★★★Must-see·Park
Benjakitti Forest Park
สวนเบญจกิติ
Wetland boardwalks and skyline views on the old tobacco factory.
The old tobacco factory grounds reborn as a vast wetland park — boardwalks over lotus ponds, skywalks between rain-tree groves, and herons hunting where cigarette warehouses stood. It connects to Lumphini by a green bridge, making a single cross-town walk entirely in parkland. Sunset from the elevated walkway, with the Benjakitti lake mirroring the towers, has become one of the city's rituals.
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Visiting
- Open
- daily
- Entry
- Free
- Allow
- 1–2 h
No official opening hours published — check on the day.
Checked 10 Oct 2026 against thaipbs.or.th, pr-bangkok.com, openstreetmap.org, nationthailand.com. Things change: closures for royal ceremonies and holidays are common.
Using the park
- Bangkok's public parks generally run about 04:30 to 21:00 — the city exercises before the heat and after it.
- Midday is punishing from March to May; dawn and the hour before dusk are what these spaces are for.
- Water monitors are residents, not an emergency. Give them room and they'll ignore you.
Getting there
- Khlong Toei·MRT Blue Line~15 min walk
- Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre·MRT Blue Line~15 min walk
- Asok·BTS Sukhumvit Line~16 min walk
- Sukhumvit·MRT Blue Line~18 min walk
Typical times, not a timetable · rail, boat and BRT routing runs right in the atlas.
While you're here
- QSNCC·Convention center~11 min walk
- Terminal 21 Asok·Themed mall~16 min walk
- One Bangkok·Mega development~17 min walk
- EmSphere·Night-lifestyle mall~18 min walk
The neighbourhood
Benjakitti Forest Park sits in Nana — Sukhumvit's rowdy front door.