I don’t ski anymore, but I will always love the mountain town vibe. I am blessed to have a second home in Bend, Oregon , located on the eastern edge of the Cascades along the Deschutes River in Central Oregon.
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Bold, busy and boisterous, Bangkok is famed for gleaming temples, mesmerizing markets, incendiary cuisine and hedonistic nightlife, but is Thailand’s biggest city really suitable for families? We say yes!
So long as you plan ahead and try not to be too ambitious in what you see and do each day, Bangkok serves up adventures big and small that will keep small travelers talking for years. Even the simple act of getting across the city can make for family fun if you travel by túk-túk or river boat.
The golden rule for getting the best out of Bangkok as a family is to stay somewhere with a pool, so you can retreat for some calmer, cooler entertainment when the tropical sun starts to melt the asphalt. Whether your tastes run to gilded temples, theme parks or museums, here's our guide to the best things to do in Bangkok with kids in tow.
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Bangkok's historic sights are laid out in an alluring array of colors, with supersized statues and twinkling fairy lights that make every day feel a bit like the Christmas holidays. Kid-friendly museums and theme parks dot the cityscape, and túk-túks, river ferries and river taxis make getting from A to B a fun-filled family adventure.
There are several indoor playgrounds for kids to run riot in too. Family discount cards, however, are practically non-existent, though Madame Tussauds and the SEA LIFE Bangkok Ocean World do offer a combined ticket which gives you around 35% off the usual entry price if bought online in advance.
Bangkok also has plenty of international-style supermarkets, so finding diapers, formula milk and familiar flavors from home is rarely an issue. The city offers plenty – and we mean plenty – of shopping opportunities too, should you need spare clothes or kit of any kind.
To escape the heat, air-conditioned malls abound – Central Chidlom on Th Phloen Chit has an entire floor devoted to kids. Mall loos also have toilet paper, soap for washing hands and baby-changing areas.
By making use of air-conditioned malls and hotel pools, it’s easy to escape the tropical heat in Bangkok, and there are some fantastic water parks for when temperatures soar too. As well as the parks in town, consider a day trip to Ramayana Water Park, accessible via a two-hour bus ride to Pattaya, which also brings a day at the beach within reach.
For maximum water fun, the Buddhist festival of Songkran sees a giant city-wide water fight spill into the streets all over Bangkok – it takes place every year on April 13th and can be a great cultural
I don’t ski anymore, but I will always love the mountain town vibe. I am blessed to have a second home in Bend, Oregon , located on the eastern edge of the Cascades along the Deschutes River in Central Oregon.
ICONSIAM, the Thailand landmark destination located on the Chao Phraya riverside in Bangkok, has been chosen as one of the seven highlight locations for the “The Vijit Chao Phraya 2023” event, a part of ‘Thailand Winter Festival’ of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), which is being organised throughout December 2023 as a joint public-private sector collaboration. Mr. Supoj Chaiwatsirikul, Managing Director of ICONSIAM Company Limited, said, “We will proudly contribute with amazing events that will help light up the river during this season of joy and invite everyone to join us and share in the festive holiday spirit at ICONSIAM.”
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