# Roots Earth in Bangkok: audio stories about 52 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/bangkok Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 52 places in Bangkok, Thailand, in Asia. The Bangkok stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Bangkok, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 52 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 52 places in Bangkok with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) 2. Grand Palace 3. Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) 4. Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) 5. Wat Saket (Golden Mount) 6. Wat Benchamabophit (Marble Temple) 7. Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha) 8. Wat Suthat 9. Giant Swing (Sao Ching Cha) 10. Loha Prasat, Wat Ratchanatdaram 11. Bangkok National Museum 12. Sanam Luang 13. Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit 14. Bangkok City Pillar Shrine (Lak Mueang) 15. Democracy Monument 16. Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall 17. Vimanmek Mansion 18. Dusit Palace 19. Jim Thompson House 20. Museum Siam 21. National Gallery 22. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre 23. Erawan Shrine 24. Wat Bowonniwet Vihara 25. Wat Ratchabophit 26. National Museum of Royal Barges 27. Phra Sumen Fort 28. Wat Ratchanatdaram 29. Assumption Cathedral 30. Victory Monument 31. King Power Mahanakhon 32. Baiyoke Tower II 33. Hua Lamphong Railway Station 34. Wat Kalayanamit 35. Wat Prayoon (Wat Prayurawongsawat) 36. Chatuchak Weekend Market 37. Khaosan Road 38. Chinatown (Yaowarat) 39. Yaowarat Road 40. Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market) 41. Phahurat (Little India) 42. Sampheng 43. Talat Noi 44. Lumphini Park 45. Benjakitti Park 46. Santa Cruz Church (Kudi Chin) 47. Wat Rakhangkhositaram 48. Wang Lang Market 49. Khlong Toei Market 50. Talat Phlu 51. Bang Kachao (Green Lung) 52. Phra Athit Road ## Is there an audio guide for Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha)? Yes. Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 52 Bangkok places in the app, at 13.75138889, 100.4925. Every one of the other 51 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Bangkok Open Roots Earth and choose Bangkok. The city has its own map of places with all 52 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 52 places in Bangkok, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 52 places in Bangkok, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) - Coordinates: 13.75138889, 100.4925 - In one line: Bangkok's most sacred temple, built from 1783 within the Grand Palace, houses the revered Emerald Buddha carved from a block of jasper. Gilded spires, mosaic columns, yaksha guardians, and a vast Ramakien mural gallery surround the ordination hall. ### 2. Grand Palace - Coordinates: 13.7501, 100.492 - In one line: Founded in 1782 by King Rama I, this walled royal complex served as the Thai monarchy's seat for 150 years. It blends Thai spires with European forms, crowned by the Chakri Maha Prasat, and still hosts state ceremonies today. ### 3. Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) - Coordinates: 13.74638889, 100.49361111 - In one line: One of Bangkok's oldest temples, rebuilt from 1788 under Rama I, Wat Pho holds a gilded 46-meter Reclining Buddha with mother-of-pearl feet. It is the birthplace of traditional Thai massage and home to hundreds of Buddha images. ### 4. Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) - Coordinates: 13.74361111, 100.48888889 - In one line: Rising on the Chao Phraya's west bank, Wat Arun's Khmer-style central prang soars roughly 70 meters, clad in broken Chinese porcelain and seashells. Rebuilt under Rama II and Rama III and completed in 1851, the Temple of Dawn glows at sunrise and sunset. ### 5. Wat Saket (Golden Mount) - Coordinates: 13.75388889, 100.50833333 - In one line: An Ayutthaya-era temple crowned by an artificial hill, the Golden Mount rises roughly 80 meters above Bangkok. A spiral stairway of around 300 steps climbs to a golden chedi holding Buddha relics, with sweeping views across the old city. ### 6. Wat Benchamabophit (Marble Temple) - Coordinates: 13.76658333, 100.51408333 - In one line: Built from 1899 under King Rama V and designed by Prince Naris, the Marble Temple shines in white Italian Carrara marble. Its cruciform ordination hall, stained-glass windows, and gallery of 52 Buddha images blend Thai form with European craft. ### 7. Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha) - Coordinates: 13.73805556, 100.51361111 - In one line: In Bangkok's Chinatown, Wat Traimit guards a Sukhothai-era Buddha of solid gold, about 3 meters tall and weighing roughly 5. 