Bangkok’s primary venue for modern artists from China has edged its way to become one of the city’s top contemporary galleries. Check the website to see…
Must see attractions in Bangkok
- TTang Contemporary Art
- CChamchuri Art Gallery
This gallery, part of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Arts, emphasises modern spiritual themes and brilliantly coloured abstracts from emerging…
- YYaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center
The Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center is a small but engaging museum with multimedia exhibits on the history of Bangkok’s Chinatown and its residents.
- PPhamai Baan Krua
Situated in the canalside community of Baan Khrua, this family outfit weaves silk on old teak looms.
- WWat Poramai Yikawat Museum
This is a tiny museum – really a small assemblage of religious paraphernalia and knick-knacks – inside Ko Kret's Wat Poramai Yikawat.
- RRatchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center
This three-storey structure hosts changing exhibitions mostly featuring mixed-media contemporary domestic art.
- SSiam Park City
Siam Park City features more than 30 rides and a water park with the largest wave pool in the world.
- AAood Bankrua Thai Silk
Situated in the canalside community of Baan Khrua, this family outfit weaves silk on old teak looms.
- MMadame Tussauds
The Bangkok branch of the globally famous wax museum.
- CChatuchak Park
A large park in northern Bangkok.
- DDemocracy Monument
The Democracy Monument is the focal point of the grand, European-style boulevard that is Th Ratchadamnoen Klang. As the name suggests, it was erected to…
- CChulalongkorn University
Thailand’s oldest and most prestigious university is nestled in a leafy enclave south of busy Rama I.
- RRama V Memorial
The bronze figure on horseback is Rama V (King Chulalongkorn; r 1868–1910), the monarch widely credited for steering the country into the modern age and…
- OOdeon Circle
A traffic roundabout with the accompanying Chinatown Arch monument that serves as a central landmark in Bangkok's Chinatown.
- CChinese Style Clock Tower
This Chinese-style clock tower located in the southeastern corner of Lumphini doubles as an interesting photographic subject amidst the park's greenery.
- RRama VI Statue
This statue at the southwestern entrance of Lumphini commemorates the founding emperor of the park, Rama VI.
- WWat Pathum
A low-key but beautiful Buddhist temple sandwiched between two of Bangkok's snazziest shopping malls.
- CClock Tower
This clock tower serves as a convenient meeting point in Chatuchak Weekend Market.
- WWat Chana Songkhram
This is a Buddhist temple located near Th Khao San, off Soi Ram Buttri.
- VVishnu Shrine
This is one of the few Hindu shrines located in Bangkok's old town.