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CITY GUIDES: The modern metropolis stands tall as a cultural capital of the world, with cutting-edge food, glamorous sky bars and suitcase-filling shopping to match, says Lucie Grace
Bangkok has also been named "World's Best City" by Travel + Leisure magazine's survey of its readers for four consecutive years since 2010. [6] As the principal gateway for arriving visitors, Bangkok is visited by the majority of international tourists to the country. Domestic tourism is also prominent.
The city's nightlife is the subject of the song One Night in Bangkok performed by Murray Head which includes the line: "One night in Bangkok can make a hard man humble". ". While the choruses extol Bangkok's reputation and exciting atmosphere in the song, the American in the music video would denounce the city, including its red-light district, "muddy old river" and "reclining Bu
Patpong is within walking distance from the BTS Skytrain Silom Line's Sala Daeng Station, and MRT Blue Line's Si Lom Station. Patpong 1 is the main street with many bars of various kinds. Patpong 2 also has many similar bars. Next to these lies Soi Jaruwan, sometimes referred to as Patpong 3 but best known as Silom Soi 4.
Talat Rotfai (Thai: ตลาดรถไฟ, pronounced [tā.làːt rót.fāj], also known as the Train Night Market, is a chain of night markets in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally located near the Chatuchak Weekend Market on State Railway of Thailand (SRT) land, it has since relocated to Srinagarindra Road, with a second branch on ...
Hua Mak station (Thai: สถานีหัวหมาก, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː hǔa màːk]) is a station on the Eastern Line of the State Railway of Thailand, an Airport Rail Link station and an MRT station on the Yellow Line, located on Srinagarindra Road in Phatthanakan Subdistrict, Suan Luang District, Bangkok.
The station is located underground under Sanam Chai Road. During the excavation of the site to build the station, multiple historical artifacts were found, such as coins from the reign of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn. These were given to the Fine Arts Department and Museum Siam for preservation and research.
The station was officially referred to by the State Railway of Thailand as Bangkok railway station or Sathani Rotfai Krung Thep (สถานีรถไฟกรุงเทพ) in Thai. [3] Hua Lamphong ( Thai : หัวลำโพง ) was originally the informal name of the station, used by locals, tourist guides and the public press. [ 4 ]