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Benjakiti Park
The latest addition to Bangkok's emaciated green scene, this 130-rai (20.8-hectare) park encircles a large lake on the former grounds of the Tobacco Monopoly, just behind the Queen Sirikit Convention Centre, and marks the queen's sixth cycle (72nd birthday). Another 300 rai (48 hectares) of former factory buildings is earmarked for transformation into a manmade rainforest, though it's yet to open. The park makes a pleasant walk between the Sukhumvit strip and the Lumphini area.
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Benjasiri Park
In summer, this park, built to honour Queen Sirikit's 60th birthday, hosts many open-air events. It's built around an ornamental lake, with most of the surrounding lawn space taken by canoodling couples and teenage mating rituals-in-progress. If you're lucky you might spy a game of tàkrâw (a Thai foot game played with a rattan ball.
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Chuvit Garden
The story behind this park is shadier than the plantings. Khun Chuvit, the benefactor of the park, was Bangkok's biggest massage parlour owner. He was arrested in 2003 for illegally bulldozing, rather than legally evicting, tenants off the land where the park now stands (between Soi 8 and 10).
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Dusit Palace Park
Oh-so-dainty Dusit Palace is the Thai monarchy's nod to the Victorian era. It contains Vimanmek Palace, the world's largest teak mansion, pleasant manicured grounds and the Ancient Cloth Museum and Royal Thai Elephant Museum.
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Dusit Park
Please note: because this is royal property, visitors should wear long pants (no capri pants) or long skirts and shirts with sleeves.
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Lumphini Park
Named after Buddha's birthplace in Nepal, this is Bangkok's largest and most popular park. An artificial lake in the centre is surrounded by broad, well-tended lawns, wooded areas, walking paths and, around sunset, the odd ambling turtle - it's the best outdoor escape from Bangkok without leaving town.
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Sanam Luang
On a hot day, Sanam Luang (Royal Field) is far from charming - a shadeless expanse of dying grass ringed by flocks of pigeons and homeless people. Despite its shabby appearance, though, it has been at the centre of both royal ceremony and political upheaval since Bangkok was founded. Indeed, the yellow-shirted masses who protested for months before Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted in a coup d'état often used this field to air their grievances.
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