Bangkok is suffocating in traffic jams, so along with the Skytrain, you can use water trams, because they are very common in Bangkok.

Traveling along the canals and big rivers in Bangkok this is both exotic and the fastest and easiest way to get to the historical center, because in the center of Bangkok there is no metro or taxi, and taxi drivers very often refuse to use the meter due to heavy traffic jams.

For me, this was very good news that I don’t need to go anywhere for this, but on the contrary, I will often have to use such a pleasant form of transport.

How to choose a route and how much it costs to rent a boat in Bangkok.

Let's first figure out how everything works. River transport Bangkok is growing as spontaneously as everything else in this city, so its organization is in the category of “Well, something like that.” This means that on any pier, any unsure tourist is immediately attacked by a dozen Thais who begin to explain something and drag him somewhere!

Your task is to send help through the forest with a smile on your face, because some of them will try to put you in their personal boat and rip off 1000 baht, some will put you in the wrong direction, some will try to get money for your help. In general, everyone will try to scam you.
You have completed the first stage, next comes the purchase of a ship ticket. Many stations have ticket offices, but the caveat here is that there are several types of boats (more on that below), and if you buy a ticket in advance, it’s not a guarantee that you’ll get on exactly the right boat, because... These tickets are already checked inside. Therefore, buy a ticket already on the boat, because... There are inspectors everywhere and this is completely normal!
I hope that you can handle how to sail a ship and find the right station. Although there is one important advice: Most often, the ship is filled to capacity, so in 95% of cases you will travel standing. The advice is to get good standing places right away, rather than trying to find a seat in the back of the boat first, because... in this case, you will stand in the middle of the boat and you will not be able to admire the views.

Nice route through Bangkok's open-sided canals

Ordinary, where seated people cannot see anything

Map of water routes in Bangkok

On the map, the blue dotted line shows the boat routes, the red line shows the ferries on the other side, and the squares are the berths. The stars show the main attractions near the piers. We have already written about some. Also look out for Taksin Pier (on the Green Line), which is the only connection to the BTS Skytrain, the fastest way to get around Bangkok.

Now about the boats themselves. The fact is that a trip along the canals in Bangkok is initially public transport, and only then a tourist attraction. Therefore, there are a lot of routes and they differ in speed and comfort.

To begin with, let's immediately define it - a trip along small canals, this is only public transport, there are many locals, not enough space, views of the harsh Bangkok. Tourists drive along the wide Chao Praya River. So we decided: a trip along the canals is trashy and exotic, and a trip along the river is all about sights and skyscrapers.

Now about the boats themselves. Each boat has a flag of a certain color attached to the back and it indicates its route (the map shows which colors stop where). Those without a flag go to all stops, cost 15 baht, there is very little space and they are used by locals. Moreover, the sides of the seats are closed and they cannot see anything at all, i.e. it's just a way of moving.

Green and blue routes for tourists cost only 40 baht per person. I especially liked the tourist boat - there is a lot of space, the seats can also admire the views, they tell you in English about all the places where you are sailing. Those. The price difference is a pittance, but the advantages are much greater.

Summarize:

Cost of a trip along the canals of Bangkok: from 15 to 40 baht per person. (if you use the services of a help, the trip may cost 150 - 400 baht).

Bot working hours: from 6.45 to 20.00

Not all routes operate this early and this late. Here is the official website of Bangkok water transport: there you will find the exact schedule and cost (don't forget to switch to English).

When is it useful to travel along the canals?

There is actually one canal route that might interest you. He will tell you how to get directly from historical center in the financial one, where the main shopping centers are located, and).

This route starts from the popular Wat Saket Ham. Google maps coordinates: 13.755567, 100.506364 and goes through the entire financial district. The cost of the trip is about 20 baht per person, and the boat operating time is from 5.30 to 20.30, and on weekends until 19.00.

Excursions along the canals of Bangkok.

In fact, if you want something really interesting, then I highly recommend that you find a video of the excursion online, called “Real Bangkok” from Anton Dryanichkin! This man gives an amazing, custom tour of Bangkok, which also includes a tour of the Bangkok canals, where he talks about life inside these neighborhoods and slums. Most of There are excursions on video, but getting on it live is incredible! Anton himself is difficult to catch in the city, and besides him, no one will spend it with dignity! You can also book it through the excursion booking website.

