儿童旅游：Top Kid-Friendly Attractions in Bangkok

1 Top Kid-Friendly Attractions in Bangkok Bangkok, 5 Days Table of contents: Guide Description 2 Itinerary Overview 3 Daily Itineraries 4 Bangkok Snapshot 10 Guide Description 2 AUTHOR NOTE: Bangkok, Thailand might seem exotic and full of many new things for the whole family to explore. .. Traveling with kids to this destination might seem overwhelming to parents. But don't worry, Bangkok is family-friendly if you know what attractions to do with your kiddo. .. You can spend more time in Bangkok but 5 days will give you a good start to know major family-friendly attractions around town. .. This guide is created by Amy @ The Q Family. .. TheQFamilyAdventures.com is a family-friendly travel blog that helps to inspire family to travel one adventure at a time. Itinerary Overview things to dorestaurants hotels nightlife 3 Day 1 - Bangkok DAY NOTE: It's going without say that Grand Palace in Bangkok is one of the top attraction on any visitor must-do. And there is a good reason. It will give kids and parents a great idea of Thai culture and history. .. Grand Palace - Walking around Grand Palace can be brutal to visitors or even locals so prepare your family for a hot and exhausting day. Bring hats, drink and even stroller. Make sure to dress appropriately. (No short or sandals allowed) To take a full advantage, plan to arrive early for cooler weather. .. Dusit Zoo - After a lunch break, visit a Dusit Zoo will help satisfy little travelers. Grand Palace Golden chedis, glittering facades and a rare jade Buddha at the former home of Kings Dusit Zoo (Khao Din) Animal Feedings, Elephant Rides, Paddle Boats Day 2 - Bangkok DAY NOTE: Get up early and enjoy a day in the heart of Bangkok. .. Lumphini Park - Arrive early to catch a group of locals exercise in this popular park. Kids can feed the duck, walk around the park or even rent a paddle boat. .. Snake Farm - After a fun exercise, walk a block to the Snake Farm which is a research institute of poisonous snakes. There will be tour guide with both Thai & English for visitors. .. Siam Ocean World - Take a tuk tuk for a short trip to Siam Ocean World only a couple blocks away or walk along the Henri Dunant street. This aquarium will provide kids with a way to escape the heat during the mid day. Lumphini Park Paddleboats, Paths, Aerobics in the Park Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute and Snake Farm Demos and lectures on snakes Siam Ocean World Bangkok One of southeast Asia's largest aquariums Day 3 - Bangkok DAY NOTE: A popular weekend activity for family in Bangkok. Dream World in Bangkok most popular theme park. It's outside the city so you will need to either hire a taxi or mini-van for a visit. .. After a short nap, get out at night to check out Suan Lum Night Bazaar. This open air street market is an better alternative than Jatujak Market for family with kids because the market is smaller and night time allows for more tolerable weather to enjoy shopping. Dream World More Than An Entertainment Complex Suan Lum Night Bazaar Legendary market and beer garden Day 4 - Bangkok Safari World Go on safari in a 440-acre land and marine park Day 5 - Bangkok Bangkok Children's Discovery Museum Total Discovery Fun for Kids of All Ages 4 Day 1 - Bangkok QUICK NOTE DAY NOTE: It's going without say that Grand Palace in Bangkok is one of the top attraction on any visitor must-do. And there is a good reason. It will give kids and parents a great idea of Thai culture and history. .. Grand Palace - Walking around Grand Palace can be brutal to visitors or even locals so prepare your family for a hot and exhausting day. Bring hats, drink and even stroller. Make sure to dress appropriately. (No short or sandals allowed) To take a full advantage, plan to arrive early for cooler weather. .. Dusit Zoo - After a lunch break, visit a Dusit Zoo will help satisfy little travelers. contact: tel: +66 2 694 1222 (Tourism Authority of Thailand) fax: +66 2 694 1220 1 http://www.palaces.thai.net location: Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang Bangkok Bangkok 10500 hours: Daily 8:30am-3:30pm; most individual buildings are closed to the public except on special days proclaimed by the King 1 Grand Palace DESCRIPTION: Bangkok's Grand Palace served as the official residence of Thailand's kings from the time it was built in 1782 until midway through the 20th Century. Although the entry fee is considerably higher than most at 300 baht, the grounds are gorgeous and provide an unforgettable glimpse at Thai history and architecture. Sitting on over 215,000 square meters, the Grand