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Bangkok, Thailand at a glance

Bangkok is in Thailand, Southeast Asia. People mainly speak Thai. The currency is the Thai Baht (THB). VoyaKin maps 70 places to see here.

Temples at sunrise, street food at midnight — a city that never runs out of stories.

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Capital
Bangkok
Region
Southeast Asia
Languages
Thai
Currency
Thai Baht (THB)
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Places to see in and around Bangkok

12 of the 70 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Bangkok

    Bangkok

    City · Bangkok

    Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and largest city of Thailand.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Preecha.MJ (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Bangkok National Museum

    Bangkok National Museum

    Museum · Bangkok

    The Bangkok National Museum is the main branch museum of the National museums in Thailand and also one of the largest museums in Southeast Asia. It features exhibits of Thai art and history.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: This Photo was taken by Supanut Arunoprayote (CC BY 4.0). Map

  • Wat Saket

    Wat Saket

    Religious · Bangkok

    Wat Saket Ratchawora Mahawihan, commonly known as Wat Saket, is a Buddhist temple (wat) in the Pom Prap Sattru Phai district of Bangkok, Thailand.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Kriengsak Jirasirirojanakorn (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Siam Amazing Park

    Siam Amazing Park

    Culture · Bangkok

    Siam Amazing Park, more commonly known as Siam Park City or Suansiam, is an amusement and water park located in the Khan Na Yao district of Bangkok, Thailand. It was founded in November 1980 and remains the oldest amusement and water park complex in Southeast Asia.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Apichyy min (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Wat Phra Kaew

    Wat Phra Kaew

    Religious · Bangkok

    Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple (wat) in Thailand.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Basile Morin (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Wat Traimit

    Wat Traimit

    Religious · Bangkok

    Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan is a Theravada Buddhist temple (wat) in Samphanthawong district, the Chinatown area of the Thai capital Bangkok. Probably dating to the early Rattanakosin period, it was previously known as Wat Sam Chin (วัดสามจีน) and received its current name in 1940.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Preecha.MJ (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Museum Siam

    Museum Siam

    Museum · Bangkok

    Museum Siam is a discovery museum that is located at Sanam Chai road in Bangkok, Thailand. The museum was established in 2007 in the former building of the Ministry of Commerce.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Yakuzakorat (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Suan Pakkad Palace

    Suan Pakkad Palace

    Garden · Bangkok

    Suan Pakkad Palace or Suan Pakkard Palace is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located on Si Ayutthaya Road, south of the Victory Monument. The museum has Thai antiques on display, including Ban Chiang pottery which is over 4,000 years old.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Heinrich Damm (User:Hdamm, Hdamm at de.wikipedia.org) (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Khaosan Road

    Khaosan Road

    Town · Bangkok

    Khaosan Road or Khao San Road is a 410 m (1,350 ft)-long street in central Bangkok, Thailand, constructed in 1892 during the reign of Rama V. It is in the Bang Lamphu area of Phra Nakhon District about 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mr Bullitt (CC BY 2.5). Map

  • Tha Phra Chan

    Tha Phra Chan

    Heritage site · Bangkok

    Tha Phra Chan is a pier on Rattanakosin Island, Bangkok, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, in Phra Nakhon District. The pier is beside Thammasat University's campus of the same name. Tha Phra Chan literally means 'moon pier'.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vano111ru (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Dusit Palace

    Dusit Palace

    Fort · Bangkok

    Dusit Palace is a compound of royal residences in Bangkok, Thailand. The palace was constructed over a large area north of Rattanakosin Island between 1897 and 1901 by King Chulalongkorn.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ahoerstemeier (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Erawan Shrine

    Erawan Shrine

    Religious · Bangkok

    The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha Phrom Shrine, is a shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, which houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. The name also refers to Mahabrahma, the ruler of the Brahma realm in Buddhist cosmology.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mr.Peerapong Prasutr (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

A few words in Thai

From VoyaKin’s free Thai lessons in the app, with audio there.

  • สวัสดีsà-wàt-diihello/goodbye
  • ขอบคุณkɔ̀ɔp kunthank you
  • ขอโทษkɔ̌ɔ tôotsorry/excuse me
  • ไม่เป็นไรmâi bpen raino problem/you're welcome
  • ใช่châiyes/correct
  • ไม่ใช่mâi châino/incorrect
  • พูดpûutto speak/talk
  • ฟังfaŋto listen

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Last updated November 7, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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