A place where you can go sightseeing by "Sensep Express Boat"

A place where you can go sightseeing by "Sensep Express Boat"

"Sensapeu Express Boat" is a boat that is not familiar to tourists because it is not introduced so much in guidebooks etc. However, it is a convenient ride that crowds of the city center fastest, at the lowest price as a foot of the common people.

There is also worry about water splashing, it is usually a boat that we can not recommend so strongly, but it is recommended for people who want to taste local feelings.

This time, we will introduce "Golden Mount Line (Western Line)" west of Pratunam pier which has many tourist attractions.

Pratunam pier

Senseap Canal Express Boat

"Isetan", "Platinum", a pier near the famous "Learn · Gaiton · Platunam" of Pink's Khao Mangai.

Before "Isetan" there are power spots such as "Pula · Piccanate" and "Pra · Tri Murrti", so it is crowded with many people day and night.

Two shrimps in front of the Isetan department store
"Pra Piccanate" and "Pra Tri Murrti"

Pra Pucanato

In front of Isetan is a square, 2 one shrine is lined up in that corner.

People who pray continually and those who pass by constantly stopped and brought a short prayer because of the place where there are many passersby.

On the right is "Pracuccanate" where the god of Shiva's son Ganesha is enshrined, which brings wealth and prosperity, wisdom and learning, entertainment benefits.

Moreover, there is also a benefit of taking away evil, and it is said that thanks to the demonstration of the merit of that misery control in the demonstration that occurred around the central world of 2010, the circumference of Ganesha was nearly intact .

When praying, I will offer yellow marigold flowers, sugarcane, banana, garland etc. which I sell at the shop in front of the shrine.

Many artists and pre-exam students visit and they are always crowded.

  • Offering: Incense 9 books, candles 2 books, marigold
  • Bonin: Ganesha
  • Address: 999 / 9 Rama 1 Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
  • Access: 8 minutes walk from BTS Chidlom Station, 5 minutes walk from Pratunam pier
  • Worshiping time: 24 hours
Pratrome Ruthi
Souvenir shop

The left side is love luck, love upsing up, peace of relationship with lover, encounter luck, job loyal, there is a god of love "Pratreme Ruthie".

There is an urban legend that love comes true when visiting 21 minutes every Thursday, and at that time many people come to pray regardless of gender.

It is a point to prepare and provide incense incense, candle, rose and all red things, roses are said to be good 9 books, some people offer red juice.

There is only God of love, especially the young lady is a popular spot.

A set of offerings can be bought in front of the shrine.

  • Offering: Red incense 9 book, red candle 1 book, red rose 9 book
  • Bonin: The Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva
  • Address: 999 / 9 Rama 1 Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand
  • Access: 8 minutes walk from BTS Chidlom Station, 5 minutes walk from Pratunam pier
  • Worshiping time: 24 hours

Popular fashion malls for young people
Platinum Shopping Mall

Platinum Shopping Mall
Platinum Shopping Mall
Platinum Shopping Mall

From B1 to 4F, clothing and miscellaneous goods stores are narrowed and lined with fashion malls.

B1 to 2F are ladies' clothes, 3F is a bag, 4F is a leather shoe and bag, and 5F is a shoe floor.

There are shops with good sense, so you can find what you want.

However, it is said that it is cheap at a wholesale price in a guide book etc. but it is not so cheap. (Sometimes the same product is sold a bit cheaper at Chatuchak Weekend Market.)

  • Address: 222 Petchaburi Rd, Rachatewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
  • Access: 15 minutes walk from BTS Chidlom Station, 5 minutes walk from Pratunam pier
  • Opening hours: Moon, fire, tree: 9: 00 ~ 20: 00 Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday: 8: 00 ~ 20: 00
  • Closing days: None

I also go for pro purchase professionals
The Palladium World Shopping

The Palladium World Shopping
The Palladium World Shopping
The Palladium World Shopping

Natural stones, leather goods, silver products, clothing items, folk crafts, etc. are sold.

There are shops where professional stockers go in and out, and the interior of the shop is a bit dark overall, but there are goods of the bargains to the eye.

When entering the shop, I feel that the number of shops is not so much, but if you look carefully, it will be around half a day quickly.

18: There are also many shops that stop shopping from the 00 position, and as time approaches, we are preparing for closing and some shops can not be found calmly, so we recommend early arrival.

There are many cheap massage stores on the 2 floor, so you can use it lightly when you are tired.