Palace houses government offices, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and royal residences. A trip to the Grand Palace is worth combining with Wat Pho, its next-door neighbor of equal cultural importance. © NileGuide . contact: tel: +66 2 281 2000 fax: +66 2 282 9245 http://www.zoothailand.org location: No 71, Rama Road 5 Bangkok Bangkok 10300 2 Dusit Zoo (Khao Din) DESCRIPTION: This popular, government-owned zoo opened in 1954. Considered both a public park and a place for recreation, it occupies a land area of 35-acres and a water area of 12-acres. Apart from the animals there is plenty of scope for other activities, or just relaxation. As with most zoos, the fun is watching the smiles on the faces of the children, as they see the giraffes amble along with their awkward gait and the monkeys showing off their dexterous acrobatics. It also houses a 70-year- old crocodile, chimpanzees, Asian elephants, birds and fish. © wcities.com wcities 5 Day 2 - Bangkok QUICK NOTE DAY NOTE: Get up early and enjoy a day in the heart of Bangkok. .. Lumphini Park - Arrive early to catch a group of locals exercise in this popular park. Kids can feed the duck, walk around the park or even rent a paddle boat. .. Snake Farm - After a fun exercise, walk a block to the Snake Farm which is a research institute of poisonous snakes. There will be tour guide with both Thai & English for visitors. .. Siam Ocean World - Take a tuk tuk for a short trip to Siam Ocean World only a couple blocks away or walk along the Henri Dunant street. This aquarium will provide kids with a way to escape the heat during the mid day. contact: tel: +66 2 694 1222 (Tourism Authority of Thailand) fax: +66 2 694 1220 1 http://www.tat.or.th location: Entrances on Rama IV Road, Sarasin Road, Wireless Road and Ratchadamri Road Bangkok Bangkok 10330 1 Lumphini Park DESCRIPTION: Smack in the heart of the city lies Lumphini Park, an oasis of nature within bustling Bangkok. The first of its kind in Bangkok, plans for the public park began in 1925. Lumphini Park is named after the Buddha's birthplace and covers approximately 58 hectares, gracing the city with greenery and waterways for picnics, pick-up sports and paddleboat rides. Early mornings are unforgettable: hordes of fitness group regulars engage in synchronized aerobics, while others jog peacefully and practice tai chi. Lumphini Park is a great place to take a timeout during a long day of sightseeing. © NileGuide . contact: tel: +66 2 252 0161 x4 fax: +66 2 254 0212 http://www.bangkoktourist.co m/,http://www.bangkoktourist. com/backup/places_queen_s aovabha_memorial_institute. php location: 1871 Rama IV Street Bangkok Bangkok 10330 2 Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute and Snake Farm DESCRIPTION: This is a great place to see cobras, kraits, vipers and pythons in all their glory. You can also hold a giant python and see snakes "milked" of their venom and see lectures and demonstrations delivered in English and Thai. The snake farm is part of a larger research facility operating a traveler immunization clinic where visitors can get vaccinated against rabies, hepatitis A and B, typhoid fever, tetanus, polio, Japanese encephalitis, influenza and cholera. © wcities.com . Day 2 - continued... 6 contact: tel: 66 0 2 687-2000 fax: 66 0 2 687-2001 http://www.siamoceanworld.c o.th location: B1-B2 Floor, Siam Paragon, 991 Rama I Road Bangkok 10330 3 Siam Ocean World Bangkok OUR LOCAL EXPERT SAYS: Be sure to catch one of the scheduled feedings. DESCRIPTION: Travel through seven zones of the underwater world at an aquarium facility larger than two football fields. Check their website for schedules of daily feedings for the sharks, eagle rays, penguins and other creatures. Divers enter the tanks on an hourly schedule as well and communicate with visitors adding another aspect of learning to this fascinating educational experience. The location at Siam Paragon at the center of the SkyTrain system makes visiting a snap. © NileGuide Kevin Revolinski 7 Day 3 - Bangkok QUICK NOTE DAY NOTE: A popular weekend activity for family in Bangkok. Dream World in Bangkok most popular theme park. It's outside the city so you will need to either hire a taxi or mini-van for a visit. .. After a short nap, get out at night to check out Suan Lum Night Bazaar. This open air street market is an better alternative than Jatujak Market for family with kids because the market is smaller and night time allows for more tolerable weather to enjoy shopping. contact: tel: +66 2 533 1152 fax: +66 2 533 1899 http://www.dreamworld-th.co m location: 62 Moo 1 Rangsit- Nakornnayok