAMA I Nightclubs and Music Venues white exterior matches the bright
Nightclubs and Music
Stadium
CHINA-
Siam Central
TOW N W N KRUNG KASEM G Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem CHULALONGKORN 12 RAMA I Venues
TO
SOI SOI
Chit Lom
JULY JULY KRUNG KASEM CHULALONGKORN 12 SOI CHULALONGKORN 62 Chit Lom see p93 Rococo inte rior. The cathedral bears
Phloen
22ND 22ND SOI CHULALONGKORN 62 Phloen
CIRCLE BANTHAT THONG S OI C K 5 THONG Chit Chit testi mony to the success of French
CIRCLE BANTHAT SO I CK 7 S OI C K 5 S OI C K 9 SO I CK 7 S OI C K 9 PATHUM WAN Nana Nana ASO K MON T RI ASO K missions to Bangkok in the 19th
PATHUM WAN
Ratchadamri
Hua Hua Ratchadamri SOI LANG SUAN SOI LANG SUAN MON T RI century. While they made few con-
(NEW ROAD)
CHAROEN KRUNG
CHAROEN KRUNG
(NEW ROAD)
Lampong P H AYA T H A I P H AYA T H A I SU K HU MV IT SOI 4 SU K HU MV IT SOI 4 Sukhumvit versions, they managed to secure
Lampong
Sukhumvit
MAHA PHRUTHARAM MAHA PHRUTHARAM MAHA NAKHON MAHA NAKHON R A M A I V I V Sam Yan HENRI DUNANT HENRI DUNANT RATCHAD AMRI RATCHAD AMRI SARASIN ASIN WITTHAYU (WIRELESS ROAD) WITTHAYU (WIRELESS ROAD)
religious tolerance for all.
BTS Asok
Snake Farm
R A M A
(NEW ROAD)
SAR
(NEW ROAD)
CHAROEN KRUNG
Sam Yan
CHAROEN KRUNG
MAP P4 • 1871 Rama IV Road
SI PRAYA
S U K H U M V I T R O A D
SI PRAYA SI PRAYA Silom Silom Lumphini C HA L ERM MAH AN AKHO N EX PY Benchakitti Benchasiri • 02 252 0161 • Shows: 2:30pm Mon–
SI PRAYA
Benchasiri
Lumphini
Benchakitti
SURAWONG Park Park Park Park R A T C H A D A P H I S E K R O A D Fri, 11am Sat–Sun • Adm
SURAWONG
SUK H UMVIT SOI 22
BANG R AK AK Khlong Chong Nonsi R A M A I V I V Lumphini R A T C H A D A P H I S E K R O A D One of Bangkok’s quirkier sights, the
BANG R
R A M A
SURAWONG Chong SILOM SILOM Sala Sala Lumphini SUK H UMVIT SOI 22 Park Park snake farm is located in the Queen
SURAWONG
Khlong Chong Nonsi
Daeng
Chao Phraya
Daeng
Saovabha Memorial Institute, which
Chao Phraya
Chong
Nonsi Nonsi SAT HO RN N UA SU KH UMVI T S O I 24 SU KH UMVI T S O I 24 was set up in 1923 as the Pasteur
SAT HO RN
SAT HOR N TAI
SILOM SILOM Khlong Sathorn SAT HOR N TAI N UA Khlong Toei Institute. The Thai Red Cross runs
Khlong Sathorn
C HA L ERM MAH AN AKHO N EX PY
Khlong Toei
YAN NA
Queen Sirikit National
CHAROEN KRUNG (NEW ROAD)
Queen Sirikit National
SOI NANTHA
CHAROEN KRUNG (NEW ROAD)
SO I N GAM DUPHLI
SOI NANTHA
Convention Centre
Convention Centre
bites and promoting education
CHAROEN NAKHON ROAD
Taksin Taksin THANON NARATHIWAT RATCHANAKHARIN YAN NAWA WA R A M A I V I V it now, producing serums for snake
S AT HO RN TA I N UA
R A M A
CHAROEN NAKHON ROAD
Bridge Bridge S ATH O RN N UA SO I N GAM DUPHLI about snakes. During live demon-
S ATH O RN
S AT HO RN TA I
0 meters
Saphan Surasak SATHORN 0 meters 1000 1000 stra tions, snakes are milked of their
SATHORN
Saphan
Surasak
Taksin venom and visitors can have pictures
PHAYATHAI-BANGKHLO EXPRESSWAY
Taksin
PHAYATHAI-BANGKHLO EXPRESSWAY
THANON NARATHIWAT RATCHANAKHARIN
4.5 km 4.5 km 0 yards 1000 1000 taken with the less harmful varieties.
0 yards
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