🏨 Walking Bangkok's Old Quarters & Red-light District Activity

Walking Bangkok's Old Quarters & Red-light District

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 6 hours

Departs: Thailand, Thailand

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

On this private excursion, you will meet your guide in the modern shopping district of Bangkok, before being led to a not so modern area just a couple of steps away, from there your adventure begins.

Dress light, but polite, you'll need good comfortable shoes for this walking tour, as you'll also be hopping on & off local public transport where necessary, which includes boats, trains, and tuk-tuk's.

Be prepared to eat local street food, it's part of your initiation to becoming a local.

You'll visit ancient golden temples that are still highly revered places of worship, apart from tourists, there will be locals, resident monks and possibly local students on a field trip.

Walk through a famous local market discover the array of colors from the beautiful flowers available at Pak Klong Talad before moving on to the hustle & bustle of China Town.

After exploring the famous, finish with the infamous, and a trip down Patpong Lane to learn about sex, drugs, prostitution and the CIA.

What's Included

Bottled water

Thai streetfood

What's Not Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Alcoholic Beverages

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Public transportation options are available nearby

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Climb aboard a boat from Elephant Head Bridge as it speeds down the Klong Saen Saep (canal). The canal dates back to 1937 and dug under the order of King Rama III to transport soldiers and weapons during the conflict with Vietnam over Cambodia.

• Admission Ticket Free

The Golden Mount (Wat Saket)

Another construction project of King Rama III, build a chedi of huge dimensions inside Wat Saket, but the chedi collapsed during construction because the soft soil of Bangkok could not support the weight. Over the next few decades, the abandoned mud-and-brick structure acquired the shape of a natural hill and was overgrown with weeds. The locals called it the Phu Khao (Golden Mount).

During the reign of King Rama IV, construction began of a small chedi on the hill. It was completed early in the reign of his son, King Rama V (1853–1910). A relic of the Buddha was brought from Sri Lanka and placed in the chedi.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Wat Phra Chetuphon

Visit Wat Pho is the largest temple of Bangkok, and probably the oldest too, as it predates the founding of the capital by about 200 years. The Temple of the Reclining Buddha as it is also known, houses the largest reclining Buddha image in Thailand, and possibly the largest in the world.

Wat Pho was also intended to serve as a place of education for the general public. An educational pictorial was engraved around the temple covering medicine, etc. and the birthplace of the famous Thai massage.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market)

The flower market is the main flower market in Bangkok, but here you'll also find fruits and vegetables for sale.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Chinatown / Yaowarat

History of Chinese immigrants in Bangkok started in the late 1700s, when poor peasants from China's Chaozhou region (in Eastern Guangdong) moved to Bangkok. Originally located on the opposite side of the city, they moved to the present day location in the 19th century. The formerly impoverished peasants worked their way up to become the backbone of trade in Siam.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Patpong Museum

Patpong gets its name from the family that owns much of the area's property, the Patpongpanich, immigrants from Hainan Island, China, who purchased the area in 1946. After World War II major foreign companies and news organizations had offices located in Patpong Road, including Air America, Esso, IBM, etc.

Night spots began to open on the strip in the mid-1970s with the arrival of American soldiers on leave from the Vietnam War. But there's another side of the story regarding the Thai Resistance and CIA, etc.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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