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Stacey Brook: "If you like to be close to the action, another row of stools is available directly around the stage... first timers tend to sit in the back. Soi Cowboy is fairly straight forward, no traps or scams"
Stacey Brook: "One of the world's most famous red-light districts, Patpong is where it all started, but has long since been usurped as the 'king of the scene' by Soi Cowboy, its counterpart around Sukhumvit."
3-3/1 Sukhumvit Soi 4 (Sukhumvit Road), เขตคลองเตย, กรุงเทพมหานคร
Plaza · คลองเตย · 7 tips and reviews
Stacey Brook: Nana Plaza is Bangkok's naughty central. Notorious for its racy themed go-go bars it's a three storeys of eye-popping activity all focused around a square-shaped central atrium.
Stacey Brook: The orig in the Suburbs. Many traders selling apparel typical of other night markets. It's the one-off and hard to find items that really make Rot Fai superior to all other night markets in the city.
Stacey Brook: Famous for fake brands on sale. It is not cool like the rest in this list, but it is very popular and very downtown, hence, it is still packed with tourists every night of the week.
19 Thiam Ruam Mit Rd (opp Thailand Cultural Centre), ห้วยขวาง, กรุงเทพมหานคร
Theater · 97 tips and reviews
Stacey Brook: Billed as one of the largest stage productions in the world, Siam Niramit brings back the glorious past of Thailand through its impressive facilities and professionally produced performance.
Stacey Brook: How Bangkok used to look before all the skyscrapers arrived. Rambuttri is Khao San's more attractive, well behaved brother. The entire horse-shoe-shaped road takes around 30 minutes to walk along.
Rama I Rd (btwn Phaya Thai Rd & Henri Dunant Rd), ปทุมวัน, กรุงเทพมหานคร
Shopping Plaza · 340 tips and reviews
Stacey Brook: Siam Square itself is something of an open-air shopping complex that radiates a feeling of creativity. It is a well-known fact in Bangkok that if you want to know what is 'in', head to Siam Square.
Na Phra Lan Rd (Maha Rat Rd & Sanam Chai Rd), พระนคร, กรุงเทพมหานคร
Palace · 427 tips and reviews
Stacey Brook: If there is one must-see sight that no visit to Bangkok would be complete without, it's the dazzling, spectacular Grand Palace, undoubtedly the city's most famous landmark.