Bangkok with a population of over 9 million inhabitants is one of the
biggest cities in the world it's heavy traffic congestion intensity and not in
nightlife do not immediately give visitors a warm welcome but first
impressions can be misleading it is one of Asia's most cosmopolitan cities with
magnificent temples and palaces extensive canals a vibrant nightlife and
great shopping that has something for every traveller here's a look at the top
tourist attractions in Bangkok opened in 1990 the 8 story central world marketed
itself as a middle-class shopping centre opposed to the upper-class market at
Siam Paragon on 19th of may 2010 central world was one of the many
properties set on fire by anti-government protesters
and knowing locally as JJ market chanted Shack weekend market is the largest of
its kind in Thailand some even say it's the largest weekend market in the world
with more than a thousand stalls peddling varies ranging from antiques to
close to furniture the wildly popular market draws and more than 200,000
people on weekends and includes a wide array of tasty restaurants dusit palace
is the name of the compound of royal residences constructed an european-style
between 1897 and 1901 for king rama v the most prominent building is the
vimanmek mansion built of golden teeth wood the world's largest wooden mansion
it contains 31 exhibition rooms as well as the throne room bathrooms and
bedrooms
the construction of the grand palace started in 1782 when the capital of Siam
was moved from one blurry to Bangkok the palace served as the residence of the
kings of Thailand until the mysterious death of King in a demented elf in 1946
his brother King Bhumibol Adulyadej who succeeded him moved permanently to the
child-related palace
the infamous CIA operative Jim Thompson revived the Thai silk industry after
World War two and had this house assembled from six traditional Thai
style houses as Thompson was building his silk company he also became a major
collector of Southeast Asian art Jim Thompson's house sits on a clock across
from Bangkok where his Weaver's were then located
call San Road is technically speaking a small bro located about a block from the
Jeffrey Ohio River plus and translates as milled rice that reminder that in
former times the street was a major bank called Christ market in the last twenty
years however Watson wrote has developed unto
a world-famous backpackers hangout it offers cheap accommodation ranging
from dorm style hostels to reasonably priced three-star hotels as well as bars
food stalls restaurants convenience stores and travel agencies Lumpini Park
is more than just an oasis of nature in bustling Bangkok originally designed to
house tide rafts and flowers it is a serene place where people can stroll
paths take a paddleball tried or just sit and relax and watch others do their
morning and evening exercises visitors who stroll along the pond may even come
across a water monitor lizzard a crocodile life reptile
Wat Pho is famous for the huge reclining Buddha statue at houses it is one of the
largest temples in Bangkok and also one of the oldest constructed nearly 200
years before Bangkok became Thailand's capital Wat Pho holds the distinction of
having both Thailand's largest reclining Buddha image and the largest number of
Buddha images in Thailand situated on the thundery side of the jail for a mile
River what current temple of dawn is one of the oldest and best known tourist
attractions in Bangkok the temple is an architectural representation of Mount
Meru the center of the universe and Buddhist cosmology despite its name the
best views of wat rain are in the evening with the Sun setting behind us
the walk Rhema temple in the Chinatown area is best known for its more than 3
meter high Golden Buddha image weighing more than five tons just into suckled
high style the images about 900 years old and was covered in plaster to hide
its value only in 1957 it was discovered that the statue was pure gold when the
image was moved to a new building and slipped from a crane the temple itself
is said to date from the early 13