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● Best season Bangkok & nearby20 km from Bangkok
Bangkok Old Town
Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Chinatown
Right in Bangkok — Grand Palace, Wat Arun and Chinatown night food. Go by BTS and boat from Samut Prakan.
CityTemplesFoodHistoryMarkets Ideal: 1 days20 km · 45 min
How to go
BTS Saphan Taksin → Chao Phraya Express boat (orange flag, 16 ฿) → Tha Chang pier
Entry
Grand Palace 500 ฿ · Wat Pho 300 ฿ · Wat Arun 200 ฿
Best for
First-time visitors, temples, night food
Season in Nov ● Best season
Good all year. In Mar–May, enter the Grand Palace at 8 am when it opens. Dress code: cover your knees and shoulders.
Day-by-day plan
2 days
1Day 1
- Chao Phraya boat to Tha Chang
- Grand Palace + Wat Phra Kaew (2 hrs, dress code)
- Wat Pho reclining Buddha + massage school
- Lunch at Tha Tien
- Cross-river ferry 5 ฿ → Wat Arun
- Museum Siam or the flower market (Pak Khlong Talat)
- Chinatown Yaowarat street food
- MRT from Wat Mangkon back home
2Day 2
- Jim Thompson House (200 ฿)
- Chatuchak (Sat–Sun) or Icon Siam
- Lumphini Park / Benjakitti Forest Park
- Asiatique sunset + night market
Food to try
- •Chinatown (Yaowarat) night street food — T&K seafood, kuay jab
- •Pad thai at Thip Samai / Pratu Phi
- •Mango sticky rice at the Wat Pho corner
Good to know
Grand Palace scam: do not trust a tuk-tuk driver who says it is 'closed today'. It is open from 8:30.
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฿2,600 / per person
2 days · 2 people · ฿5,240