{"id":69,"date":"2026-07-20T08:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=bangkok"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","slug":"bangkok","status":"publish","type":"touriza_city","link":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=bangkok","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why go<\/h2>\n<p>Bangkok&#39;s centre of gravity is still the Chao Phraya. Take the orange-flag boat instead of a taxi and the city rearranges itself: temples on one bank, teak houses and canal life on the other, skyscrapers behind both.<\/p>\n<h2>Five things to do<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rule-list\">\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Orange-flag river boat<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">The length of the city for pocket change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Wat Arun at sunset<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Porcelain-encrusted, best seen from the far bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Chinatown street kitchens<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Charcoal woks on the pavement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Jim Thompson House<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Six teak houses and a disappearance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Bang Krachao<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">A green island loop, twenty minutes by ferry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neighbourhoods<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Rattanakosin<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">The Grand Palace, Wat Pho and the amulet market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Thonburi<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Canals, floating shops and the artists&#39; quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Chinatown (Yaowarat)<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">The best street food in Asia after 6pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Ari<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Low-rise caf\u00e9s, galleries and no tour buses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Buy the transport card on arrival \u2014 every city on this list has one, and it is cheaper than single fares within about four journeys. Walking covers more than the map suggests: most of the districts above are within thirty minutes of each other on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis and ride apps are worth it late at night and when you are carrying luggage. Everything else is faster on the metro, the tram or the ferry, in that order.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2>\n<p>The rule that holds in Bangkok is the rule that holds everywhere: eat at the busy place, at the hour the locals eat, and order the thing the kitchen makes most of. Reserve for dinner in the districts above; lunch rarely needs it.<\/p>\n<h2>Two days here<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Morning: Orange-flag river boat<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: walk Rattanakosin<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Chinatown street kitchens<\/li>\n<li>Day two: Bang Krachao<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A river city that never fully switches off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"touriza_continent":[2],"touriza_theme":[],"class_list":["post-69","touriza_city","type-touriza_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","touriza_continent-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/touriza_city"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/69\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"touriza_continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_continent&post=69"},{"taxonomy":"touriza_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_theme&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}