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Bangkok Insight City Guide Francis Dorai

Bangkok Insight City Guide By Francis Dorai

Bangkok Insight City Guide by Francis Dorai


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Summary

Presents a 258-page guidebook to Bangkok that offers the city's highlights. The Best of Bangkok section features an overview of vital information for visitors. This book also includes a restaurant guide with a pull-out, pocket-size Z map, and review listings of recommended restaurants and bars. It includes magazine-style full-colour features.

Bangkok Insight City Guide Summary

Bangkok Insight City Guide by Francis Dorai

This 258-page guidebook to Bangkok presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: The Best of Bangkok: overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions; Places: district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; Restaurant guide: a pull-out, pocket-size Z map, with review listings of recommended restaurants and bars; Photo Features: magazine-style full-colour features on some of the city's most famous sights, including the Chao Praya River and its magnificent temple architecture; Essay Features: incisive essays on Bangkok's history, people and culture; Travel Tips: practical listings, covering Accommodation, Entertainment, Transport and more; and Street Atlas: colour maps of Bangkok's main streets, with grid-referenced index.

Table of Contents

Introduction: - The Best of Bangkok - White Hot Bangkok History: - A City of Angels - Decisive Dates Essay Features: - People - Religion - The Creative Arts - Cuisine - Shopping - Bangkok after Dark - Spas and Wellness Centres Places: - Introduction - Rattanakosin - Thonburi - The Old City and Dusit - Chinatown - Pathumwan and Pratunam - Bangrak and Silom - Sukhumvit - Bangkok's Suburbs Excursions: - Introduction - West of Bangkok - South of Bangkok - Eastern Seaboard - North of Bangkok Photo Features: - Temple Art and Architecture - National Museum - Life on the River - Jim Thompson's House Information Panels: - Much-loved Monarchy - Sin City Bangkok - Bangkok Bazaar - Mythical Zoo Travel Tips: - Transport - Accommodation - Activities - The Arts - Nightlife - Festivals - Children's Activities - Shopping - Sports A-Z Practical Information: - Addresses - Budgeting for your Trip - Business Hours - Climate - Children - Clothing - Crime & Safety - Customs Regulations - Disabled Travellers - Electricity - Embassies/Consulates - Emergency Numbers - Entry Requirements - Etiquette - Gay & Lesbian Travellers - Government - Health & Medical Care - Hospitals - Internet - Left Luggage - Lost Property - Maps - Media - Money Matters - Photography - Population - Postal Services - Public Holidays - Religious Services - Taxes - Telephones - Time Zones - Tipping - Tourist Offices - Websites - Weights and Measures Language: - Origins and Intonation - Phonology - Thai Names - Useful Words & Phrases Further Reading. Maps: - Map Legend - Street Atlas - Bangkok - Rattanakosin - Royal Bangkok - Wat Phra Kaew & Grand Palace - Thonburi - Old City - Dusit - Chinatown - Pathumwan & Pratunam - Bangrak & Silom - Sukhumvit - Bangkok Suburbs - Around Bangkok - Ayutthaya - Bangkok Skytrain & Metro.

Additional information

GOR001158881
9789812582478
9812582479
Bangkok Insight City Guide by Francis Dorai
Used - Very Good
Paperback
APA Publications
20051028
258
N/A
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