Siam & Pathumwan

สยาม — The retail heart of Thailand

Bangkok's shopping heart — Siam Paragon, MBK and the skywalks — with Jim Thompson House a short walk away.

Siam is where the whole country comes to shop, flirt and be photographed: Paragon's luxury floors, Siam Square's student-run walking streets, MBK's bargaining halls, and the art crowd orbiting BACC. Chulalongkorn University keeps the blood young, and every rail line eventually bends toward Siam station. Stay here and you are at the absolute center of Thai gravity, a skywalk from every rail line.

Don't miss

• ๑Bangkok Art & Culture CentreArt

  The white spiral of galleries that anchors the city's art scene.

• ๒Siam SquareWalking streets

  Student fashion, idol events and one new café per week.

• ๓Jim Thompson HouseMuseum

  Teak houses and silk history in a jungle garden by the khlong.

• ๔MBK CenterMall

  Eight floors of phones, fakes and the old Bangkok bargain.