Directory - Thailand

Thipsamai is the pad thai shop at the Pratu Phi crossroads on Maha Chai Road, and pad thai is almost all it does. The family traces its story to 1939, when Samai Baisamut,

Waldorf Astoria Bangkok is the Ratchaprasong outpost of the New York name, and it leans on that heritage without turning it into a theme: Eggs Benedict at breakfast, a Peacock

Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, officially Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan, rises from the west bank of the Chao Phraya in Bangkok Yai, on the Thonburi side of

Wat Pho, officially Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Rajwaramahawihan, is a first-grade royal monastery immediately south of the Grand Palace, and it is where most

Wat Saket Ratchaworamahawihan is the temple of the Golden Mount, Phu Khao Thong, the gilded chedi on what the Tourism Authority of Thailand calls the only hill in Bangkok.

Wat Traimit Withayaram Worawihan is the temple of the Golden Buddha, and the reason most visitors come is a single image: Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon, known in Thai