Ratchathewi & Pratunam

ราชเทวี–ประตูน้ำ — Fashion wholesale and canal crossroads

Wholesale clothing markets, late street food and the view from Baiyoke Tower.

Pratunam moves clothes the way ports move containers: Platinum's wholesale floors, sidewalk rails of dresses, and buyers hauling striped bags from half of Asia. The Baiyoke tower looms over it; the Saen Saep express boat churns commuters along the canal below. Ratchathewi's side sois, one stop from Siam, hide some of the center's best-value apartments — and boat noodles that end every argument about where to eat.

Don't miss

• ๑Platinum Fashion MallWholesale

  Two thousand shops of fashion at prices that explain the crowds.

• ๒Baiyoke SkyViewpoint

  The 84th-floor revolving deck of Bangkok's original skyscraper.

• ๓Khlong Saen Saep boatExperience

  The splashy canal commute — Pratunam pier to Old Town in minutes.