Secrets To Retiring To Thailand

Bangkok is truly an intoxicating tourist destination. It is an all-in-one city offering everything you aspire for as a connoisseur – luxurious hotels, sumptuous cuisines, glitzy shopping malls, serene religious places, electrifying night life and what have you. Whether you are on a business trip or a pleasure escaped, Bangkok does not fail to oblige its visitor irrespective of its cast, creed, sex and nationality.

Exhilarating skyline
While there are umpteen things to relish and visit in Bangkok, there are certain things you should miss for the world. These are the grand museums, magnificent monasteries and the notorious night life. If you happen to be in Bangkok in the months of April, May, August or December, events and the festivals are a must watch.

Grand museums
Bangkok has a long list of Museums, and you can be sure that every museum has something unique in stored. Out of the numerous, the National Museum and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum are the most famous. The National Museum takes you through Thailand’s prehistoric era to Sukhotahai and Ayutthaya era to the modern Thailand. You might have till date only heard about Madame Tussauds Wax Museum; visiting it will only shape your imagination into reality. Behold the wax statues of world’s leading celebrities adorning the museum and you will realize why the place is so very coveted.

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Other museums are Bank of Thailand Museum, Children’s Discovery Museum, Erawan Museum, Jim Thompson House, Royal Barges Museum, Suan Pakkad Palace Bangkok Folk Museum, Corrections Museum, Forensic Museum, Human Imagery Museum, Museum of Siam, Stamp Museum, etc.

Magnificent monasteries
Thailand’s inimitable religious culture is simply soul stirring and heartwarming. The monasteries and temples of Bangkok stand the testimony to this fact. Step into one and you will see the world around you change completely in a blink of an eye. Each one, and there are hundreds of them in the whole of Bangkok, are an architectural marvel adorned with sublime ambiance. If you are religiously inclined, put these places at the top of your itinerary, because it’s only here that you discover the true peace and happiness.
Amongst a host of monasteries and temples, Wat Pho is the biggest and the largest housing a huge gold plated statue of reclining Buddha. Wat Arun, better known as the Temple of Dawn is another temple worth a visit. Wat Saket is situated on the top of a hill and is famous for the bronze statue of Buddha weighing nearly 2.5 tons.

Notorious nightlife
Not long ago, Bangkok was quite infamous for its nightlife. However, in the last few years government has turned a red eye towards this multi-million dollar industry bringing in strict rules and regulations. The result is what used to be a full night extravaganza is now reduced to only a spectacle that lasts only up to a maximum of 1 or 2 in the night. Nevertheless, there is a still a lot in stored for the affluent citizens and tourists of Bangkok to have a blast. Amongst numerous night-out spots in Bangkok, Silom is world famous boasting of places like DJ Station, Lucifers Disko, Soi Thaniya, Tapas, Molly Malone’s Irish Pub and 9 Night Club.
There are many more in the areas like Sukhumvit, Siam Khao San Road, Chidlom, Sathorn, Thonglor and Ekkamai The Riverside, Ratchadaphisek and Chatuchak.

Feasts and festivities
Thailand celebrates its new year in April. The city of Bangkok commemorates the D-Day in the form of Songkran Festival held from April 13 to 15. In May there is Royal Ploughing Ceremony, which marks the beginning of the rice growing season.
The Queen’s birthday falls on 12th August and whole of Thailand, including Bangkok celebrates with tremendous gaiety and fervor. December the 5th is the birthday of the Thai King. It is celebrated all over Thailand, but in Bangkok the celebration is truly special.

Come home to Bangkok
Bangkok has a glittering treasure of tourism that should be explored and enjoyed to the hilt at least once in lifetime. Come to think of it, besides being the commercial capital of Thailand, Bangkok is also the tourism capital of this ancient kingdom. Given its rich, vivid and multifarious tourist attractions, this angelic city of Bangkok promises to entertain you the same way every time you to choose to enjoy its resplendent hospitality.

This post was written for phuketair.asia by Karien Jones

About the author: Karien is a blogger by profession. She loves writing on luxury and fashion. Beside this she is fond of travelling and exploring new places. She is planning to go on beach vacations to relax.