Road Pathumthani 12130 1 Dream World DESCRIPTION: Dream World provides family fun in its 70- acre park just outside Bangkok. The park is divided into four parts: Dream World Plaza, Dream Garden, Fantasy Land and Adventure Land. On offer are rides, games, go-carting, and a variety of entertaining shows. Children shorter than 90 centimeters enter for free. © NileGuide Dream World contact: tel: 66 0 2 252 4776 http://www.suanlum-nightbaza ar.com/EN/index.php location: 1875 Rama IV Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan Bangkok 10330 2 Suan Lum Night Bazaar DESCRIPTION: The Suan Lum Night Bazaar is a regular Bangkok institution. Unlike the Chatuchak Market, it is open daily, starting in the afternoon sometime after 4 until midnight. Visitors to the Night Bazaar will find plenty of bargain prices for souvenirs, and if they are not bargains, plenty of room for haggling. After shopping, the open-air restaurants feed the hungry and the beer garden serves the thirsty. Suan Lum is in a convenient location where Witthayu (Wireless) Road meets Rama IV Road and right at the exit from the Lumphini MRT Station. © NileGuide Lerdsuwa 8 Day 4 - Bangkok QUICK NOTE contact: tel: +66 2 914 4100 / +66 2 518 1000 fax: +66 2 518 1022 / +66 2 518 1033 http://www.safariworld.com location: 99 Panyaintra Road Bangkok Bangkok 10510 1 Safari World DESCRIPTION: Located on 440 acres of land, this park is indeed a fantastic haven for children and adults alike. It comprises the Safari Park, where wild animals like zebras, deer, giraffes, tigers, lions and bears prowl freely in commune with nature and the Marine Park, where marine animals dip, dive and explore their watery habitat. Daily Shows include the Orang Utan Boxing Show, Sea Lion Show, Bird Show, White Tiger Show, Stuntman Show, Dolphin Show. Children below 140 centimeters free. © wcities.com 9 Day 5 - Bangkok QUICK NOTE contact: tel: +66 2 615 7333 fax: +66 2 615 7847 http://www.bkkchildrenmuseu m.com/ location: Queen Sirikit Park, Kamphaegphet 4 Road, Bangkok Bangkok 10900 1 Bangkok Children's Discovery Museum DESCRIPTION: This kid's paradise is all about having fun while they learn. The intention is to let kids discover for themselves how the world works rather than making them party to boring displays. There are several apparatus, games and galleries to foster learning through experimentation. At the Bangkok Children's Discovery Museum, children can create gigantic bubbles, learn about illusion through mirrors and listen to the recordings of languages all over the world. They can even learn Thai cooking, host their own radio show and read a book in the reading zone. There are music rooms, folk art rooms and auto engines. Truly a place for kids to let their hair down and acquire some knowledge in the process. © wcities.com Photo courtesy of Bangkok Children's Discovery Museum Bangkok Snapshot 10 Local Info Introduction With its intense humidity, hedonistic nightclubs and hurly-burly taxiing of tuk- tuks, Bangkok is an exhilarating attack on the senses. Sukhomvit's malls and gleaming skyscrapers are just a veneer of modernity for a city firmly rooted in ancient Buddhist beliefs and traditions. Watch saffron-robed monks on their morning alms rounds, clouds of incense rising above the Grand Palace's golden spires, and long-tail boats gliding along the Chao Phraya River at dusk to discover Bangkok's underlying sense of calm and the spirit of old Siam. Things to Do Open-air massage and fresh coconut juice between temples keeps you cool and calm when sightseeing in Bangkok. Arrive early and dress modestly to seek out the dazzlingly intricate Grand Palace's sacred Emerald Buddha and neighboring Wat Pho's 46-meter-long Reclining Buddha. Families send colorful dragon kites soaring at the nearby Sanam Luang square, while locals practice morning tai chi in lake-dotted Lumpini Park. Take a long-tail boat along the Chao Phraya River as the setting sun silhouettes palace spires and bell-shaped stupas. Shopping Aromatic spices, fighting cocks and every Thai craft imaginable attract shoppers and people-watchers to the 15,000-stall Chatuchak Weekend Market. Rise early to explore the market at its coolest and be prepared for good-humored haggling. Monks in flowing robes drift through atmospheric Amulet Market near the Grand Palace, while locals forage for wholesale food in labyrinthine Chinatown. Sukhumvit's shiny malls and boutiques are the go-to place for designer fashion, leather and a tailor-made silk outfit from Jim Thompson. Nightlife and Entertainment Elephants parade past party-mad clubbers and tuk-tuks dart through crowds on