The Bangkok Atlas guide
Silom & Bang Rak
สีลม–บางรัก — Money by day, mischief by night
Office towers by day; rooftop bars and the Patpong night market after dark, with Lumphini Park at the top.
Silom wears two faces without apology: the banking towers and lawyer lunches of Thailand's original CBD, then Patpong's night market, Soi 4's drag stages and the LGBTQ+ strip once the sun drops. Bang Rak below it is the eating district — a century of shophouse kitchens in the sois off Charoen Krung (the riverfront strip itself now stands as its own neighborhood). Mahanakhon's pixelated tower watches over all of it.
Getting around
- Sala DaengBTS Silom Line
- Chong NonsiBTS Silom Line
- Saphan TaksinBTS Silom Line
- Si LomMRT Blue Line
Don't miss
Mahanakhon SkyWalkViewpoint
Glass floor at 314 meters on the pixel tower.
Sri Maha MariammanTemple
The technicolor Tamil temple that scents Silom with jasmine.
Bang Rak food streetsStreet food
Charoen Krung's sois — Michelin stickers on forty-year-old woks.
Patpong Night MarketNight market
Souvenirs and neon in the infamous alley — go for the spectacle.
Photo: User:Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
