SAMUT PRAKARN
Located south of Bangkok, Samut Prakarn makes the perfect site for Suvarnabhumi International Airport, and the start and end of most vacations. The province itself is filled with attractions. Check out replicas of the significant tourist sites of Thailand at Ancient Siam, and on your way back to the city, don’t forget to bring home delicious Thai desserts from Bang Phli Floating Market.
Cafe de Canal, an artsy waterside cafe just outside Bangkok that feels like a mini getaway from the city
Just past Bangkok’s outer limits, situated along a wide canal featuring cavorting fish, street art, and lots of water life watching, is a cafe worth leaving the city for. Park...
Duangrit Bunnag’s winning forest design for Suvarnabhumi terminal spurs copycat controversy
Duangrit Bunnag, one of Thailand’s most recognizable and vocal architects, won a contest to design Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi International Airport Passenger Terminal II with...
POPULAR NEIGHBORHOODS
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Silom / Bang Rak
This riverside neighborhood offers far more than meets the eye Decades ago,...
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Phrom Phong
From high-end malls to secondhand bookstores, Phrom Phong is the center of life...
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Nonthaburi
Many music legends have performed at Nonthaburi’s IMPACT arena, the most...