Tag: Thailand Temples

Bangkok covers more than 1,500 square kilometres, and 2 hotels of the same standard can make for radically different stays depending on their location. A gorgeous boutique hotel 20 minutes from the nearest BTS station will cost you hours in traffic every week; a simple but clean budget hotel a […]

Bangkok refuses to stand still: between the temples, the street food and the chaos of everyday life, there’s enough to fill a month. Here are my 15 favorite activities, from the khlongs to Muay Thai, with prices and pitfalls to avoid. For an overview, start with my complete guide to […]

Bangkok has at least 6 modes of transport, each with its own way to pay, well-rehearsed scams around the major temples, ATMs with flat fees and 3 seasons that determine when to go and what to pack. Here’s what I sort out before arriving, with prices in baht and euros. […]

Bangkok has more than 300,000 street food vendors, in every soi and along every canal. From 6:00, office workers grab moo ping and sticky rice at 15 THB a skewer (0.40 EUR, the price of a piece of chewing gum in France), and at midnight Chinatown’s pavements are still packed […]

Bangkok has more than 400 active Buddhist temples, places where Thai people actually come to pray, and attracts more than 20 million visitors a year. Here are my 13 favorites, from the 3 big riverside temples, which I visited in a single morning, to the hidden temples most tourists miss, […]

Bangkok has 2 sides: monks collecting alms at dawn along quiet canal-side lanes, and midnight food stalls on Yaowarat Road, where smoke from charcoal grills fills the entire block. It’s noisy, hot, sometimes stifling, and one of Southeast Asia’s most striking cities. Here’s what I recommend for your visit to […]