This is the biggest and busiest shopping district in Bangkok which is accessible easily by skytrain. In this area, almost all kinds of goods are on sale, including cloth, clothes, jewellery, handicrafts, books, antiques, etc.

Apart from the well-known Central World Plaza (formerly World Trade Center), located here are large department stores, several shopping arcades and countless smaller shops as well as a dozen cinema theatres and mini theatres. So you can satisfy all your needs if you stay in one of over a dozen first-class hotels in the area.

The Pratunam Market next to the Indra Arcade, though not a high-class shopping centre, is worth visiting if you want to broaden your vision and to see more about the ordinary Thai. It is also the market of garments for export.

Another interesting place in this area is Baiyoke II Tower, the tallest building in Thailand. The building is 309 metres tall with 2,060 stairs from bottom to top. From the deck on the 77th floor visitors can enjoy the vast panoramic view of Bangkok.