UPDATE: After our last visit to Bangkok in 2017, I realized that the most convenient way to get around Bangkok is using the Uber app!!! Install it on your phone or tablet and call a taxi anywhere, without even knowing your address! And you will also receive 75 baht for the first two trips, that is, 150 baht just like that, if you enter the code syh57) We traveled on average for 150 baht per trip around the city for five for 40 minutes drive, inexpensive)))

How to get around Bangkok cheaply? For this there are buses, metro, river transport and taxis in Bangkok.

You can cope with all this even without knowing any language. The main thing is to show a piece of paper with the name of where you are exactly going, that is, have a printed name of the final point of your destination. If it is some famous landmark, then it is enough in English. But, of course, it’s best in Thai too. When booking hotels, for example, you can see all the names and addresses in Thai and English. Additionally, in such cases, I also take a screenshot of the place I need - a temple, an amusement park, etc. This especially saved me in Vietnam, in Saigon - there during the day you won’t find a local with knowledge of English, but if you show the picture - everything is with They are happy to help, point you in the right direction and write down bus numbers. In Thailand, the mentality of the locals is such that it is not customary to show that you don’t know something. Often people waved in any direction, as if showing the way, but did not admit that they did not even understand you. In my experience, showing maps to locals is also most often useless. But the printed names are just right! If you book a hotel and plan to take a taxi, be sure to write down the reception phone number. And at the airport, immediately take a local SIM card (you can do this for free, throw some money at it). Since we have booked several times not very expensive and famous hotels(once even a very cheap one-star), the phone number was very helpful. When taxi drivers looked amazed even at the printed address with a map in Thai, it was enough to give them the phone with the number and everything became clear. By the way, this saved us money, because taxi drivers didn’t have to circle around looking for the right point.

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So, what did we drive around Bangkok?

View from the taxi window)

— my favorite transport. Unlike taxis in Koh Samui and other resorts, they use a meter. The main thing is that before you get into a Bangkok taxi you need to point to the meter and say “taxi - meter”. We only had to drive without a meter once, when we were late in the stunning location of Muang Boran Park. However, even from there they charged us three adults and a child 300 baht (rubles) for the evening trip to the hotel.

Getting a taxi in Bangkok is easy. All you have to do is raise your hand on the street. We usually walked to some nearby Tesco Lotus (my favorite supermarkets in Thailand, where you can almost always find a food court with delicious and inexpensive food), had breakfast or lunch, and there were taxis in the parking lot - a dime a dozen, like all shopping centers. The exception is large shopping malls for tourists. Especially in the evenings, it is extremely difficult to get away from them by taxi; taxi drivers offer fixed prices two to three times higher than usual. And when we tried to leave in the evening even in heavy rain, prices increased 4-5 times! Often there are special people at shopping centers, you tell them where to go, name your price (if it’s too low, they’ll explain it right away)), and they’ll immediately find you a taxi.

How much does a taxi cost in Bangkok?

Traffic jam in the center of Bangkok

We mostly traveled on yellow-green ones. Maybe it just seemed so to me, but trips on them were cheaper. When landing, the meter will already show 35 baht. Sometimes the sum is purely symbolic - a few kilometers to a hundred rubles. The most expensive thing we paid was about 280 baht (=rubles) from the airport to the center and 350 baht from there, when we were stuck in terrible traffic jams, almost across the entire city. Another small expense - toll roads. But the movement on them is much faster. The passenger pays himself, so it’s better to prepare small change in advance. The amounts were small, 20-25 baht, it seems the largest was 50 baht. If you travel far, you can pay a couple of times. By the way, drivers in Bangkok are less likely to try to scam people out of money. Or maybe we were just so lucky. Although the meter rotates not only for mileage, but also for time, and while standing in a traffic jam you can pay an extra hundred, several times drivers showed us to toll roads and asked, they say, this is a short way, but everything is worth it (which was visible), let's We'll take a long drive, but without traffic jams. We agreed and the result was quick and still cheap. They say that if problems arise, you can threaten the driver that you will complain about him and show him the phone number - in every car there is a sign with a photo, the driver’s name and the company’s phone number. I don’t know if this is true and if it scares taxi drivers as much as they say - we have never encountered anything like this.

How to get from Bangkok airport to the hotel, to the center?

