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Walden Home CafeIt genuinely feels like going to someone's stylish Bangkok home rather than a café. Khlong San gives it an entirely different atmosphere from central Bangkok.
Bang Rak and the Riverside: 12 Places to Ride To
Charoen Krung and the Chao Phraya, from the Bang Rak congee counters down to the Rama III bridges. The riverside is where Bangkok's sunset actually happens, and most of the good vantage points cost nothing: a bridge deck, a pier, a bazaar car park. Ride down for the light and stay for dinner.
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Sunset spot
Lat Ya RdBest viewpoint for the Big Buddha: the pedestrian crossing bridge near Lat Ya Soi 6. Looking west toward Wat Paknam, the Buddha appears huge above the Bangkok buildings.
Photo: Preecha / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
Riverside viewpoint near Bang Kho Laem - much closer to the water, and far less tourist-postcard than the Rattanakosin riverfront.
Sunset spot
King Taksin the Great BridgeWalking bridge; Chaloem Phrakiat Forest Park.
Sunset spot
Rama III BridgeRama III riverside / pier area.
Sunset spot
ICONSIAMICONSIAM riverside - modern Bangkok.
Sunset spot
Asiatique The RiverfrontAsiatique riverside - the touristy classic.
Photo: Kasom SKULTAB / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (resized)
A preserved early/mid-20th-century Bangkok house showing how a comfortable Bangkok family actually lived - furniture, rooms, objects, gardens and household details. Free entry.
Hidden gem
Bang Rak BazaarNot beautiful, not famous, not Top-10 Bangkok. But you can walk, eat, browse local businesses and see a completely different side of Bang Rak.
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Maha Set is one of those Bang Rak side streets where food combines with a walk through old commercial Bangkok.
Particularly good because of the time - go late.
CafeKhlong San
The Green Craft HouseMore an art and craft house surrounded by greenery than a conventional coffee shop, and Khlong San lets you combine it with the older Thonburi neighbourhood.
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