The top 5 best places to go from Bangkok

The capital of Thailand, Bangkok is almost equidistant from all parts of the country and is the largest transportation hub. Within this urban agglomeration are two airports – the old Don Muang and the new one, Suvarnabhumi. And also the Hua Lampong train station, three official bus terminals and plus three more commercial landing sites. So to answer the question, “Where to go from Bangkok,” is both simple and complicated. So in this article we’ll describe the closest destinations where you can get to by bus or car in just a few hours.

In this article, we’ll describe the closest destinations that you can get to by bus or car.

Pattaya

If you decide to go from Bangkok to the sea, this is one of the most popular destinations. Pattaya – this is not just a city, but rather a whole resort area, stretching along the coast of the Gulf of Thailand for a good hundred kilometers. Its advantage is the maximum Europeanization and very democratic prices for everything: food, accommodation, entertainment and shopping. Unfortunately, the sea as the main purpose of the trip here is not too clean, so it would be more correct to call this trip “going from Bangkok to the beach”. And it really won’t disappoint you. Read more, how to get from Bangkok to Pattaya.

Ko Chang

Many tourists wonder which islands to go to from Bangkok. If you go from Pattaya to the southeast, towards the Cambodian border, the first island on your way is Ko Samet. It is suitable for those who want peace and quiet. A small size piece of land will quickly bore the active and adventurous people.

So it is better to continue further and reach Ko Chang, the second largest island in the country. Its beaches stretch for tens of kilometers, and tourism infrastructure is much better developed: you can choose a hotel, restaurant or bar. In Ko Chang there are a lot of salons Thai massage, offers entertainment of varying degrees of extreme and is where to go shopping. Read more, how to get from Bangkok to Ko Chang.

Kanchanaburi

If you’re interested in a non-trivial answer to the question, “Where to go from Bangkok,” go west to Kanchanaburi province. There are two reasons for this: the almost untouched nature on the border with Myanmar (Burma) and the place where the events of the movie “Bridge over the River Kwai” unfolded. On this border waterway you can stay in bungalows on stilts, and see the so-called Death Railways, which were built by British prisoners of war during World War II. Lovers of ethnographic tourism will remember, for example, an excursion to the village of long-necked women. The trip to Kanchanaburi is quite a popular venture among tourists and is organized by many agencies, but you can also do it yourself.

Ayutthaya

The trip north will be no less interesting. Seventy kilometers from Bangkok is the ancient city of Ayutthaya, the authentic capital of the Kingdom of Siam. It is the largest open-air historical monument in Southeast Asia. A full day tour around the exotic ruins leaves very few people indifferent. It does not take long to get there, just two hours by municipal bus, which stops at each palm tree. Faster travel can be by rented car, and most comfortably by train departing from Bangkok Central Station.

Angkor

Another possible trip from Bangkok with the goal of experiencing the history of civilization in the Indochina Peninsula. Angkor is an ancient city-state founded in times immemorial by the Khmer people, it is located in Cambodia, so the trip is doubly interesting. It is comparable to Ayutthaya in size and historical value, but it is much better preserved.

There are daily buses from Bangkok in this direction. The drive is about nine hours to Siem Reap city. It is best if you allow at least two days for the journey.