  • Address: 555 Ratchaprarop Rd, Khwaeng Makkasan, Khet Ratchathewi, กรุงเทพมหานคร 10400
  • Access: 15 minutes walk from BTS Chidlom Station, 5 minutes walk from Pratunam pier
  • Opening hours:10:00~19:00
  • Closing days: None

Pratunam Market – Famous Market with Cheap Fashion Items

Pratunam Market
Pratunam Market
Pratunam Market
Pratunam Market
Pratunam Market

Pratunam is the meaning of "water gate", because the water gate of the Senseap canal was near, the surrounding area is called so.

Many clothing shops gathered in many areas from Peppley Street to Indra Regent Hotel, and they are always crowded with tourists and local people.

When entering a narrow alleys, clothing shops line up in a row, there are crowds that are difficult to walk, crowds are close to Takeshita-dori in Tokyo Harajuku but the Thai people who rush quickly pass through the thrusul to go.

There is also a moment where you can go through the vicinity of the bike and the load carrying loads, the mobile fruit stalls, the drink stalls, and the food stalls that deep-fried with oil, passing the livelihood and feeling the danger.

Many traders who come to buy as wholesale markets from Japan also visit and see a figure stuffed with clothing items in a suitcase and frantically passing through the crowd.

There are a lot of shops of cheap fashion type, and it is considerably cheap by negotiation if you buy it all at once.

Nearby, there is a high-rise 2018 floor high-rise building, Baiyok 8 building which is the highest in Bangkok (85 Years 2).

Access is inconvenient and crowded, but the price is cheap and there are lots of goods, so it is worth a visit.

  • Address: 869 / 15 Ratchaprarop Rd, Khwaeng Thanon Phaya Thai, Khet Ratchathewi Bangkok 10400
  • Access: 20 minutes walk from BTS Chidlom Station, 7 minutes walk from Pratunam pier
  • Opening hours:10:00~21:00
  • Closing days: By store

Kaomangai's famous store
Learn · Gaiton · Pratunam

Khao Managai
Learn · Gaiton · Pratunam

Popular as a shop of Khao Mangai (boiled chicken rice), the so-called "shop of pink Kao Mangai", "Lahn · Gaiton · Platoon Nam" is always crowded from early in the morning until late at night, especially at lunch time It is a famous shop in a famous shop.

The popular secret is said to be in an incompatible recipe that combines homemade boiled chicken and highly fragrant jasmine rice.

When eating a spicy sauce containing special blue chilli in soft meat, the body burns with the stimulation of blue pepper after the deliciousness of the meat, but the body will burn, but the special dish you eat crazy without eating sweat, is.

In addition to the boiled chicken, the thing with crisp fried chicken is called "Khao Mangai Totow", some people eat luxuriously by placing a double order with boiled chicken and fried chicken on both rice I will.

  • Address: 960-962 Phetchaburi Rd, Khwaeng Makkasan, Khet Ratchathewi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10400
  • Access: 20 minutes walk from BTS Chidlom Station, 5 minutes walk from Pratunam pier
  • Opening hours: 5: 30 to 14: 30 17: 00 to 4: 00
  • Closing days: None

W1 Hua Chang pier

Close to Siam and MBK (Maboon Clone Center), a pier beside the bridge of "Paya Tayi Avenue" there is "Jim Thompson's House" famous for King Thai Silk.

King Thai Silk's mansion
"Jim Thompson's House"

Jim Thompson's HouseAfter getting off at Hua Chang Pier and heading west on the north side of the Sensee Canal, a traditional Thai high floor building will appear at 3 Quartile.

This place is the residence Jim Thompson known as King Thai Silk spent 1959 years from 8 year.

Jim Thompson has a talent for architecture, design and dyeing technology, fascinated by the beautiful silk that I met in Thailand, revived the silk industry in Thailand that was abandoned.

We will incorporate the sense of Westerners preference and complete Thai silk as an exotic art piece.

1967 Year 3 The mysterious disappearance was taken during the vacation in Malaysia in January, and even now his footsteps remain unknown.

At Jim Thompson 's house, old art objects such as Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar which he gathered before, are exhibited and tours in the hall are conducted in each language, including Japanese.

The entrance is decorated with chandeliers and valuable collections such as pottery, sculpture, Buddhist statues and books of the study are almost always displayed at that time.

It is a valuable space where you can see traditional Thai architecture and art works.

