Surrounding Lake Ratchada, this is the first stage in converting the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly into a park. It offers jogging, cycling (with bike hire),...
Thanon Ratchadaphisek
Amid Benjasiri's fountains, ponds and pavilions stand sculptures by Thai artist Misiem Yipintsoi. The park hosts festivals, and exercisers relish the skate...
Thanon Sukhumvit
Its history means this small, elegant park is underused. Chuwit Kamonwisit, a moustachioed former massage tycoon known as Sia Ang ('bathtub godfather'), was...
Sukhumvit Soi 8
This handsome cultural centre has an important library and holds Thursday lectures, exhibitions and study trips, and not just for members. In its...
131 Sukhumvit Soi 21
Recent upgrades make this strip the most neon-intensive and least aggressive go-go strip, and so more favoured by expats.
Sukhumvit Soi 23
One of the world's best design centres, the Thailand Creative & Design Centre (more often, TCDC) inspires Thais with global design and showcases Thai...
Emporium, 7th floor
This temple by Khlong Prakhanong holds a shrine to Mae Nak, who died in childbirth over 150 years ago while her husband was at war. In a much-filmed legend,...
749 Onnut Soi 7