Chinatown should definitely be on the travel list! Even if you do not really want to go shopping, Chinatown has a special atmosphere as a neighborhood, which shows up especially in the evening. Metropolitans are accustomed to neon signs illuminating the nightlife, but when a big city dives into a colorful sea of lights, it's always an eye-catcher.
Chinatown offers in the evenings many opportunities for a intensive and amazing shopping tour, and in the evening especially you will find delicious food. Chinatown is in the evening a place where many tourists arrive and so open many food stalls in addition to the already existing shops.
Chinatown
- Chinatown - at night, in and around Yaowarat Road
Chinatown
Chinatown - at night, in and around Yaowarat Road
Chinatown has two faces: a neighborhood where you can go shopping in many shops and a neighborhood that attracts tourists in the evening in colorful neon light and the many food stalls, especially in the evening, makes is difficult to decide where you should go to delicious food.
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Worth knowing about Chinatown
Location & How to get to Chinatown
What can you see and buy in Chinatown?
Near to Chinatown
The Chinatown area can not be reached with BTS, if you want you can take the MRT to Hua Lamphong Station and walk or drive the rest of the way by taxi or tuk tuk. Chinatown is closest to the river bend to the Chao Phraya River and Ratchawong Pier. From the pier, you can get to Yaowarat Road via Ratchawong Road and then you're in the center of Chinatown.
In Chinatown, there is everything, just about everything. In the main streets you will find many usual shops, cafes, jewelry stores selling jewelry and gold. The bear is raging in the narrow side streets, here you will find the countless little shops offering everything from souvenirs, clothes and gifts. In the evening, Chinatown is more of a stop for food, an ample shopping offers during the day.
If you are ever here, about 2km to 3km away is the Royal Palace / Grand Palace. A temple complex with very beautiful buildings.