In addition, there are gardens, restaurants and silk shops, which are full of highlights, such as the demonstration of Thai women's raw silk dressed in ethnic costumes and the dance of Thai dance.

Tropical trees such as palm and banana grow up in the garden which Jim Thompson called "jungle", and flowers depicted as product motifs are also planted.

In Thailand there are cultures that do not find value in old things, so "Jim Thompson's House" where a lot of antique art items which can not be seen much else are left is a valuable facility that can be touched on Thai history and culture is.

JIM THOMPSONHOUSE & MUSEUM

  • Location: 6 / 1, 6 / 2 Soi Kasemsan 2, Rama 1 Road Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
  • Access: 7 minutes walk from BTS National Stadium Station, 3 minutes walk from Hua Chiang Pier
  • Opening hours: Monday - Sunday 9 hours 00 minutes - 18 hours 00 minutes
  • No regular holiday
  • Price: 150B

Match anything, shopping mall where you can spend 1 days
MBK (Mercury Clone) Center

MBK (Mercury Clone) CenterMBK (Maboon Clone) Center is the most famous huge shopping center in Bangkok.

Approximately 2500 shops are also in a smaller store, and everything is sold, including clothing items, precious metals, folk crafts, foods and so on.

Unlike ordinary shopping centers, there are stores that can negotiate the price like the market, and at a folk craft store or mobile depot, the price is decided during negotiations with clerks.

We negotiate prices at miscellaneous shops, are vibrant and are very fun to shop.

Because there are a lot of stores, if you are choosing souvenirs carefully in the shop, it is fulfilling enough to get 1 Nikkei in no time and is a popular spot for tourists.

Because there are many shops such as folk crafts, miscellaneous goods and aroma, it is a perfect place for souvenir selection.

MBK Center (Maboon Clone Center)

  • Address: 444 8th Fl. MBK Center Phayathai Rd., Pathumwan Bangkok 10330
  • Access: From XXUMX exit from BTS's National Stadium Station, walk 4 minutes from Hua Chiang Pier
  • Opening hours: 10: 00 to 22: 00
  • No regular holiday

W2 Sapan Charoenpol pier

After going south down "Banthatong Road" which passes beside Saparn · Chalungpon pier, past the intersection of Rama 1 street, and entering the third alleyway Chulalongkorn Soi 8 there is Sombo Honten Headquarters.

Shops brought from "Phu-Papon Curry"
"Somboon · Restaurant Main Store"

Phu Puppong Curry

"Somboon" restaurant is a famous restaurant that produced "Phu-Papon Curry (stir-fried curry powder crab)".

The fluffy eggs wrapped crab and curry powder and the curry finished with Thai seasoning is a dish that combines Chinese and ethnic.

Pepper and Namplic Pao (Chili in oil) are used for seasoning, but rather than Thai food, it is like a Chinese cuisine, it is a gentle taste with less irritation.

The mild, creamy "Somboon" 's "Pooh Patong Curry" is very tasty, the original seasoned flavors fit the taste of the Japanese people.

When ordering 'Phu Pu Pon Curry', the crabs with shell are on the base, but you can also choose only crab's body (called Nua Poo) that made it easier to eat without shells.

Shell crabs look more luxurious, but considering ease of eating, it may be better to just crab body.

Do not worry if you asked for shells.

Previously, as I thought about how to eat shell crabs, an aunt of a clerk spoke and handled us well.

It was very delicious!

  • Address: 895 / 6 - 12 Chula Soi8, Bangthadthong Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
  • Access: 8 minutes walk from BTS National Stadium, 8 minutes walk from Sapaan and Chalung Pon pier
  • Opening hours: 16: 00 to 23: 30 (Last order 22: 30)
  • Closing days: None

W3 Boat Market (Bobe Market) Pier

Wholesale market for super cheap clothing
"Beauvais market"

Bobe Market

The "Bobe Market" has spread to a place just off the Bobe pier of the Senseap Canal.

"Beauvais" are Thai words meaning "bustle", also known as "fight market" and crowded as a wholesale market for garments for retailers.

Goods that you see in Bangkok's stalls and local clothing stores were sold at a discount.

There are not many fashionable items like Bangkok 's fashion mall "Platinum", but T - shirts are on the order of 1 ~ 50 ~ 80B, and if you make a bulk purchase it will cheaper further.

There are shops where T-shirts and polo shirts are sold in 10B in a set of 500, and underwear and fitness equipment are around 1 60 to 100B.