5 tonnes. Hidden for centuries beneath plaster, it was revealed by accident in 1955 when dropped during a move. ### 8. Wat Suthat - Coordinates: 13.75055556, 100.50111111 - In one line: Wat Suthat is a first-class royal temple begun by Rama I in 1807 and finished under Rama III. Its towering assembly hall shelters Phra Si Sakyamuni, a great bronze Buddha brought from old Sukhothai. ### 9. Giant Swing (Sao Ching Cha) - Coordinates: 13.75194444, 100.50138889 - In one line: The Giant Swing, or Sao Ching Cha, is a towering red teak frame raised in 1784 under Rama I. Once central to a daring Brahmin harvest rite, it stands more than 21 meters tall before Wat Suthat. ### 10. Loha Prasat, Wat Ratchanatdaram - Coordinates: 13.75472222, 100.50472222 - In one line: The Loha Prasat is a tiered metal castle begun by Rama III in 1846 within Wat Ratchanatdaram. Its 37 black-and-gold spires stand for 37 Buddhist virtues, making it the last surviving structure of its kind. ### 11. Bangkok National Museum - Coordinates: 13.7575, 100.49222222 - In one line: The Bangkok National Museum, founded in 1874 by King Chulalongkorn, occupies the former Front Palace. One of Southeast Asia's largest museums, it gathers royal funeral chariots, the Buddhaisawan Chapel, and Thai art across every era. ### 12. Sanam Luang - Coordinates: 13.755, 100.49305556 - In one line: Sanam Luang is the great oval royal field laid out in 1782 beside the Grand Palace. Ringed by tamarind trees, it has hosted royal cremations, kite-flying seasons, markets, and protests across more than two centuries of Bangkok life. ### 13. Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit - Coordinates: 13.755, 100.49083333 - In one line: Wat Mahathat Yuwaratrangsarit is an 18th-century royal monastery beside Sanam Luang. A leading center of Buddhist learning and Vipassana meditation, it houses Thailand's oldest Buddhist university and a famed amulet market. ### 14. Bangkok City Pillar Shrine (Lak Mueang) - Coordinates: 13.7525, 100.4938 - In one line: The Bangkok City Pillar Shrine, or Lak Mueang, was raised in 1782 by Rama I as his new capital's first building. ### 15. Democracy Monument - Coordinates: 13.75666667, 100.50166667 - In one line: An Art Deco landmark rising from a Ratchadamnoen Avenue traffic circle, built in 1939 and 1940 to mark the 1932 end of absolute monarchy. Four winged pillars guard a central relief holding Thailand's first constitution. ### 16. Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall - Coordinates: 13.77166667, 100.51305556 - In one line: A marble throne hall in Italian Renaissance style, commissioned by King Chulalongkorn in 1908 and completed in 1915. Its great dome, frescoed with Chakri dynasty history, later sheltered Thailand's first parliament after the 1932 revolution. ### 17. Vimanmek Mansion - Coordinates: 13.77388889, 100.51277778 - In one line: A golden-teak royal residence in the Dusit garden, reassembled in 1901 from a palace at Ko Sichang. Reputedly the world's largest building of golden teak, it housed King Chulalongkorn and later became a museum of his reign. ### 18. Dusit Palace - Coordinates: 13.774, 100.512 - In one line: A garden-palace district begun by King Chulalongkorn in 1897, set with European-style avenues north of the old city. It gathers throne halls, teak mansions and royal villas, and shaped Ratchadamnoen Avenue along its grand ceremonial axis. ### 19. Jim Thompson House - Coordinates: 13.74916667, 100.52833333 - In one line: A cluster of traditional Thai teak houses assembled in 1959 by the American silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, beside a canal in central Bangkok. His mysterious 1967 disappearance left behind this home and a notable Southeast Asian art collection. ### 20. Museum Siam - Coordinates: 13.7441, 100.4941 - In one line: An interactive museum of Thai identity, opened in 2007 in the classical former Ministry of Commerce building of 1922. Its playful exhibits invite visitors to explore what it means to be Thai through history, food and culture. ### 21. National Gallery - Coordinates: 13.75894607, 100.49384236 - In one line: Thailand's National Gallery occupies the former Royal Mint of 1902, a neoclassical building on Chao Fa Road. Opened in 1978, it holds Thai art from traditional masterpieces to modern works, stewarding the nation's visual heritage. ### 22. Bangkok Art and Culture Centre - Coordinates: 13.74666667, 100.53 - In one line: A spiralling contemporary art hub in Pathum Wan, opened in 2008. Its bright atrium ramps upward past galleries, a library, cafes and craft shops, hosting exhibitions, film, music and theatre at the heart of Bangkok's busiest shopping district. ### 23. Erawan Shrine - Coordinates: 13.74436111, 100.54044444 - In one line: A gilded four-faced shrine to Phra Phrom, erected in 1956 at Bangkok's Ratchaprasong crossing. Wreathed in marigolds, incense and the music of paid dancers, it draws constant worshippers seeking favour amid the surrounding malls and traffic. ### 24. Wat Bowonniwet Vihara - Coordinates: 13.76033333, 100.49986111 - In one line: A revered Banglamphu