TRAVEL | Bangkok - Silom/Riverside

Silom, Bangkok's equivalent to New York's Wall street, is one of the city's most important financial districts, with glistening skyscrapers all boasting the names of financial institutions. The infamous Patpong is also situated in this area. The riverside district beside the Phraya River, joining to Silom is home to the city's most exclusive hotels, including the Oriental Hotel and Shangri-La.

Patpong

The internationally known red light district of Bangkok's sex industry

Patpong is also one of the must go night shopping destination

Lumpini Park

Bangkok's oldest and largest park is an inner-city haven of tranquility, fresh air and shade

Joe Louis Puppet Theatre

Located at the Suan Lum Night bazaar, this is a mesmerizing puppet show using traditional Thai small puppets

Silom Soi 2

The center of gay nightlife in Bangkok

Three Sixty

The Three Sixty Bar at the Bangkok Millennium Hilton provides a genuinely spectacular in-the-round vista of Bangkok’s skyline from the banks of the Chao Phraya river



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