There are two main airports in Bangkok; planes from Russia usually fly to Suvarnabhumi Airport, but if you need domestic flights, for example, fly further to Koh Samui, perhaps the flight will be from Don Muang airport.
Luckily, taxis are easy to get at Bangkok airports. If you ask where Publik Taxi is, they will tell you. There you will see several counters and queues for them. After the plane arrives, the queues are usually not small, but they move quickly. You show the employee at the counter the address, she figures out where you are going, asks how many people and luggage. He gives you a piece of paper - you need to keep it until the end of the trip. Then he shouts to one of the taxi drivers, explains the address to him in Thai (sometimes we came across drivers who didn’t know English at all), and the taxi driver escorts you to the car - large or regular. By the way, there is a huge gas cylinder in the trunk of the taxi! The last time we took a taxi with an insane amount of things, with two strollers, a folding bed, etc., we were simply shocked when we discovered that there was practically no space in the trunk. I had to load everything into the cabin, and the three of us with the child took up one and a half seats in the back - I was generally hanging in the air between my husband and the car door. I was left with a lot of impressions) By the way, the taxi driver will also charge 50 baht for the return trip, this rate is fixed.

At the same time, I remembered a very relevant question for many - how to get from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Don Muang Airport?

How to find free bus between airports

We often flew to neighboring countries, then to Malaysia, then to Vietnam, then to Hong Kong... And each time, arriving from Surat Thani (near Samui) to one airport, departing from another.
In addition to taxis and buses, there is a wonderful and completely free shuttle bus that runs between the two airports in Bangkok. In order to get to the airport for free, you need to show your ticket (if it is in electronic form, a printout) before boarding. Runs from 5 am to midnight according to the schedule in the photo. We drove several times for about 45 minutes, but they say if there are big traffic jams, it can take an hour. A taxi will travel about the same distance and will charge 400 baht.

Besides this, there is such a wonderful thing -

Metro above ground

Just from the Airport in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi - the most convenient way to leave is the Metro! Look for the Suvarnabhumi inscription Airport City Line. At the ticket office, point your finger at the station you want and receive a token. When entering, you need to attach it to the turnstile and keep it until the very end of the trip. When exiting, throw it into the hole in the turnstile; without it, it will be difficult to exit the metro. The metro costs from 15 to 45 baht, if I remember correctly, to the inexpensive hotel Nasa Vegas, where we stayed a couple of times, located right next to the metro, the fare cost 30 baht. Again, if I’m not mistaken, since I might have already forgotten, it took about thirty minutes to drive. Just don’t confuse it with the express train, it goes from the airport without stops, but it costs 150 baht per nose.

The metro in Bangkok is generally a convenient thing. We usually tried to choose a hotel within walking distance from it, took the metro to the station closest to the desired attraction, and took a taxi there. This way we avoided all the traffic jams of Bangkok in the center and saved on taxis.

The metro in Bangkok, in addition to the Airport City Line, includes the above-ground MRT and the underground BTS Skytrain. If you travel by land, which is what we most often did, you can also admire the views of the city, areas that you could not easily get to. The cost depends on the number of stations and, as I remember, does not exceed 45 baht per person. There are tokens in the underground metro, and cards in the above-ground metro. You can buy it at the cash register or from vending machines. In the latter you can choose English language, but even without it, in principle, everything is clear.
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I really liked it water bus, water transport of Bangkok.

“minibus” in Bangkok) 20 rubles.

This way you can combine your trip with a walk around the Klongs of Bangkok. We used these boats only twice in Bangkok, along approximately the same route, when we visited the Ratchanadaram Temple and the nearby Temple of the Golden Mount. If you sail from the center, the boat stops near the Pratunam shopping center, under the bridge at the intersection of Phetchaburi and Ratchadamri streets. Getting off at Phan Fa Lilat stop costs 12 baht per person. There are boats that follow just the right route, called the Golden Line, and it will be convenient for you to go from end to end.

Well, if you do not live in the center, but river buses pass by you, the best thing to do is take them for shopping in the city center, stops near the main shopping centers, Baiyoke Sky hotel with an observation deck.
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Ticket - 12 baht = rubles

View from the boat

On what basis do they charge money for travel? I don’t know, logically, it should be for the distance, but for some reason they took more from those who boarded later than us and swam to our stop (the final one)! However, the amounts are simply ridiculous, as I understand it - up to 20 baht per person.

