Bangkok’s Sacred Landmarks and Cultural Walk
Bangkok · Thailand
- Audio guide
- 4 languages
- Offline
Walk through Bangkok’s historic center and pause at a park, temples, a shrine, a museum, a canal, markets, and an elephant sanctuary. You will see how religious spaces, civic history, local commerce, and contemporary cultural experiences share the same urban landscape. The route is worth taking for its varied views, from temple courtyards and waterfront architecture to lively market streets and canal-side scenes.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.
The Grand Palace
A living royal complex built in 1782, with Ayutthaya’s old palace carried into Bangkok.
Wat Rakhang Khositaram Woramahawihan
Wat Rakhang Khositaram Woramahawihan is a place of worship in Bangkok.
Bangkok City Pillar Shrine
The pillar that marks Bangkok’s capital city, erected by Rama I on 21 April 1782.
Bangkok Elephant Ethical Sanctuary (Living Green)
An attraction in Bangkok, Thailand.
Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall
Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand.
Loha Prasat
A seven-storey iron palace, begun for a royal granddaughter and finished more than a century later.
Stop 7
Stop 8
Stop 9
- 8 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Bangkok
6 walks
How a walk works
8 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
A guide who talks
Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.