Car Hire Bangkok -suvarnabhumi Airport Int., Thailand

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See: Bangkok has some breathtakingly beautiful Buddhist temples, so spend a day ambling the grounds of the glittering Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) and Grand Palace, and nearby Wat Pho, which houses the colossal Reclining Buddha. The area is home to some great museums, including the fascinating National Museum, the largest in South East Asia, and the National Gallery, which displays traditional and contemporary Thai art. The Amulet Market nearby is also worth browsing. In the late afternoon, take a ferry across the Chao Phraya River to the ornate Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), adorned in pieces of porcelain. If you love silk and appreciate architecture, visit Jim Thompson’s House, where you can tour the traditional wooden Thai buildings the silk merchant lived in that now house his impressive art collection.

Shop: Bangkok’s malls are brilliant and with high temperatures, high humidity and lots of rain, they make sense. Siam Centre, where Bangkok’s hipsters shop, is home to the funkiest shops, including lots of Thai designers. My favourites are Fly Now, Greyhound, Wonder Anatomie, and Tipayaphongpoosanaphong. Siam Paragon is a colossal mall specialising in luxury brands and exclusive designer boutiques, like Prada and Gucci, along with homegrown Paragon department store, and mouthwatering food halls. MBK is where tourists love to shop for hippy clothes for the beach, Singha beer t-shirts, cheap Thai handicrafts and souvenirs, mobile phones and cameras, and luggage to cart it all home in. Across from Siam Centre, Siam Square, while not a mall, has lanes lined with young designer boutiques, as well as more cheap clothes and shoes. On the weekend sprawling Chatuchak Market has everything from fabulous little shops selling interesting clothes, accessories, and jewellery to hill tribe handicrafts.

Eat: Many visitors treat Bangkok as little more than a pit stop before heading to the beach, but it’s worth staying simply for the food. From street food stalls to fine diners, no other city has such a wide range of eating options. The top end Thai restaurants are superb, such as Nahm run by Australian Thai food authority, David Thompson, who pushes the boundaries with flavour and authenticity; Bo.Lan, the restaurant of two of his former chefs which is equally interesting; and Sra Bua, which does a molecular take on Thai cuisine.

Also taking a traditional cuisine in a different direction is Indian restaurant Gaggan, while D’Sens tackles contemporary French. A fascinating mix of French and Thai is on the menu at La Table de Tee with a Thai chef experimenting, while another Thai chef tackles gastro pub food expertly at Hyde & Seek. Also a great casual choice is Soul Food Mahanakorn, with fiery Thai specials and killer cocktails. If you’re shopping the malls, try the spicy cuisine at Café Chilli. For street food, head to Chinatown or Soi 38 in Thong Lor.

Drink: Bangkok boasts some of the world’s best drinking spots, from glamorous rooftop bars to quirky local watering holes. If you’re not afraid of heights, there are several stylish lofty bars with spectacular birds-eye-views that are fabulous for sipping cocktails, including Sky Bar, Moon Bar, and Long Table. For more of a local experience, and if you prefer to keep things casual, head to the cool neighbourhood of Thong Lor and dimly-lit The Iron Fairies, a blacksmith shop by day with a nightly jazz band; WTF, owned by four local creative types, which has a photography gallery upstairs and does killer cocktails; and Tuba, a furniture shop that transforms into a funky retro-style bar at night.

Stay: Bangkok has a mindboggling array of hotels, from chic budget places to some of Asia’s most luxurious hotels. Stay near a Skytrain (BTS) station, which makes zipping across town a breeze. Sukhumvit Road is best for shopaholics, Asoke is a business district, but is home to brilliant restaurants and bars, while Nana is known for its street market and nightlife. At the top end, I like sumptuous Siam Kempinski, slapbang in the Siam shopping district. Banyan Tree is a quintessentially Thai hotel, that’s home to one of Bangkok’s best spas.Stylish, all-suite, boutique hotel Hansar is a magnet for fashion-conscious hipsters. S31 is a sleek, contemporary hotel on Sukhumvit Road.Set in a 1940s house in tranquil tropical gardens just off busy Sukhumvit Road, Ariyasom Villa is one of Bangkok’s most atmospheric hotels and one of my favourites.

Walk: Bangkok is not the best city for walking. Aside from the heat and humidity, the narrow, damaged footpaths are crowded with food stalls, so if you’re going to walk anywhere, make it a street food-directed stroll. Sukhumvit Soi 38 is the best place to start – compact and quiet compared to other eat streets, you can tuck into anything here, from Pad Thai noodles to pork satay sticks. Tackle Chinatown next, where after dark Yaowarat Road becomes one big eat street, lined with all sorts of outdoor eateries set up for the night. If you prefer to be guided so you can focus on the task of eating, sign up for a walking tour with Bangkok Food Tours , ran by a trio of Thai foodies. I did their excellent walk through historic Bangrak. What I loved about it was that in addition to tasting everything from roast duck to Muslim curries, we stopped at some of the area’s key sights, including one of Bangkok’s most beloved temples, Wat Suan Phlu, established in 1797, and the splendid Assumption Cathedral, dating to 1821. They also offer Chinatown walks, and a bike tour when you’re done walking.

Get Out:Hua Hin, a couple of hours south of Bangkok, has long been a retreat for Thai royalty and is a popular weekend escape for Bangkok’s locals. Hua Hin has a bit of everything – sandy beaches, stylish boutiques, superb seafood, brilliant restaurants, luxurious spas, and beautiful resorts. My favourites are the Anantara, Hotel de la Paix, Aleenta, and Six Senses Evason. From Hua Hin, it’s a short drive to the lush Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, home to an abundance of birdlife and long tailed macaques. Evenings in Hua Hin are spent browsing the buzzy night marke or watch Muay Thai (Thai boxing).

Listen: Bangkok has a brilliant local live music scene with venues all over the city. Some of my favourites are Saxophone Pub and Brown Sugar for jazz and blues, and Parking Toys and Overtone Music Cave for Thai rock and pop, punk and ska. For something quirky, the restaurant Ventiane Kitchen, has nightly performances of bands from Thailand’s northeastern Isaan region, which play a unique form of Thai-language folk-country music.

Avoid: Walking too much during the middle of the day – Bangkok is hot year-round and humidity is high, so it’s easy to get dehydrated. Do your sightseeing in the morning and late afternoon and spend the middle of the day eating lunch, shopping in an air-conditioned mall, or basking by a hotel swimming pool. Evenings are best spent snacking on street food or hitting the bars.