Thailand

Bangkok / Area around Silom Road

Silom Road, Bangkok

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The Silom Road area is a modern business and tourist district with a high density of banks as well as the finest hotels in the city.

It is not a main shopping area, and in spite of many tourist oriented hotels, it is not the main area for tourists on package tours. For shopping, the Siam Square area has many advantages over the Silom Road area, and the newer and faster expanding area for visitors on package tours is along Sukhumvit Road.

Map of the Silom Road Area

For the business traveler, Silom Road is convenient because the distances to banks and offices of internationally active companies are short.

The Silom Road area also has the oldest nightlife district for foreign visitors, called Patpong.

Near to Silom Road is Lumphini Park, indeed a nice walled garden of about one square kilometer in size, with an artificial lake, big enough to support a company that rents out small rowboats, and a joggers' path furnished with structures and instruments for exercising. Lumphini Park closes at about 20:00 - actually a shame because it would be nice to stroll there in the evenings. During much of the day, Bangkok's climate is too hot for walking around outside.