Perhaps Bangkok’s most vibrant district, with over 1,500 quality hotel rooms and 1,000 shops, restaurants, spas, shrines and clubs, bustling Ratchaprasong is easily reached by taxi or the ultra-modern, above-ground BTS Skytrain. To get free Ratchaprasong Guide, click here.
Key Ratchaprasong partners Gaysorn, CentralWorld, InterContinental Bangkok, Amarin Plaza, Erawan Bangkok, Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, President Tower Arcade, Holiday Inn Bangkok and Maneeya Center are all connected by a short walk along the wonderful above-traffic skywalk at BTS Chitlom or a 10-minute walk from BTS Siam’s exit 6.
Rachaprasong is also easily accessible by foot along a pleasant, shaded walking street from BTS Ratchadamri in front of the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok.
If coming by taxi, just tell the driver “Pai yaek Phra Phrom”, [‘go to Phra Phrom (the Erawan Shrine) intersection]. Make sure the meter is turned on! You can also ask the driver to take you to any one of Ratchaprasong’s key partners: “Pai Gaysorn”, “Pai CentralWorld” or “Pai rhong raem Grand Hyatt.”
Ratchaprasong district is also serviced by at least 20 BMTA bus routes along Sukhumvit/Ploenchit/Rama I, Rajdamri and Petchaburi roads.
Ratchaprasong’s Joint Parking program offers visitors 4-hours free parking at Gaysorn, Erawan Bangkok and Amarin Plaza: Just get your RSTA stamp on your parking voucher from concierge services at each location. There’s plenty of parking at reasonable rates at all other RSTA partners. Don’t forget to get your parking tag stamped before exiting!
You can also reach Ratchaprasong by river taxi on the Saen Saeb canal to Tha Pra Tu Nam, about 50m from CentralWorld.
Get your free Ratchaprasong Walk Map to Bangkok’s shopping crossroads here or at every Ratchaprasong partner’s concierge or information counters. Includes map, calendar of events for visitors, and recommended shops and must-see places. To download a copy of Ratchaprasong Walk Map, click here.
Along Ratchaprasong’s bustling streets, shrines to six deities comfort believers and root modern Bangkok to Buddhism’s Hindu origins. Each shrine offers a unique protection and solace and attracts devotees accordingly. Praying at all six in one day is believed to bring you good luck! To learn more, download a copy of
Deities @ Ratchaprasong here.