monastery founded in 1824, seat of the reformist Thammayut order. Generations of Thai kings, including Mongkut and Bhumibol, ordained here. It is known for its golden chedi and pioneering murals using Western perspective. ### 25. Wat Ratchabophit - Coordinates: 13.74916667, 100.49722222 - In one line: An elegant royal temple begun in 1869 by King Rama V, built around a circular cloister and a 43-metre gilded chedi. Its ordination hall surprises with a European Gothic interior behind Thai walls, and a royal cemetery rests nearby. ### 26. National Museum of Royal Barges - Coordinates: 13.76167, 100.484417 - In one line: A canalside museum on Khlong Bangkok Noi housing Thailand's ceremonial royal barges, including the golden swan-prowed Suphannahong. Restored after wartime damage, these towering, carved and gilded vessels still take part in rare royal river processions descended from the Ayutthaya era. ### 27. Phra Sumen Fort - Coordinates: 13.76389, 100.49583 - In one line: An octagonal whitewashed fort raised in the 1780s to defend King Rama I's new Rattanakosin capital. One of only two surviving from fourteen original forts, it stands beside the Chao Phraya in riverside Santichaiprakan Park. ### 28. Wat Ratchanatdaram - Coordinates: 13.75472222, 100.50472222 - In one line: A temple founded in 1846 by King Rama III, famous for its Loha Prasat, or Metal Castle. Its 37 black-and-gold iron spires, rising about 36 metres over seven tiers, make it the last surviving Loha Prasat in the world. ### 29. Assumption Cathedral - Coordinates: 13.723059, 100.514924 - In one line: A red-brick Romanesque cathedral near the river in Bang Rak, the principal Catholic church of Thailand. Rebuilt between 1910 and 1918, it has welcomed two visiting popes and anchors a historic mission compound. ### 30. Victory Monument - Coordinates: 13.76472222, 100.53861111 - In one line: A towering obelisk shaped like five clasped bayonets, raised in 1941 and 1942 to mark the Franco-Thai War. Sculpted figures of the armed forces and civilians ring its base, now encircled by one of Bangkok's busiest traffic hubs. ### 31. King Power Mahanakhon - Coordinates: 13.72361, 100.52889 - In one line: A 314-meter glass tower in Bangkok's business district, wrapped in a pixelated spiral that appears to dissolve into the sky. ### 32. Baiyoke Tower II - Coordinates: 13.754167, 100.540556 - In one line: An 88-story tower rising above the Pratunam market district, completed in 1997 and home to the Baiyoke Sky Hotel. It held the title of Thailand's tallest building for nearly two decades and crowns its summit with a revolving observation deck. ### 33. Hua Lamphong Railway Station - Coordinates: 13.73888889, 100.51666667 - In one line: Bangkok's grand old railway station, opened in 1916 and designed by Italian architect Mario Tamagno. Its Neo-Renaissance facade and sweeping iron-and-glass train shed served as Thailand's main rail gateway for over a century. ### 34. Wat Kalayanamit - Coordinates: 13.739939, 100.491226 - In one line: A riverside temple in Thonburi founded in 1825, home to Luang Pho To, a colossal seated Buddha once the largest in Bangkok. Beloved by Thai-Chinese devotees, it blends Thai and Chinese tradition beside the Chao Phraya. ### 35. Wat Prayoon (Wat Prayurawongsawat) - Coordinates: 13.7372, 100.4958 - In one line: A Thonburi temple founded in the reign of King Rama the Third, crowned by a great white chedi that won a UNESCO heritage award. Its turtle-filled pond and miniature mountain make it one of Bangkok's most distinctive riverside sanctuaries. ### 36. Chatuchak Weekend Market - Coordinates: 13.80083333, 100.55138889 - In one line: One of the world's largest weekend markets, Chatuchak spreads across 27 sections with more than 15,000 stalls. Drawing over 200,000 visitors each Saturday and Sunday, it sells everything from plants and antiques to pets, food, and clothing. ### 37. Khaosan Road - Coordinates: 13.75888889, 100.49722222 - In one line: A 410-metre street near the Grand Palace, Khaosan Road grew from a rice market into the world's most famous backpacker hub. Today its bars, hostels, food stalls, and travel agents draw tens of thousands of visitors every night. ### 38. Chinatown (Yaowarat) - Coordinates: 13.74, 100.51 - In one line: Founded in 1782 when Chinese traders resettled at Sampheng, Bangkok's Chinatown is among the largest in the world. Centered on Samphanthawong district, it brims with gold shops, temples, wet markets, and some of the city's most celebrated street food. ### 39. Yaowarat Road - Coordinates: 13.741136, 100.508305 - In one line: Built from 1892 to 1900 under King Rama V, Yaowarat Road curves like a dragon's body through the heart of Chinatown. Famed for its gold shops and electric night-time food scene, the 1,532-metre road is the district's glittering main artery. ### 40. Pak Khlong Talat (Flower Market) - Coordinates: 13.742209, 100.496567 - In