Classes in English (6.30am-9pm) include meals and meditation (7-10am, 1-4pm, 6-8pm daily) and dharma talks (second and fourth Saturday of the month, 3-5pm)....

This tree-shaded former moat is lined with timber lamp-posts shaped like old city wall posts and offers a tranquil stroll. The western bank, Thanon...

The graceful former Public Works Building displays memorabilia of King Rama VII's reign (1925-35). Coverage of his youth, Eton schooling, marriage to Queen...

The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) occupies the austere modernist City Hall facing the Giant Swing. In the piazza stands a bus-length sign bearing the...

Thais believe the guardian spirits of a Thai town reside at its foundation pillar. Bangkok's birth thus dates from the auspicious time on 22 April 1782 when...

Drums occupy a quarter of the room in this tiny venue, formerly called Lullabar, at a charmingly weathered wooden house down an old town lane. Sup from the...

Buried in lanes within the block where the timber merchant street Thanon Boriphat meets Thanon Bumrung Muang, Descendants of Ayutthayan refugees maintain...

Mor Parinya is an old apothecary that offers Thai and Chinese herb preparations, plus Thai, herbal, acupressure and reflexology massages. The recipes for...

The Museum Siam doesn't mythologise 'Big Man' heroes or mould facts to the nation-building ideology. It presents in plain speaking, 'edutaining' displays,...

Old Bangkok is young at heart, with local students munching here in an upstairs room that looks more art studio than eaterie. Chill here on ice-cream, beer...

Siam's first public museum, and South-east Asia's largest, originated in 1874 as King Rama IV's collection of regalia within the Grand Palace. Opening...

Planners want to build a replacement at the Thailand Cultural Centre for this neglected venue, which has no comp-any, no café, no shop, and almost no...

This charming boutique inn has won awards, so it books out fast. Beside the Queen's Gallery, it occupies a shophouse on the site of a palace that has been...

To grasp the Thai love of flowers properly, visit this remnant of Bangkok's original fresh market. It is most spectacular from 10pm until dawn, when night...