You can get there on this boat

As a cheap excursion, you can sit down at any stop and ride one way and the other. True, you can’t see much from the boat, because the water splashes heavily on those who are on the edge, and the splashes usually raise the sides. And for those in the middle, the view opens through the neighbors.

Channels and Klongs of Bangkok play important role in the city's water transport network. Thaisthey began to be laid since time immemorial, but the canals acquired important economic importance only during the time of Ayutthaya.

History of Bangkok canals

It was during the Ayutthaya era (1350-1767) that trade became an increasingly important and necessary part of Thai life, and the need arose to transport large quantities of goods to other countries, some of which were in other parts of the world. The rulers came up with an idea: shouldn’t we dig canals in our country and send boats with valuable cargo through them? Thus, about 6 channels appeared in Bangkok. Thus, the problem of trade routes and serious transport problems were solved.

How to get from Wat Saket to Siam Ocean World

In addition to walking around, we decided to definitely take water excursion along the canals of Bangkok. We learned that the river bus departs from the pier not far from. From the top platform of the temple you can even see the pier; you can watch and mentally practice how you will get on and off the tram at the stop you need.

The map shows where to take the tram to the SiamParagon skyscraper, which houses the Siam Ocean World aquarium. The walk takes 15 minutes.

By the way, when we left the Wat Saket temple and went to the pier, we saw these handsome people on the bridge, cleaning off the old paint from the fences. It smelled like some kind of strong chemical mixture. Scarves wouldn't hurt us either.

After the bridge we went down and found ourselves at the pier. Fortunately, the tram was already standing, and all we had to do was get on it. This is a separate song.

The fact is that this type of water bus does not have a special entrance. Get in how you want and where you want. And at the same time, you have 1 minute for all these tricks. The boat is practically worthless. She pulled up to a stop, people jumped into her, and she quickly cast off and sailed on. Thais have no problems with traffic jams.

Bangkok river bus and its inhabitants

Now a separate ode to the water bus and its workers. At first it may seem that the river tram is an ordinary speed boat. But this is not so. The Thais have created a new type of water transport with their own cunning mechanism.

The main boss on the boat, who is also a god, is the driver. The way he drives is breathtaking. The speeds are considerable. Moreover, considering that the canals are narrow and oncoming boats do not slow down... Sometimes they move apart a millimeter from each other. One word – channel gods!

The next part of the mechanism: God’s deputy is the usher, he is also the conductor, he is also the controller, he is also the sailor, he is also the mooring man, he is also the cleaner. Tickets on boats see everything and keep up everywhere at the same time. They usually work in pairs. One of them scared us when we got on the boat and started to get settled. The boat was almost empty and no one was sitting in the back. Imagine my fright when they suddenly started tapping me on the shoulder! Turning around, I saw the ticket taker standing on the edge of the board. He asks me to pay for the fare, holding out one hand and holding the railing with the other. And he gives change like this: he starts rummaging through the bag with both hands, while clinging to the railing with his feet. Equilibrists - one word. By the way, don’t think that only men are ticket takers. There are plenty of women too. A woman tapped me on the shoulder.

Now about the clever devices for a comfortable walk along the canal on water bus. This is a transformable roof and a splash guard. For independent travelers this information is necessary to know.

The roof of the Bangkok water buses is made of fabric, and is attached in a very cunning way. When you need to sail under a low bridge, the driver uses pneumatics to lower the roof by 30-50 cm. After the bridge, it raises the roof.

The second contraption is the splash guard. Moreover, control of this outlandish instrument is transferred to the hands of the passengers themselves. This kind of self-service works. When the same boat is rushing towards you, you need to very quickly pull one of the ropes that are located on the sides along the entire boat. If you have time, the awning will rise and you will not be splashed with water. If you are in doubt about whether to pull the string or see what happens, it is better to pull anyway, because the water in the canals is dirty. Passengers understand this and do not count the crows. That's why you don't get good pictures very often. The blue awning always fits in.

Walk along the canals and canals of Bangkok

The Thais call their canals, which are dug not only in Bangkok, klongs. The city is a bit reminiscent of Ibo because it was built on a river, and is also unique, but in its own way. Klongs amaze with their diversity and color. In some areas you can see rows of skyscrapers, but mostly residential areas built on stilts stretch along both sides of the canals. There are a large number of dilapidated ruins adjacent to each other. It is unclear how they are still standing. And what’s even more amazing is that there is a street running along these slums, almost over the water, and locals walk along them calmly. Some even ride bicycles.