one line: Bangkok's main flower market, Pak Khlong Talat sits beside the river near Memorial Bridge. Open around the clock, it began as a floating market in the Rama I era and now overflows day and night with marigolds, jasmine garlands, roses, and orchids. ### 41. Phahurat (Little India) - Coordinates: 13.744846, 100.500623 - In one line: Bangkok's Little India, Phahurat is a dense textile quarter beside Chinatown. Its road, named by King Rama V for his daughter, is lined with fabric and sari shops, and crowned by the golden-domed Sikh temple Siri Guru Singh Sabha. ### 42. Sampheng - Coordinates: 13.74286944, 100.50425278 - In one line: The original street of Bangkok's Chinatown, Sampheng began in 1782 when Teochew settlers resettled here. Barely 10 metres wide, the narrow lane now known as Soi Wanit 1 is the city's premier wholesale market, jammed with toys, fabrics, and goods of every kind. ### 43. Talat Noi - Coordinates: 13.73333333, 100.51388889 - In one line: Talat Noi is a riverside neighborhood on the edge of Bangkok's Chinatown, where old Teochew Chinese shophouses, hidden shrines, vintage car-part workshops, and bright street murals crowd the lanes beside the Chao Phraya. ### 44. Lumphini Park - Coordinates: 13.73055556, 100.54166667 - In one line: Lumphini Park is regarded as Thailand's first public park, created by King Rama VI in 1925. ### 45. Benjakitti Park - Coordinates: 13.7294, 100.5586 - In one line: Benjakitti Park is a modern green space in central Bangkok, built on former tobacco-monopoly land. Its lakeside grounds opened in 2004, joined in 2022 by an expansive forest park of wetlands, elevated walkways, and reclaimed wilderness near Sukhumvit. ### 46. Santa Cruz Church (Kudi Chin) - Coordinates: 13.73888889, 100.49388889 - In one line: Santa Cruz Church anchors the Kudi Chin community, a Portuguese-Thai enclave on the Chao Phraya's west bank. First founded around 1770, its present domed Renaissance Revival building, raised between 1913 and 1916, still watches over the river. ### 47. Wat Rakhangkhositaram - Coordinates: 13.7527, 100.4854 - In one line: Wat Rakhangkhositaram is an Ayutthaya-era royal temple on Thonburi's west bank, named for a melodious bell found in its grounds. Its scripture hall once housed King Rama I, and visitors still release fish into the river for merit. ### 48. Wang Lang Market - Coordinates: 13.75549722, 100.485075 - In one line: Wang Lang Market crowds a narrow Thonburi lane beside the Chao Phraya, near Siriraj Hospital. Named for a former rear palace, it draws students and locals with fiery southern Thai food, sweets, and clothing stalls. ### 49. Khlong Toei Market - Coordinates: 13.71805556, 100.56055556 - In one line: Khlong Toei Market is Bangkok's largest fresh market, sprawling near the old port off Rama IV Road. ### 50. Talat Phlu - Coordinates: 13.716489, 100.473861 - In one line: Talat Phlu is an old Thonburi-side market neighbourhood named for the betel leaves once traded here. Settled by Chinese, Mon, and Muslim families, it survives today as one of Bangkok's most beloved street-food enclaves. ### 51. Bang Kachao (Green Lung) - Coordinates: 13.6807, 100.5663 - In one line: Bang Kachao is a 16-square-kilometre jungle peninsula cradled in a bend of the Chao Phraya River. Known as Bangkok's green lung, this near-wild island of mangroves, orchards, and bike paths sits minutes from the city yet feels worlds away. ### 52. Phra Athit Road - Coordinates: 13.760292, 100.500432 - In one line: Phra Athit Road runs 770 metres along the Chao Phraya in old Bangkok, lined with century-old riverside mansions. Once an aristocratic address, it became the city's bohemian heart of cafes, bookshops, and student life beside Thammasat University. ## Roots Earth in short Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people. - No account - Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection - Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app). ## More from Roots Earth - [Asia in the Roots Earth catalogue](https://rootsearth.com/cities#asia): every city in Asia with its number of places and its languages. - [What Roots Earth is](https://rootsearth.com/app): the app in one page, how it works and what is in it. - [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsearth.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection. - [The 7 languages](https://rootsearth.com/languages): the seven languages with their codes and how many cities each one covers. - [Ayutthaya](https://rootsearth.com/cities/ayutthaya): 42 places in Thailand with audio stories. - [Chiang Mai](https://rootsearth.com/cities/chiang-mai): 46 places in Thailand with audio stories. - [Chiang Rai](https://rootsearth.com/cities/chiang-rai): 40 places in Thailand with audio stories. - [Phuket](https://rootsearth.com/cities/phuket): 40 places in Thailand with audio stories. 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