Culture & heritage
Chinatown Bangkok (Yaowarat)
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Bangkok’s historic Thai-Chinese neighbourhood, centred on Yaowarat Road and known for gold shops, shrines and evening street food.
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Directions
Open the Yaowarat Road map pin Check detailsNearest MRT
Wat Mangkon on the Blue Line Check detailsNearby market
Yaowarat Old Market (Talat Kao) Check detailsAbout this place
Yaowarat Road is the main street through Bangkok’s Chinatown. Start at Wat Mangkon MRT for the central stretch, then explore the Chinese temples and the lanes around Talat Kao, the Old Market. In the evening, food stalls set up along the main road.
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What to see
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is a starting point for exploring the neighbourhood. Walk toward Talat Kao for traditional shops and the Guan Yu shrine. Farther along Yaowarat Road, the Thian Fah Foundation has a shrine to Guanyin.
When to visit
Explore the shops and shrines in the daytime, then return to the main road for evening food stalls selling dishes such as dim sum and noodle soups. The street is a public thoroughfare and individual shops, shrines and stalls set their own hours.
Photo credit
Yaowarat Road at night, photographed by Jtorquy on 11 June 2025. The image is resized for display under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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