Bangkok

Sprawling 18th-century royal complex housing Wat Phra Kaew and the Emerald Buddha, Thailand's most sacred image.

Riverside temple rising 70 metres in ornate Khmer-style spires, covered in millions of coloured porcelain fragments from Chinese ships.

Sprawling 14th-century royal temple at Ayutthaya's heart, famous for the Buddha head entwined in tree roots.

Temple complex housing the 46-metre Reclining Buddha covered in gold leaf, with mother-of-pearl inlaid feet depicting 108 auspicious symbols.

Bangkok's lifeline flows through the city for 32 kilometres, lined with temples, palaces, markets, and traditional wooden houses (shophouses).

Bangkok's historic Chinese quarter pulses with narrow alleys, gold shops, herbal medicine stalls, and restaurants serving Teochew and Cantonese food.

The teak wood home of American silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, who revived Thailand's silk industry after World War II before mysteriously disappearing in Malaysia in 1967.

One of the world's largest weekend markets, sprawling across 35 acres with over 8,000 stalls selling everything from antiques and ceramics to clothing, plants, and street…

The world's largest golden teak wood building, constructed in 1868 as a royal residence.

The 'Marble Temple' built in 1911 with Italian white Carrara marble, combining Thai and European design.

Bangkok's oldest public park, a 142-acre green space created in the 1920s by King Rama VI.

Bangkok's oldest and largest Chinese Buddhist temple, built in 1871.

Known as the Golden Mount, this temple sits atop an artificial hill built from the earth dredged during canal construction in the 19th century.

Home to the Golden Buddha, a five-ton solid-gold seated Buddha statue cast in the 13th century.

Southeast Asia's largest museum, housed in an 18th-century palace complex near the Grand Palace.

A historic floating market 100 km southwest of Bangkok, where vendors sell produce, flowers, and prepared food from wooden boats on narrow canals.

A working canal market in northwest Bangkok where vendors still paddle wooden boats selling fresh produce, prepared food, and flowers.

A compound of eight traditional Thai teak houses set in a lush garden, housing the private art collection of a Bangkok noble family.

A historic riverside neighborhood of wooden shophouses, narrow alleys, and family-run shops in old Yaowarat.

A working floating market on a narrow canal west of the city, where vendors sell fresh produce, cooked food, and souvenirs from wooden boats.

A 19th-century temple with a towering 41-metre central chedi and ornate interior murals depicting Buddhist scenes.

Art museum housed in a three-storey teak mansion near Lumpini.

Bangkok's longest road stretches 56 kilometres through the city's modern heart, lined with shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, and the BTS Skytrain.

A riverside temple with an unusual artificial hill inside its grounds, topped by a chedi and surrounded by caves containing Buddha statues.

An unusual metal-roofed temple with 37 spires arranged in a square, built in 1846.

Large ceremonial field north of the Grand Palace, historically used for royal events and public gatherings.

A modern temple in Thonburi with striking architecture and a towering chedi.

A sprawling luxury mall in central Bangkok housing international brands, Thai boutiques, and a high-end aquarium.

A small, rarely-visited temple on the Chao Phraya's east bank, known for its peaceful riverside setting and ornate wooden structures.

A historic residential and commercial street in old Bangkok, north of the Grand Palace.