Bangkok Travel Guide
Here is a Bangkok travel guide, including introductions to attractions, food, accommodation, and more.
Recommended Attractions
• Grand Palace: A symbolic landmark of the Bangkok dynasty, featuring a blend of European and Thai architectural styles, exquisite murals, sculptures, and more. Located at Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200.
• Chao Phraya River: Known as the mother river of Thailand, you can take a boat tour to enjoy the scenery and architecture along the banks, such as Wat Arun, experiencing the unique charm of Bangkok.
• Safari World Bangkok: A great place for close encounters with wild animals, featuring various rare animals and plants, ideal for family trips. Located at 99 Panya Indra Rd, Sam Wa Tawan Tok, Khlong Sam Wa, Bangkok 10510.
• Erawan Shrine: Located in the bustling city center, it is said to be very auspicious and is one of the most popular worship sites in Thailand. Address: 494 Ratchadamri Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330.
• Khao San Road: A backpacker hub with lively night markets and vibrant bars, where you can also experience authentic Thai massage by the roadside.
Recommended Food
• Tom Yum Soup: Thailand’s national soup, sour and spicy with fresh shrimp, mushrooms, lemongrass, and other main ingredients, perfectly blending rich spices and delicious seafood flavors.
• Curry Crab: The signature dish at Jae Kin Restaurant, featuring rich and mellow curry flavor with tender and juicy crab meat, delicious when paired with rice.
• Mango Sticky Rice: A signature Thai dessert, combining sweet and soft sticky rice with fresh, juicy mango, topped with a layer of coconut milk, offering a rich taste that is sweet but not greasy.
• Raan Jay Fai: A popular local spot known for its long queues, with the crab omelette as its signature dish, featuring fresh crab meat and fluffy eggs with an aromatic flavor.
Recommended Accommodation
• Luxury: Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, exquisitely designed with first-class service; Capella Bangkok, with beautiful rooms and decor offering stunning views; Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, rich in history with luxurious facilities.
• Family-friendly: Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok, with extensive pool facilities suitable for children; Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok, conveniently located with a beautiful environment and various family facilities; Bangkok Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit, well-equipped with surrounding amenities and spacious, comfortable family rooms.
• Scenic: Besides Capella Bangkok and Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River offers an elegant, unique, and comfortable environment where guests can enjoy beautiful river views.
Itinerary Planning
• 1-2 Day Tour: On the first day, visit the Grand Palace, Wat Arun, and Wat Pho, which are relatively close to each other; on the second day, go shopping at Siam Paragon, then enjoy food and night views at the Asiatique Ferris Wheel Night Market.
• 3-4 Day Tour: If time allows, spend two days in the city; on the third day, visit Maeklong Railway Market and Damnoen Saduak Floating Market to experience local customs; on the fourth day, check out Ancient Siam near the city, and on weekends, visit Chatuchak Weekend Market.
It is recommended to book a chartered car + meal ticket package, which is cheaper than booking tickets and meals separately. The boat tour is 380 baht per person, which is a bit high. Why is the price of taking a photo with the gorilla increased? I paid 155 RMB
We booked a chartered car service on Ctrip. The driver picked us up from the hotel to visit the zoo. It was very good. Ctrip also created a WeChat group to follow up on the service and guest safety throughout the whole process. It was really considerate! I couldn't contact the driver when I left the park. Ctrip also helped to contact him throughout the whole process, but in the end I couldn't get in touch with him. I had to arrange other vehicles to pick him up. The platform also gave us a 15-yuan red envelope compensation to express our apology (when I came to the zoo, I wanted to give the driver a 50-baht tip, but there was no 50-baht denomination, so I gave the driver 40 baht. As a result, the driver was unreliable!) It is recommended that you give a tip after the service or not. It's okay if you don't give it. Personal thoughts are not mandatory! However, these little things don't affect my mood when traveling. I still have to give Ctrip a full score here💯! The service is impeccable! There are photos with Internet celebrity gorillas and photos of feeding tiger cubs in the zoo, both of which are 700 baht/person. Children like it very much!
