Silom - Suriwongse - Sathorn Road

In Bangkok, Silom Road is a major street for business as well as for tourists. It is the most lively street of Bangkok. Running parallel to Silom Road left and right are the Sathorn and Suriwongse Road, respectively. 

Just half a century ago, Silom Road was considered to be a remote district of Bangkok with rice paddy fields. Nowadays, it becomes the most important business and financial center of Bangkok. From end to end, these two parallel streets of Silom and Suriwongse houses various buildings, banks, finance firms, companies, hotels, airlines offices, restaurants, shopping arcades, department stores, and entertainment places and also many street hawkers. .

These two streets - Silom and Suriwongse are busy not only in the daytime, but through late night, Both Thai people and foreigners come out to dine, to shop, to meet friends or to seek enjoyment. It is interesting to stroll along these streets in the evening for shopping and dining or for seeking entertainments.

The most famous spot in this area is Patpong, which has been very well-known to foreign visitors for its bars and nightclubs. It is a small lane running between Silom and Suriwongse road.

Strangely, in every winter, there are thousands of swallows (birds) flying just on top of Silom Road after dark.

Sathorn Road ˁit is a well-known street in Bangkok with many high-rise office buildings and hotel properties. It is very near to Silom and Suriwongse Road.

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