Insight Guides City Guide Bangkok (Travel Guide with Free eBook) (Insight City Guides)

Cosmopolitan Bangkok blends evocative street markets with glitzy modern malls, Buddhist philosophy with animism, and traditional reserve with lashings of fun. Inside Insight City Guide Bangkok: A fully-overhauled edition by our resident expert author. Stunning photography that brings this effervescent city and its people to life. Highlights of the city's top attractions, from the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (containing Thailand's most revered religious artefact) to the backpacker hub of Khao San Road and the frenzy of Chatuchak Market, the world's largest flea market. Descriptive area-by-area accounts cover the whole city from the royal city of Rattanakosin and its myriad shiny temples to the cluttered markets of Chinatown, and further afield to the white-sand beaches of the Eastern seaboard and the faded grandeur of Ayutthaya. A comprehensive Travel Tips section includes all the practical information you will need for your trip, including getting around the city and budgeting for your trip. Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine

Cosmopolitan Bangkok blends evocative street markets with glitzy modern malls, Buddhist philosophy with animism, and traditional reserve with lashings of fun.

Inside Insight City Guide Bangkok:A fully-overhauled edition by our resident expert author.Stunning photography that brings this effervescent city and its people to life.Highlights of the city's top attractions, from the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (containing Thailand's most revered religious artefact) to the backpacker hub of Khao San Road and the frenzy of Chatuchak Market, the world's largest flea market.Descriptive area-by-area accounts cover the whole city from the royal city of Rattanakosin and its myriad shiny temples to the cluttered markets of Chinatown, and further afield to the white-sand beaches of the Eastern seaboard and the faded grandeur of Ayutthaya.A comprehensive Travel Tips section includes all the practical information you will need for your trip, including getting around the city and budgeting for your trip.Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine

"With more detailed coverage spanning over 250 pages, and with over 600 images capturing the variety of everyday life, this guide provides a highly visual introduction to Bangkok. Street atlases provide extra clarity and easy orientation; locating hotels and restaurants, along with principal sites and attractions. The 'Best Of' section illustrates everything you can't afford to miss, including Thailand's former capital city, Ayutthaya, and the bustling Chatuchak Market. Top tips and lesser-known sights are revealed in the 'Editor's Choice' section, as are best views, best walks, best family activities plus money-saving hints. A new colour-coded overview map introduces the places section and highlights the top sights at a glance. Expanded and updated restaurant listings feature the best eateries to suit all budgets within each area, giving the address, phone number, opening times and price range, followed by a useful review. A new illustrated section covers all the top shopping areas, department stores and markets. From the best places to grab a bargain to designer stores, this section will give you all the insider information for your ultimate shopping experience. A comprehensive Travel Tips section provides all the information you'll need for a hassle free holiday, covering accommodation, transport, currency, language and more. Enjoy your city break in style with Insight Guides."--Publisher's website