10 Off the Beaten Track Bangkok Experiences
Unusual Things to See and Do in Bangkok
Secrets are always fun to explore, and in Bangkok they are plentiful! Some are spoken of only in whispers, others take years to discover and a few are outrageously underrated. But one thing unites those picked for our list: all will enhance your enjoyment of this exciting city.
Most of the things below are door-openers (specific places you should visit), but we’ve thrown in a few eye-openers (curious facts) for good measure. Check them out before they’re “discovered” by the crowds!
1. Pak Khlong Talad (Flower Market)
Old City - Rattanakosin (near Wat Pho)
Categorías: Ir de compras, Poco común
If you’re blooming mad about flowers, don’t miss Pak Khlong Talad. The city’s biggest flower market offers an exotic sensory treat, especially between 2am and sunrise, when lorries brimming with freshly cut flora, fruit and vegetables rattle in from neighbouring provinces and this unassuming roadside bursts into a symphony of fragrant smells and vibrant colours. Roses, daisies, chrysanthemums, indigenous orchids – they’re all here in droves, and at minuscule prices. Leer más
Dirección: Soi San Chao Ban Mo, Wang Burapha Phirom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Horario: 24/7
Pak Khlong Talad (Flower Market)
2. Rod Fai Market
Eastern suburbs
Categorías: Ir de compras, Comida, Ambiente nocturno
Rod Fai Market is an open-air bazaar just behind Seacon Square Shopping Mall on Srinakarin Road Soi 51. The vintage look never goes out of style here. Spread on the ground is all kinds of collectables and memorabilia from yesteryear, from antique furniture to hippy fashion to Mao kitsch. The overall feel is down-to-earth cool. Leer más
Dirección: 51 Srinagarindra Road, Nong Bon, Prawet, Bangkok 10250, Thailand
Horario: Thursday–Sunday from 5 pm to 1 am (closed from Mondays to Wednesdays)
Teléfono: +66 (0)81 827 5885
Rod Fai Market
3. Erawan Museum
Samut Prakan (outside Bangkok)
Categorías: Familias, Historia, Fotos, Poco común
A huge, 3-headed elephant statue standing upon an equally gargantuan pedestal is the first thing you see when visiting Samut Prakan’s Erawan Museum. It’s a splendid, towering beast: 250 tons in weight, 29 metres high, 39 metres long, and cast in a pure green-hued copper. The sculpture is the museum itself, which houses a wide range of artefacts in a psychedelic setting. Leer más
Dirección: 99 Bang Mueang Mai, Samut Prakan 10270, Thailand
Horario: Daily from 9 am to 7 pm
Teléfono: +66 (0)2 371 3135
Erawan Museum
4. Bangkok Forensic Museum
Riverside - opposite Grand Palace
Categorías: Familias, Historia
Bangkok Forensic Museum, located inside the Siriraj Hospital, offers a sinister exhibition for the morbid or for travellers searching for something extremely unusual. Expect deformed babies and mutated organs preserved in jars, as well as the mummified remains of Bangkok’s most prolific cannibal. Leer más
Dirección: 2 Wanglung Road, Bangkok Noi, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
Horario: Wednesday–Monday from 10 am to 5 pm (closed on Tuesdays)
Teléfono: +66 (0)2 419 2601
Bangkok Forensic Museum
5. Papaya Studio Bangkok
Ladprao, near Chatuchak
Categorías: Ir de compras, Poco común
Papaya Studio Bangkok is like no other shop you have even seen before. Many have heard of it, but few have actually stepped inside it. Trying to list the amazing objects, items, figures, toys, household objects and furniture tightly packed next to each other would be impossible, but you can’t help but notice the pinball machines, Vespas, and full-size comic characters like Flash, Wolverine, Green Lantern and Batman, all proudly standing next to... a pair of giant rabbits. Leer más
Dirección: 306/1 Soi Lat Phrao, Phlabphla, Wang Thonglang, Bangkok 10310, Thailand
Horario: Daily from 9 am to 7 pm
Teléfono: +66 (0)2 539 8220
Papaya Studio Bangkok
6. Shrine of Goddess Tubtim
Chidlom
Categorías: Historia, Poco común
Also known as the Bangkok Phallic Shrine, this unique place of worship honours a female fertility spirit called Chao Mae Tubtim. Hundreds of penises, from small wooden carvings to big stone sculptures that stand over 2 metres tall and decorated with ribbons, make this Bangkok shrine quite unique. Women visit this shrine when they are trying to conceive, leaving offerings of lotus and jasmine. Leer más
Dirección: Nai Lert Park Heritage Home, 2 2 Witthayu Rd, Lumphini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Shrine of Goddess Tubtim
7. Thai Air Force Museum
Don Muang
Categorías: Familias, Historia, Fotos
The Royal Thai Air Force Museum has a small but surprisingly interesting plane collection hidden away near Don Mueang International Airport. Covering the entire history of Thai Aviation since the very first biplanes, about 30 aircraft are displayed partly outdoor, partly indoor inside a couple of large hangars. Leer más
Dirección: 171 Paholyothin Road, Don Mueang, Bangkok 10210, Thailand
Horario: Tuesday–Sunday from 8 am to 4 pm (closed on Mondays)
Teléfono: +66 (0)2 534 1853
Thai Air Force Museum
Categorías: Familias, Fotos, Asequible
Rama IX Park is the largest green space in Bangkok, with a beautiful botanical garden, large lake and gardens inspired by countries around the world. Founded in 1987 to celebrate King Bhumibol’s 60th birthday, a visit to this large park on the outskirts of Bangkok is a great break from the city. Despite all the interesting things to see, the park remains surprisingly free of tourists and offers a genuine experience of how locals spend their afternoons. Leer más
Dirección: Suan Luang Rama 9, Sukhumvit 103 Road, Prawet, Bangkok 10250, Thailand
Horario: Daily from 5 am to 7 pm
Teléfono: +66 (0)2 328 1385
Rama IX Park
9. Khlongs in Bangkok
Riverside
Categorías: Historia, Fotos, Poco común
For a real sense of how locals used to live (and how some still do) – in stilted shacks, old wooden townhouses and dilapidated lean-tos – join a tour of Bangkok’s Thonburi khlongs (canals). A boat ride along the canals usually begins on the Chao Phraya, the main river that bisects Bangkok in a wide arc. From there, the narrow waterways spread into the city on either bank.
10. Baan Bat
Categorías: Historia
Baan Bat is perhaps the last existing place in Bangkok that still hammers out – by hand – the brass bowl that Buddhist monks carry with them during the morning alms round. Its name literally means ‘house of monk’s alms bowl’. The community has been producing monk’s alms bowls since the late 18th Century, but today less than 5 households continue to make a living selling their craft here.
You can find Baan Bat in a narrow backstreet just south of Wat Saket (The Golden Mount Temple). The common view here is stacks of unfinished brass bowls lying about, as well as constant banging noise echoing from all the forging.
Dirección: 55 Boriphat Road, Baan Bat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100, Thailand
Baan Bat
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