My family and I were picked up from our hotel on time. There were quite a variety of animals at the safari like zebras, lions, hippos, rhinos, bears, etc. Our car drove us around slowly so we could take pictures and videos. After about 30 minutes, our driver dropped us off at Marine Park. This is where you can walk around and watch a variety of animal shows. You may check out the time of the performances. We really wanted to watch the Orangutan show but missed it. The other shows: elephant, sea lion, dolphin, and cowboy stunt shows were entertaining to watch. You may pay to take pictures with animals like parrot, owl, baby tiger or monkey (or was that an orangutan?). Some were priced at 400 baht, some 700. You may pay electronically so don't worry about not having enough cash. We also went on the 15-minute Safari River Ride (not sure if I named it correctly) which was priced at 380 baht per person. Our lunch, included in our package, was decent. Overall, a good deal.
Safari is nice to see wild animals. We chose to feed tigers. We stood in an iron cage and took them around the wild area. It was too expensive. It cost 1200 baht per person and the entrance fee was 150 per person. You need this entrance fee to feed the giraffe. It's an hour's drive from the city. The round trip fare for us to take a taxi was 300 RMB. It's not worth it. I suggest you go if you drive. Forget it if you don't have a car. I couldn't get a taxi back. The black taxi driver asked for a sky-high price.
Bangkok Wildlife World: Wildlife consumption with clear price tags This largest wildlife park in Asia is actually a carefully designed natural theater. When the open tour bus crosses the "African grassland", zebras chew Thai grass next to the tires, and giraffes stick their heads into the car windows - the excitement brought by this man-made wonder is the value of the 1,800 baht ticket. The animal performances in the Ocean Park are the most mixed. The moment the dolphin jumps up and kisses the cheek of the tourist, the fish bucket hidden by the pool by the trainer reveals the sweet price. In the white tiger show, the beasts line up to walk on the plum blossom piles, just like workers tamed by capital. What is really moving is the free activity area of the orangutans. The arcs they swing on the tire swings barely retain the dignity of the wild. It is recommended to bring your own lunch to avoid the sky-high restaurants, and don't miss the hidden bird paradise. When the hornbill swoops down to grab the banana in your hand, when the peacock spreads its tail on the roof of the off-road vehicle, the chaotic vitality at this moment is more real than any well-choreographed performance. When night falls, Disney-like colorful lights light up in the park, and the steel cage is transformed into a fairy-tale setting in the light and shadow - this is exactly the metaphor of the entire park: we consume the domesticated wildness, and miss the real nature in the consumption.
I'm looking forward to this place before I go! Because I've always wanted to go to the wildlife park, so I came to see the mood, uh... It's hard to describe that I did see some wild animals, but at the same time I saw their pitiful side. Some cages don't have many companions. So it seems very lonely. Now I don't know if there is any improvement. But if you haven't been to a wildlife park. It's also a good experience to feed giraffes with bananas. Melon seeds are parrots and can ride elephants, which is also a good experience.
I suggest you just buy the ticket to the Ocean Kingdom. Don't bother with the wild animals on the tour bus. It's boring. In addition, you need to pay 30 baht per person for the tour bus. It's not as good as the zoo in Singapore! The animal show in the Ocean Kingdom is great. Both mother and children like it very much. It's much better than the one in Singapore. But the facilities are a bit old. It will be better if they are improved! In addition, there are a lot of Indians visiting the park!
Bangkok Wildlife Park, located at the 9th kilometer of Nanyindi Road in the northeast of Bangkok, consists of two parts: a nature reserve-based wildlife park and an ocean park featuring animal entertainment performances, covering an area of 1200 mu. Wildlife parks collect many rare wildlife from all over the world and are kept in sites that fully comply with wildlife habitats. In the herbivorous area, groups of zebras, camels, ostriches, antelopes and giraffes can be seen roaming or playing in the green forest and grassland, while waterbirds, mandarins and swans are leisurely swimming on the water. When you enter the Lion Garden, you will see an 18-acre mountain jungle. Dozens of lions lie or lie down, wander or look up. In tiger gardens, leopard gardens and bear gardens, there are many tigers, leopards and bears, some lying under the shade of trees, some soaking in ponds. There are more than 200 rare birds and animals on display in the Ocean Park. Every day, there are many interesting performances of intelligent animals, including dolphins, sea lions, birds, elephants and whale feeding performances. In addition, there are performances such as Thai folk dance, Papua New Guinea folk dance and cowboy fighting in the western United States. In the Ocean Park, there are not only many performances, but also beautiful surroundings, with beautiful flowers everywhere. The buildings in the park are full of national characteristics, as well as air-conditioned restaurants that can accommodate thousands of people.