The Historic Town center is located on the Rattanakosin Island, which is formed by the Chao Phraya River and its ducts, and adjacent areas. The city was built during the time of the threat of invasion by the Burmese. The most important issue of the time for the capital was the protection, so the city was rebuilt in the first place on the island. Later, when the problem was solved by invasions, the city began to spread, and the temples of the mid XIX century, got already out of Rattanakosin Island.

At the very same island are the oldest buildings of the city – the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, several temples and historical monuments. Among them – the remnants of the city wall of the XIX century, the first residential building in the city. The Parliament and most of the government agencies and ministries are still in that historical part. Here in the historic center there are also modern buildings constructed in the last decade, and modern historical monuments, for example, Democracy Monument, erected in memory of the events 1992.

Originally on the island, which is now the Royal Palace, used to live Huaqiao – ethnic Chinese, but once the construction of Bangkok started, they moved to settle for 3 km downstream. And that’s exactly here where a modern Bangkok’s Chinatown was originated. In the XIX century, Chinatown was the main trade center, and Chinese traders – the richest in Thailand. As the legacy of time there are a few large churches left. Now this area is not having an abundance of Chinese population (although there are many Chinese and the territory is intensively populated. The main activity of the area is trade. Besides selling their traditional stuff as a part of the the Chinese market, the local Thai souvenirs are also included.

Silom district, named for the eponymous street is the modern city center. Here are most of the offices of large companies; there is the highest building in Bangkok, one of the most expensive hotels. Also the half of all embassies in Bangkok is located at Shiloh, including the Embassies of Russia, France and Germany. In the northern district of Siphaya and Surawong there are rows of stalls, simple shop and large supermarkets. Here at Shiloh you can also find inexpensive hotels ($ 20 per night), but most budget conscious tourists still settle either in the historical center, or on Sukhumvit.

To the north of Silom district is known as Siam Square. This area is the commercial center of the city. Here are the largest city supermarkets and smaller shops, with favorable prices if compared to prices in tourist areas, and certainly lower than in Shiloh. Most large supermarkets Area – Siam / Discovery Center, Colloseum Dep. Store, Tokyo, World Trade Center. Slightly to the east of the main series of trading, is the Ploenchit district. There are very expensive hotels (e.g. the local Hilton International) and the second half of the Embassies in the city- the U.S. Embassy, the UK and Switzerland.

Sukhumvit is the most popular tourist district of Bangkok. Most tourists coming to Bangkok usually settle here. The name of district is received from its main street, starting here and the leading to the south-east border with Cambodia. The main features of the area: there are few intersections with the main street crossing only small streets, which almost always end in deadlock. Therefore, despite the fact that the Sukhumvit has Bangkok Centre and it’s rather noisy, the small streets have practically no traffic, here it is relatively quiet. Why is it so? Just because it is in these lanes where you can find most of the Bangkok go-go bars and beer bars. Prices in the region correspond Sukumvita status as a tourist center. That is higher than in Siam Square, but lower than in Shiloh. Prices for hotels are also varied: from $ 20 to $ 150 per day.