Thon Buri & Talat Phlu

ธนบุรี–ตลาดพลู — The capital before the capital

Old Thonburi: Talat Phlu's food market, canal-side temples and the railway that starts the trip to Maeklong.

Thonburi was Siam's capital before Bangkok existed, and it never stopped being itself: Talat Phlu's century-old food street still draws night pilgrims for mee krob and kanom bueang, the Wongwian Yai terminus still sends wooden-seat trains toward the Mae Klong markets, and temple bells still set the schedule. The BTS has brought new towers, but the district's soul remains firmly, deliciously old-world.

Don't miss

• ๑Talat PhluFood street

  A hundred years of night eating under the railway.

• ๒Wongwian Yai StationRailway

  Wooden carriages to Samut Songkhram's umbrella-pulling market.

• ๓Wat IntharamTemple

  King Taksin's serene memorial temple, free of crowds.