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Summer heat, red curry, and disco balls: this itinerary brings you to the white-hot center of Thailand’s booming capital city.
Read the articleDestinations: Bangkok
Themes: Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts · Shopping
Inspired by: Bangkok Nights — by Gary Shteyngart, Published May. 2008
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The Grand Millennium Sukhumvit is located on Asoke Road, one of Bangkok’s main thoroughfares. The 325-room hotel has a striking glass exterior and an
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If you fused the grandeur of colonial india with the simplicity of an African game lodge, the results would look much like the Eugenia. Animal trophie
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French colonial hotel with gardens, hand-painted silk ceilings, and the city’s largest lap pool.
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370 rooms appointed with teak floors, silk-covered furniture, marble bathrooms, and high-tech control panels, set within a tower that overlooks the Ch
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In this legendary 1887 hotel and modern tower, many of the 393 rooms now have floor-to-ceiling windows, with spectacular views of the busy Chao Phraya
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This outdoor restaurant has no English sign but is located opposite My Beauty spa. It's a dump, with wash hung out to dry and stray cats in the backgr
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This humble place, with a fast-food sheen that could be at home in any L.A. strip mall, features Isan food, from Thailand's northeast. From raw mango
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Ruen Mallika, with a menu as thick as the Talmud, is as much a restaurant as a veritable encyclopedia of Thai food. A traditional nobleman's teak hous
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Housed inside the upscale Ma Du Zi Hotel, La Truffe serves southern French cuisine crafted by chef Yuya Okuda. Signature dishes include the duck foie
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A new Sukhumvit favorite, serving Western dishes accented with Eastern spices.
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At the Oriental hotel; renovated in the style of a 1930's Shanghai dance hall.
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One of Bangkok's most serene temples, a 26-foot-high Buddha sits snugly within Bangkok's tallest vihara, or assembly hall, surrounded by murals that d
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The Thailand Cultural Centre opened in 1987 to celebrate the 60th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The center was designed and built by the Thai g
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Woe to a hairy man in the world’s hottest city. Bangkok: where the three so-called seasons—Hot, Wet, and Why are you doing this to me?
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In a quiet garden abode, with hi-so (high society) maidens chirping quietly on their cell phones while waiting for their appointments, guests are serv
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Tapas Room Club, with its friendly vibe, is a nice introduction to the lay of the land. Here, a disco ball is still a disco ball, and five dollars wil
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Le Fenix hotel's rooftop bar has hammocks and tables in a garden setting.
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A tubular wonder, Bed resembles, from different angles, a sleek flashlight, a robotic eye, or the beginning of a Martian invasion. Once past the bounc
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Got handicrafts and natural Thai beauty products from brands such as Harnn and Thann.
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Known as the “Jewel of Asia,” Siam Paragon Mall is an expansive shopping center located in the heart of the city in the Pathum Wan neighborhood
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