Also, at the center of the market there is a shopping mall with a pretty season called "Boe ba tower", and clothing items are sold to the underground 1 floor to 6 floor.

Unlike the outdoor “Beauvais Market”, the products we sell are slightly stylish T-shirts with 3 pieces and some cheap stores such as 200B. There were also 1 ~ 200B photos.

In addition, there were dozens of shops creating original T - shirts and polo shirts, some people ordered in large quantities with original designs, and seemed to order T - shirts for events here.

There are shops that retail to the general customers, although there is a shade as a wholesale market to retailers, but there are stores that will retail to the general customers, so you can get cheap clothing items to compete for 1.2 in Bangkok. 15: There are stores that start shops from past 00 so let's visit early.

  • Address: 488 Krung Kasem Rd, Khwaeng Khlong Maha Nak, Khet Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok 10100 Thailand
  • Access: 7 minutes by taxi from BTS National Stadium Station, 30 seconds walk from Bo Beaux Pier
  • Opening hours: 6: 00 to 17: 00
  • Closing days: None

W4 Punfar Leelard Pier

At the end of the West Line go to "Ratchadamundun Clan Street" which extends from the Royal Palace square and Democratic Memorial Tower, immediately to the "Wat Sulakate" called the Golden Mountain.

There is a golden mountain overlooking the city
"Watt Sulacate" (Wat Saket)

Where you can go sightseeing by "Senseep Express Boat" Wat Srakheat (Wat Saket)

There is an artificial hill with a height of about 78 meters, a towering golden pagoda rising above the hill, an attractive temple, people are familiar with this temple as "golden mountain (Pucao Tone)" I will.

In the era of Rama 3 the formation began simulating the "Wat Pucao Tone" in the old city Ayutaya, building a pagoda in the era of Rama 4, and inside the pagoda during Rama 5 era (Buddha's remains ) Was dedicated and completed.

There is a corridor of a shape that surrounds the pagoda at the summit, from there you can see the city and it is a very nice view.

※ In Japan it is known as "Wat Saket", but the pronunciation in Thai is "Wat Sulakate".

  • Address: Baan Bat Rd, Pomprab Sattru Pai, Bangkok 10100
  • Access: 2 minutes walk from Punha fur · Leirat pier
  • 8: 00: 17: 00
  • Regular holiday: No holidays
  • Pagoda admission fee: 50B

"Khao San Street" called sacred ground of backpackers

Car O'san street

"Khao San Road" called traveler sanctuaries all over the world called the holy land of backpackers is just a casual guesthouse, shops and restaurants on the street of 300m.

A long time ago, backpackers traveling not only in Thailand but also in Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Nepal, etc. were based on "Khaosan" firstly and gathered information and purchased airline tickets in many cases, In recent years everything came to be done on the net, and customer service became less than at peak time.

However, there are also backpackers visiting "Khaosan" for long-distance buses and local-origin tours that can not be booked online, and even now they still have a strong popularity.

Car O'san street
Car O'san street

In addition, we have opened cafes, pubs and clubs like Westerners one after another, and succeeded in attracting tourists other than backpackers and young people in Thailand, and they are showing excitement.

The current "Khao San" has transformed as an exotic street where shops and restaurants for foreign travelers line up, as well as backpacker streets lined by cheap hotels.

Car O'san street

In the quiet town during the day, tourists can explore the surroundings and see the relaxation at Pattay's stalls and cafes.

Many inexpensive street massage shops are also available, so it is easy to get Thai massage, so it seems that tourists walking away are resting at massage shops and have a relaxing time.

When it is night, clubs and pubs are opened, a loud dance music is played, and the color of the night spot spots where domestic and overseas young people gather converts to a dense city.

  • Address: 165-167 Khaosan Rd, Khwaeng Talat Yot, Khet Phra Nakhon, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10200 Thailand
  • Access: 10 minutes by taxi from Hua Lamphong MRT station, 15 minutes by walk from Punha fur · Leirat pier

Finally

How was it?

The "Sensapee Express Boat" west line extending from the city center to the Old Town is useful as a means of transportation that can be reached from the city fastest when going to "Car Osan", and some tourists challenge the boat.

Because there are many sightseeing places along the way, it may be good to make a canal boat debut.

I want to read it together

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  • BTS Saladaen Station, MRT Silom Station, MRT Lumpinee Station (Silom Area)