Travelling to Bangkok?

Our routes, not a list of everything. Places that have been there for centuries: no opening times or prices, which go stale.

1. 01

   Bangkok in a day

   9 hThe three big temples sit next to each other and fit into one morning. Start at eight, cross the river on the local ferry, and end up eating standing in Chinatown.The Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha · Wat Pho and the reclining Buddha · The scheduled ferry to Thonburi · Wat Arun, and the sunset trap · Yaowarat, at nightRead the full guide
2. 02

   A weekend in Bangkok

   30 hTwo days covers the temples, the country’s biggest market and a night in Chinatown. Saturday belongs to Chatuchak, which only opens at weekends.Friday night: Yaowarat · Saturday: Chatuchak, and only Chatuchak · Saturday night: the river, not the rooftop · Sunday, early: the templesRead the full guide
3. 03

   Bangkok’s temples, with a bit of judgement

   5 hThere are hundreds and you don’t need to see them all. These four don’t repeat each other, and almost nobody sets foot in one of them.Wat Phra Kaew, inside the Grand Palace · Wat Pho · Wat Arun · Wat Saket, the one everybody skipsRead the full guide
4. 04

   Eating in Bangkok: the street wins

   3 hThe best dish in the city is cooked on a cart, costs what a coffee costs, and it isn’t pad thai. Pad thai is what got sold to the tourist.Pad kra pao, the real dish · Som tam, and the sound of the mortar · Boat noodles · The 7-Eleven, without ironyRead the full guide
5. 05

   Bangkok’s neighbourhoods: where to stay

   1 hThe question isn’t which neighbourhood is prettiest, it’s which one is on the Skytrain. Bangkok without the elevated train is Bangkok in a traffic jam.Sukhumvit: the one that works · Silom and Sathorn: offices by day, market by night · Rattanakosin: beautiful, and no train · Ari and Thonglor: where locals go outRead the full guide
6. 06

   Day trips from Bangkok

   8 hThe old capital is an hour away by train. The market the train drives through is genuinely real. And there’s a green lung ten minutes away that almost nobody sets foot in.Ayutthaya · 1 h by train · Bang Krachao · 10 min by boat · The Maeklong market · 1 h 30 · Kanchanaburi and the River Kwai · 2 hRead the full guide
7. 07

   From Suvarnabhumi to central Bangkok

   1 hThe airport train doesn’t run 24 hours, and that decides your arrival. The taxi surcharge isn’t a scam: it’s printed inside the car.The Airport Rail Link, if you don’t land at night · The taxi, and the surcharge that isn’t a scamRead the full guide
8. 08

   Bangkok: what’s worth knowing first

   1 hThe heat decides your timetable, the traffic decides your neighbourhood, and there’s a classic scam that always opens with the same line: “the Grand Palace is closed today”.The season changes everything · “The Grand Palace is closed today” · The tuk-tuk is worse than the taxi · The water, the ice and the head · Data on your phoneRead the full guide

The real options, with what actually decides it: which terminal it leaves from and where it drops you. Fares and timetables live with the operator, who keeps them current.

• TrainAirport Rail LinkPhaya ThaiThe airport’s elevated rail: at Phaya Thai it links to the Skytrain for Sukhumvit and Silom.·Fares and timesSRT
• TaxiSukhumvit · SilomUse the official ticketed queue. The meter fare carries an airport surcharge plus the expressway tolls.·Fares and timesAeropuerto Suvarnabhumi

Before you fly, or on the layover. Pay per visit, whatever airline.

• Miracle First Class Loungefrom €32.00
• Miracle First Class Loungefrom €36.00
• Miracle Business Class Loungefrom €36.00
• The Coral Executive Loungefrom €36.00

• PhuketHKT8 routes