We spent a short time riding along the river canals and klongs of Bangkok. We needed to get to the Siam Paragon skyscraper, which houses the famous Bangkok Aquarium. In order not to miss the story about this excursion and other attractions, subscribe to blog updates .

The easiest way to get from Wat Saket was by water bus. We don't regret doing it at all!

By the way, the most important trick was to get out of the boat. In 30 seconds, you had to jump over the railing from the rocking ship and jump onto the pier, which was located above the level of the boat. It seems that the Thais on the boat helped us - they gave us a lift, and the Thais on the pier - they grabbed us by the hands. Thanks to them!

On the pier, right on the shop counter, this Thai Paris Hilton was waiting for us.

And finally the video. Extraordinary speed and views of Bangkok from the canal:

Sincerely,

Types of transport in Bangkok in order of convenience, speed and cost:

1. Metro: underground and above ground (fast and inexpensive, but for one person).

2. Taxi (necessarily metered!) - if there are two or more of you, then it will be cheaper to travel around Bangkok by taxi. For example, getting from the shopping center of BTS Siam to the Royal Palace costs about 70 baht.

3. Knock-knock. Mainly for tourists, in tourist places, but for short distances they can be quite convenient and inexpensive. The only thing worth knowing is not to take “free” city tours (they will take you shopping).

4. Boats. This is a very cheap form of transport and quite fast, but it can be used in a fairly limited area.

5. Motorcycle taxi is the fastest mode of transport! But for long distances it is not very cheap. However, it has an undoubted advantage - if you rode a motorcycle taxi in Bangkok, then you are no longer afraid of anything in life (motorcycle taxis in Bangkok and Pattaya are one of the best attractions that are worth trying!).

6. BRT (bus line) - its disadvantage is that it is very small and tourist places almost doesn't go away. But you can drive around and see how Thais live without tourists.

7. Buses. If you have nowhere to spend your time and no money, then this transport is for you. The easiest way to use it is with the help of a Google map, which, when plotting a route, shows which buses go to the place you need.

And now more details.

BTS (Bangkok Mass Transit System) is an elevated metro system in Bangkok. It was opened in 1999 and currently remains one of the fastest and most convenient ways to get around Bangkok. The two metro lines intersect at the Siam transfer station, which is located in the shopping center of the city.

Cost of travel to BTS depends on the range. Minimum tariff 15 baht, maximum 55 baht. You can find out the cost and buy a single ticket right at the station in front of the train entrance. Everything is quite simple there: ticket cards are bought from machines on which the cost of the trip to the desired station is marked:

If you plan to make several trips a day, then it makes sense to purchase ticket at the box office - One Day Pass. It allows you to make unlimited trips within one day for 120 baht.

Suvarnabhumi link is a BTS line connecting Suvarnabhumi Airport to the city center. You can choose high-speed train(red line, closed until April 2015), it goes to the city center without stopping, or the city line train (blue line), it goes with several stops. The travel time on the express train will be 15 minutes, the ticket price is 90 baht, the city line train from terminal to terminal takes 40-50 minutes and the ticket costs 40 baht.

BTS Bangkok Map

(overground and underground metro - click on the map to open in large size):

The most attractive metro stations for tourists:

Chatuchak Market(open on Saturday and Sunday evenings) and Chatuchak Park - Mo Chit Station;
Shopping center MBK— National stadium station;
Siam Paragon Shopping Center— Siam station;
Central world plaza shopping center— Chit Lom station;
Lumpini Park(large park with live monitor lizards) - Sala Daeng station;
Rachaprarop— the nearest station to tall building Thailand, Baiyok Sky Hotel;
Suvarnaphum Airport— Suvarnabhumi station (you can take the airport line train at Phaya Thai station);
Eastern bus station(buses to Koh Chang, Koh Samet, Pattaya) - Ekkamai station
Mo Chit Bus Station— Mo Chit station (the bus station itself is located approximately two to three km from the station, so you need to get there by motorcycle taxi or taxi meter);
South Bus Station— Wongwian Yai station. The bus station is located quite far from the station, you can get to it by public transport possible only with transfers, therefore the best option- take a taxi meter.
Victory Monument- a large stop for minibuses going to Pattaya, Koh Chang, Kanchanaburi, Ayutthaya and many other neighboring cities;
Saphan Taksin— a metro station where you can get off and transfer to a boat going along the Chao Phraya River (and also get to Koasan Road).

