Trees and parks are the basic principles of a liveable city. Among the leaves and lakes around Bangkok, it's time to make a decision which public park deserves your love.
Converted from parts of The Tobacco Monopoly property, this 130-rai public greenery makes an excellent bike and jogging spot in downtown Bangkok. The skyscraper backdrop behind the artificial lake also makes a spectacular photo op.
Benjakitti is the only public park in the city center that boasts a pet-friendly area.
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Opened on 12 August 1992 to honor the HM Queen Sirikit’s 60th Birthday, this green space sits right next to a luxury shopping mall The Emporium. On top of jogging and strolling, aesthetes will enjoy scavenging for 12 sculpture pieces scattered throughout the park.
One of Bangkok’s most accessible park thanks to its location right by BTS Mochit and MRT Chatuchak Park stations, this green space boasts a leafy jogging route, a manmade lake, and a handsome clock tower. It makes a perfect evening stroll after exhausting bargaining at the nearby Chatuchak Market.
Designed by architectural studio Landprocess, Chulalongkorn University Centenary Park, created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Thailand’s oldest university, is at the heart of an initiative to give new life to the Samyan neighborhood and to transform it into a livable space for all generations.
Sitting 15 minutes away from BTS Udom Suk Station, this green space in the outskirt of Bangkok is the city’s largest park. The highlights include a flowery botanical garden and seven gardens drawing the designs from different countries.
Guarded by the wall of an old prison, Rommaneenat Park also boasts a basketball court and an old-school rustic gym. Don’t forget to check out The Corrections Museum nearby that tells the history of the country’s law enforcement and gruesome punishments.
Skip the over-crowded Rod Fai Park for the nearby Queen Sirikit Park. Fewer people and zero bicycle—as biking is prohibited here—means a safer place to run around. Plus, it’s right next to Chatuchak Weekend Market so you can do some shopping, too.
Located along the banks of the Chao Phraya River, Suan Santi Chaiprakarn Park offers a fun, relaxing vibe and magnificent views of the Rama VIII Bridge. Built around Phra Sumen Fort, a structure dating back to the reign of Rama I, the park features a number of lamphu trees, which inspired the name of the Banglumphu district.
Built to honor late economist Puey Ungphakorn, whose first house was in Talad Noi, the park features a modern-looking museum that was revamped from an old lathe workshop. The museum will soon host an exhibition about the Talad Noi community.
Once the State Railway of Thailand’s golf course, this giant public park—which is better known by its nickname, Suan Rodfai—is now a heaven for jogging, park cycling and weekend leisure.
Wat Hua Lamphong Rukkhaniwet Park is the first of four pilot projects by crowdfunded developper We!Park to rejuvenate idle urban spaces in Bangkok into sustainable green areas. Wat Hua Lamphong Rukkhaniwet Park stands on what was once an abandoned plot of land that’s about two rai (3,200 square meters). The space is the first of four collaborative urban greening projects between the public and private sectors, and the general public.
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