Down a narrow soi, the pick of Yannawa's waterfront seafood restaurants serves every seafish, shell and crustacean combo in the Thai repertoire. Set simply...

Now in its third location, this colourful (and we mean bright) hotel dares to think differently. Guru of Thai kitsch, Anusorn 'Nong' Ngernyuang applies the...

This revived talad nam (floating market) is quick to reach, yet very local. Thais prize the local speciality sausages, elephant ear curry and potted...

This protected wooded peninsula formed by an oxbow in the river lies in Samut Prakarn province. It feels like the countryside yet lies just 15 mins by road...

Museums of modern Thai art are rare, but this private collection houses 120 major works, which are displayed on lawns, ledges, warehouse gantries and the...

Follow muffled music to an inconspicuous, white, wooden-walled forecourt with a Thai sign. It hides table after table of merry hipster students and...

Tours or hired longtail boats go to Koh Kred. Others ply the picturesque canals, viewing daily waterborne lifestyles around wooden stilt houses on a...

This respite from market mayhem is branded a 'Learning Park', with sculptures and playgrounds. The small Rail Hall of Fame houses old locomotives and...

This kaleidoscopic labyrinth of 8,000-plus stalls is well signed into numbered, colour-coded sections divided by soi and stall number, but is better...

Fake attracts a more mature, moneyed set of well-coiffed young men than its rivals on either side, El Nin-Yo or Obama (formerly Mogue, then Celebrity)....

An Oscar-themed disco show hall held together by neon. Street-dressed youth raves to live luuk grung T-pop among tiny tables piled with whisky mixer sets...

Comfy and modern, Bangkok's main art-house cinema offers niche and festival films, some with gay themes.

Most major rock/pop concerts - Thai and inter - hire the 12,000-seat IMPACT Arena in Asia' vast complex. Book via Thai Ticket Major...

There's a diverse roster of morlam/luuk thung (daily), from dancing girl revues to formation crooners in Day-Glo tuxedoes, at this comfortable venue. It has...