MRT - Bangkok underground metro

The MRT line was launched in 2004 and today consists of one line: from Hua Lamphong railway station north to Bang Sue station. The MRT intersects with BTS lines at Si Lom, Sukhumvit and Chatuchak Park stations. The ticket price also depends on the distance of the trip and starts from 15 baht.

A map of the underground metro is presented above along with the above-ground one.

Taxi in Bangkok

Metered taxis in Bangkok are a fairly inexpensive means of transportation. For example:
— Getting from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the Southern Bus Station (sai tai mai) costs about 600 baht. It's quite far, more than an hour's drive.
— From the Surasak BTS station to the Eastern Bus Station 14 km. A taxi costs 75 baht. BTS - 40 baht.

During peak hours (8am or 6-8pm), taxis may take longer and make better use of the BTS. The rest of the time, you just need to check with the taxi meter - “taxi meter” - otherwise the trip may turn out to be much more expensive.

Order a taxi in Bangkok not developed (but), in Bangkok you can very quickly catch a taxi just by going out onto the road.

Lifehack. There is a very important thing for each of us - mobile phone. If you can open a Google map through it and determine your location, then there are no problems with public transport anywhere at all - you select a point on the map where you need to go, plot a route and see what public transport you can use to get there (Google lists all the numbers buses, etc.).

Bangkok public buses

There are a great variety of buses in Bangkok, their cost is minimal (there are even free ones), but their routes are so confusing that it seems difficult to figure out right away. However, if you have a smartphone with a Google map, then everything is very simple - find your destination on the map and see the bus routes that Google offers you!

Traffic jams in Bangkok - especially in the evening - are simply crazy, so if it’s for business, then it’s better, of course, to take the metro, boats, or even a motorcycle taxi (if the traffic jams are really bad). good time for traveling by bus - around 10 a.m., when there should not be any major traffic jams. Well, if you are ready to spend your time and take a bus to the place you need, then here are some recommendations.

Bangkok buses come in several types:

Small green ones - they cost 6.5 baht without air conditioning, with wooden floors, open windows and doors.
Red buses are the same as green ones, but a little more, they cost 7 baht per trip. There are two types: if there is a yellow sign under the windshield, then the bus is on the express route; if there is no yellow sign, then it is on the regular route.
White buses are not much different from red and green ones; a ticket costs 8 baht, perhaps because they look a little more decent.
White and blue with green stripes are air-conditioned buses, the ticket price depends on the distance and ranges from 11 to 19 baht. There are also two types: regular and express (with a yellow sign under the windshield).
Orange buses are air conditioned. Cost from 12 to 22 baht. There are regular and express.
Blue and yellow are air-conditioned express buses.
Pink and white buses - a ticket costs 25 baht, these buses are comfortable, air-conditioned and have seats only.

If you expect to quickly travel a long distance by bus, then it is better to forget about this idea. Despite the fact that buses often have a special lane on the road, they take a very long time, winding along the roads. But Bangkok buses are very convenient to use for short distances.

Bus routes passing through tourist spots in Bangkok:

Bus No. 2 - goes from the Eastern Bus Station (BTS Ekkamai station) along the street Suhumvit through the shopping center Central World Plaza, turns at the hotel Amari Watergate(Phetburi street) and goes to Kao San road And Royal Palace - near Koasan Road.
Bus No. 511 - runs from South Bus Station (Sai Thai May) via Kao San road, Chinatown, Petchaburi road, Central World, Silom.
Bus number 40 - passes through Train Station Hua Lampong to the nearest BTS Siam station (usually without traffic jams).
Kao San road: №2, №3, №6, №9, №56, №54;
Buses passing through the area Dusit Zoo (Kou Din Zoo): №5, №18, №28, №70, №108, №510, №515;
Buses passing through the area Chinatown: №1, №4, №7, №25, №35, №40, №53, №501;
Buses passing through the area crocodile farm, Samutprakarn: №45, №142, №508, №513, №536;
Buses passing through the area Water Gate (Pratoo Nam): №2, №11, №14, №23, №38, №58, №60, №62, №72, №79, №93, №99, №139, №140, №511, №512.

