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Bangkok holidays

January 2024

  • A woman sitting on a train in Bangkok, looking into the distance.

    My big move
    My big move: my dream job took me to Bangkok – but living overseas can be lonely without friends

    Thailand’s capital gave me the adventure I craved. But I couldn’t shake the feeling I was missing out on my friends’ lives back in Sydney

March 2023

  • A tuk tuk driving in traffic in Bangkok

    From the agencies
    Bright lights, big city Bangkok – in pictures

    Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, is one of the world’s most popular destinations, and millions of visitors arrive each year to enjoy the city’s legendary nightlife, street food and ornate temples. Two photographers spent 24 hours documenting the city

February 2021

  • Wat Phra Kaew, Temple of the Emerald Buddha Wat Phra Kaew is one of Bangkok's most famous tourist sites and it was built in 1782 at Bangkok, Thailand

    Virtual travel guides
    Bangkok: a virtual tour through film, food, music and books

    Explore the dynamism and contradictions of one of Asia’s most beguiling cities through its culture, novels and cuisine

January 2021

  • Gaeng Massaman (Massaman Curry) by Kay Plunkett-Hogge Food styling: Livia Abraham Prop styling: Pene Parker 20 best curries Observer Food Monthly OFM

    Subtle and soothing: my obsession with Thai massaman curry – plus the recipe

    A literary interview over dinner in Bangkok led to the mild, Muslim-influenced dish becoming a fixture in our writer’s London kitchen

December 2018

  • satay chicken at Praeng Bhutorn Road, Bangkok, Thailand.

    A local's guide
    A local’s guide to Bangkok: 10 top tips

    It’s easy to get sucked into tourist traps in the world’s most visited city but these old-school enchanted corners are blissful antidotes to all that

May 2018

  • Fou Fou shortly before the start of a ceremony at Pet Funeral Thailand, a service specializing in both Buddhist ceremonies and cremation in Bangkok.

    'A ticket to the next life': the lavish Buddhist dog funerals of Bangkok

    Full funeral rites from the monks of Bangkok’s Wat Krathum Suea Pla temple used to be for humans only – until a new and lucrative market emerged

March 2018

  • The Skytrain in Bangkok

    Getting the full Japanese experience – in Bangkok

    Thailand’s capital, especially the central area of Sukhumvit, is home to a large Japanese community and has some fantastic Japanese bars and restaurants

February 2018

  • VW Bus Bar, Khaosan Rd, Bangkok, Thailand<br>D46TCR VW Bus Bar, Khaosan Rd, Bangkok, Thailand

    From dusk till dawn: in search of old-school Bangkok

    Novelist Lawrence Osborne revels in the anarchic spirit of a Thai city that is Blade Runner made real, and where mobile bars and food vendors pop up overnight

December 2017

  • Rolled rice and broth dish at Mr Joe, Bangkok

    10 of the best Michelin-rated restaurants in Bangkok

  • Street stalls in Bangkok

    'Queen of Thai street food' wins Michelin star in Bangkok guide

November 2017

  • the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, Ho Chi Minh City

    10 of the best contemporary art spaces in south-east Asia

    Artists in Myanmar, Cambodia and across south-east Asia produce work in a climate of authoritarianism – and often in open defiance of it. Here are 10 spaces that promote their artistic freedom and independence

October 2017

  • Rehearsal of the Royal Cremation ceremony for the late King Bhumibol in Thailand. Thai artists perform the Khon dance, the traditional Thai masked performance drama based on the Hindu epic Ramayana, for their final farewell to the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s cremation ceremony, in the area of Royal Crematorium in Bangkok, Thailand, 23 October 2017. The royal cremation of King Bhumibol is scheduled on 26 October 2017, and the funeral will consist of five days of rites. King Bhumibol died at the age of 88 in Siriraj hospital on 13 October 2016 after 70 years on the throne.

    World view
    Farewell to the King, Bangkok: travel photo of the week

  • This could so easily be your kitchen …

    Holy khao! The battle for the future of Bangkok street food

September 2017

  • Crab and water beetle ravioli with a turmeric saffron sauce.

    The foodie traveller
    Feelers out for insect fine dining in Bangkok

  • A hotel guest wearing prisoner uniform is pictured inside her room at the Sook Station BangkokÕs first prison-themed hostel, Thailand, August 2, 2017. Picture taken August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

    The Thai tourist hotel that is a prison: inside Bangkok's latest place to stay – video

August 2017

  • Tourists and locals await their food at a street restaraunt in Bangkok’s Chinatown.

    Will Bangkok's street food ban hold?

    The Thai capital is famous for its street food – but now the authorities are seeking to strictly curtail it. Nic Dunlop wonders why

June 2017

  • The Sol Heng Tai Mansion, hidden deep inside the alleyways of Bangkok’s Chinatown

    Instagram snapshots
    Cafes, courtyards and cha in Bangkok's Chinatown

  • Patrons at a busy Cheap Charlie's bar in Bangkok. The bar was among 10 to close in the city in March.

    On the radar
    Bangkok’s bars and clubs fight for survival in face of curfews

April 2017

  • Young Thai woman riding bicycle.<br>South-East Asia, Thailand, Nonthaburi, Ko Kret

    From our correspondent
    10 top tips from our Bangkok correspondent

  • The Commons, Bangkok

    Small, green and open-air: inside Bangkok's new 'community malls'

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