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Bangkok
Want more bang for your baht? This city won't disappoint. Forget the tourist-brochure Bangkok of sedate floating markets and sterile shopping malls - you're in for a wild ride. Bangkok is bursting at the seams with cosmopolitan cool and cultural think uber-hip bars, scrumptious Thai cuisine, international fashion houses and stunning wats. This insider's guide is your ticket to the best that Bangkok has to offer.
LET THE EXPERTS DO THE WORK, with tips on the best shopping deals, hotels, and guesthouses and city tours.
BE TEMPTED by the world's tastiest food; we show you Bangkok's finest eating, from streetside stalls to top-class restaurants.
BEAT YOUR OWN PATH using our detailed maps and walking tours.
GET OUT OF TOWN and explore nearby beaches, a Unesco World Heritage site and glorious national parks.
SPEAK UP using our handy language guide, packed with useful phrases.
LET THE EXPERTS DO THE WORK, with tips on the best shopping deals, hotels, and guesthouses and city tours.
BE TEMPTED by the world's tastiest food; we show you Bangkok's finest eating, from streetside stalls to top-class restaurants.
BEAT YOUR OWN PATH using our detailed maps and walking tours.
GET OUT OF TOWN and explore nearby beaches, a Unesco World Heritage site and glorious national parks.
SPEAK UP using our handy language guide, packed with useful phrases.
298 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1995
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Lonely Planet
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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April 11, 2018
I'm so excited to go on my trip!
June 22, 2010
Lonely Plant books are the BEST travel guides out there and they're the only ones I'll buy. They provide very accurate and helpful information.
February 22, 2019
Provided some great insight on places to see, neighborhoods to know about, and a variety of other general information for our trip to Bangkok. Was great to have it focused just on Bangkok, too.
Of course, a mix of this book and simply searching on Google Maps, Trip Advisor, and other sites seems to be kind of necessary these days... but this book still tends to pick out better things than we can find on Google or Trip Advisor. One restaurant we tried had great reviews on Google and Trip Advisor... but was a total stinker in the taste department when we finally got our food. Seems like travel books like this Lonely Planet one will generally have a more discerning palate reviewing restaurants, so instead of a bunch of people giving restaurant reviews who are unfamiliar with good Thai food, a book like this helps you ensure you get some fairly well-qualified suggestions.
Of course, a mix of this book and simply searching on Google Maps, Trip Advisor, and other sites seems to be kind of necessary these days... but this book still tends to pick out better things than we can find on Google or Trip Advisor. One restaurant we tried had great reviews on Google and Trip Advisor... but was a total stinker in the taste department when we finally got our food. Seems like travel books like this Lonely Planet one will generally have a more discerning palate reviewing restaurants, so instead of a bunch of people giving restaurant reviews who are unfamiliar with good Thai food, a book like this helps you ensure you get some fairly well-qualified suggestions.
July 22, 2018
Essential reading for anyone visiting Bangkok!
December 5, 2018
Having the map of Catuchak market with me when I was in the middle of Chatuchak market was a life saver.
January 1, 2024
Another place in which I am working too hard to explore and too alone to revel in eating out and going out, so it's a world shrunk to hotel gyms and room service and the commute to an office, even as the world expands across oceans and continents. I didn't get out enough to rate this one.
March 21, 2010
This is the first City lonely planet I have bought. I will be able to get a better rating in a couple days as I travel around Bangkok
April 29, 2012
Really handy little guide, easy to carry and does the job. Maps much better than the main Thailand guidebook published this year too.
February 25, 2015
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February 16, 2016
Helpful but a bit outdated
This was a helpful guide but a few of the restaurants they recommended were closed. Also, it is a bit disorganized and hard to navigate.
This was a helpful guide but a few of the restaurants they recommended were closed. Also, it is a bit disorganized and hard to navigate.
March 24, 2019
Its a nice Book.I think it will be very helpful, who are planning to visit Bangladesh. They gave every details. My gratitude to the author.
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