Look detailed description routes can be found on this website (in Thai and English): http://www.bmta.co.th/en/travel.php

Bangkok river transport

Thanks to the abundance of canals, Bangkok was previously called the Second Venice. Before the advent of the highway network, canals and boats were the main means of transportation around the city. Now most of the canals are blocked and are not used for movement, but the largest ones remain and you can quickly move along them in the center. The cost of a ticket for a boat passing through the city's canals starts from 9 baht, depending on the distance of the trip.

A ticket for a boat on the Chao Phraya River costs 15 baht and does not depend on the distance. Express boats (for 40 baht) and water taxis also travel along the river. Tickets can be purchased at the piers and on the boats themselves. The largest pier is Sathon (also Taksin), it is located next to the BTS Saphan Taksin station.

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As in any major metropolis in the world, there is a well-developed transport network. Everyone can choose one or another method of moving around the city, depending on their preferences and financial situation.

Intercity transport tickets

If you need to go outside of Bangkok, then there are bus stations, a railway station, Suvarnabhumi airports and Don Muang. Tickets can also be purchased online. Use the form below.

Bangkok River Transport on Chao Phraya

Ferries travel along the Chao Phraya River and have designated stops. They provide easy access to the main attractions: , . The central pier from which ferries depart is located next to Saphan Taksin BTS Skytrain Station. They go quite far along the river, but tourists usually don’t go further - popular place, where there are many shops, tour desks and cheap accommodation.

All ferries run from 6 am to 7 pm. The fare depends on the distance and ranges from 10-32 baht. There are special ferries for tourists with an English-speaking guide. They go from the Central Pier to pier No. 13 (where Khaosan is located), then turn around and go in the opposite direction. Travel time one way is 25-27 minutes. Ticket price is 150 baht.

Water taxi

This Bangkok transport represents motor boats, designed for several people. Unlike ferries, which follow a specific route and make specific stops, boats can go anywhere and drop you off anywhere. They can also wait while you explore the attraction. This taxi is good because you can take a trip along the tributaries of the Chao Phraya River and see how people live local residents away from tourist trails. The trip costs around 800 baht. But this is the price for the whole boat and if there are, for example, 4 people, then each will cost 200.

Knock-knock taxi

This transport is a symbol of Bangkok, Many souvenir shops even sell small models dedicated to him.

A tuk-tuk is a modified motorcycle on three wheels. Accommodates no more than three people (adults) with suitcases. Their parking lots are located everywhere and many people use tuk-tuks as an exotic, like “well, how can you not be in Bangkok and try to ride this miracle.” The cost of the trip is discussed in advance. Bargaining is quite appropriate, albeit within reasonable limits. For a few kilometers they will charge you 15-20 baht, and to cross the whole of Bangkok you will need 200-300. The more people there are, the cheaper it is, because... The payment is made not for each passenger, but for the entire tuk-tuk. You can get to almost any point in the capital. Tuk-tuk stands are located next to popular tourist places– shopping malls, attractions, markets.

Moto taxi

This is the most quick out ground transport Bangkok, because due to maneuverability you will not be stuck in traffic jams. Plus, he will take you to the place over the shortest distance - through all sorts of alleys and back streets.

The passenger sits in the back seat and the ride begins. Sometimes two people can fit, but driving this way is dangerous. In general, motorbike taxis are a rather traumatic form of transport - oops, they crashed at a turn. It is best avoided if possible, although it may be justified in cases of urgency and rush hour. The price of the trip depends on the distance and is not much different from the cost of a tuk-tuk - through the whole city they will charge you 200 Thai rubles. Taxi drivers with motorcycles are located at almost every intersection, near attractions and shopping centers Bangkok.

This taxi with a meter. In our opinion, the most best option transport in Bangkok (except during rush hours, when you have to sit in traffic jams). Taxis are foreign cars painted in different colors (a lot of pink and green). There is a “TAXI-METER” sign on the roof. The cabin is very comfortable, and the fare will be cheaper (according to the meter) than traveling in a tuk-tuk, blown by all the winds. In a taxi, the air temperature is adjusted by air conditioning to 21-23 degrees. This is very nice considering that outside the window +30…+35.

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