neon- lit Khao San Road, where anything goes in the pulsating bars and live music joints. Go- go girls perform in hedonistic Patpong and Soi Cowboy, but few have the supermodel figures to rival the ladyboys at Calypso Cabaret. Silom and Sukhumvit are packed with clubs and cocktail bars, like the 61st-floor Vertigo Bar with its dazzling view of twinkling Bangkok. Restaurants and Dining With cooks juggling woks on every corner, Bangkok is all about grazing for street food. Backpackers head for food stalls in Banglamphu's narrowsois, where a few baht buys a sticky pad thai or spicy papaya salad. Choose the Phahurat Indian quarter's teahouses for authentic biryanis and curries or buzzy Chinatown for noodles stir-fried to perfection. The Skytrain speeds you to high-rise Sukhumvit and Silom, where expats and dressy locals go for global cuisine from Middle Eastern to Italian. © 2000-2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc. History In just over 200 years, Bangkok has grown from a small collection of villages scattered among canals and rice paddies alongside the Chao Phraya River to an enormous sprawl of a capital. Extending upward and outward to become Thailand's dominant city, Bangkok mirrors the long, continuing reign of the Chakri dynasty that founded it. The seeds of this growth were sown back in 1767 when invading Burmese armies razed the old capital of Ayutthaya by tearing down its temples. Those that survived, including the royal family, were carted off as slaves. Out of this chaos, a Thai general named Phraya Thaksin founded a new capital at Thonburi on the western bank of the Chao Phraya River, opposite modern Bangkok, proclaimed himself king and immediately set about recapturing much of the surrounding country. One of the few surviving legacies from this period is Wat Arun, or"Temple of the Dawn." It has since been enlarged and reconstructed, but was originally part of Thaksin's royal temple. Following his military successes, Thaksin became more and more excessive in his behavior and was finally ousted in a coup that transferred power to another general, Chao Phraya Chakri. Chakri kicked off the modern history of Bangkok by transferring the capital from Thonburi to the eastern bank of the river, founding Bangkok in 1782 on the fortified island of Ratanakosin. Chakri refurbished many of the existing temples in the area, such as Wat Po, and built present-day tourist sites, including Wat Phra Kaew, the Grand Palace and Lak Mueang, the shrine dedicated to the guardian deity of Bangkok. The National Museum, built originally for Chakri's vizier Prince Wang Na, also dates from this period. Under Chakri and his successors, Bangkok continued to expand, mainly because of trade. New communities such as Yaowarat(mainly Chinese traders) and Pahurat(the Indian quarter) were established, extending outward from Ratanakosin. The third king in the Chakri dynasty, Phra Nang Klao, developed a new system of royal titles, naming himself Rama III and his predecessors Rama I and Rama II. Rama III was responsible for expanding Wat Pho and Wat Arun to their present form and also initiated the aborted construction of Wat Saket, the spectacular Golden Mount Temple, completed further down the line by Rama V. Rama IV, also known as Mongkut, is probably best known by Westerners as the ruler inThe King and I and the more recentAnna and the King. Thais tend to find these interpretations offensive and growing evidence now suggests the accounts of Anna Leonowens, on which the movies were based, to be pure fiction at best. The real Rama IV was a brilliant leader who skillfully negotiated treaties with foreign powers that prevented the colonization of Thailand. Under his reign, Bangkok benefited from his trade policies with an expanded port and, for the first time, paved streets. Rama V(also known as Chulalongkorn or"The Great King") took on the throne in 1868 at the age of 15 and continued his father's reforms, setting down Bangkok Snapshot continued 11 the foundations for the modern Thai government as well as moving the royal palace to Dusit and building Bangkok's first railway system. The grounds of his old Chitlada Palace feature the Vimanmek Teak Mansion and the Abhisek Throne Hall, both excellent examples of royal Thai architecture. During this time, both the Victory Monument and Democracy Monument were constructed to designs by Corrado Feroci, an Italian credited with helping found Thailand's modern art movement. Rama V's long reign brought peace and stability to Thailand and his death in 1910 ushered in a period of great change. The first in a long series of coups was launched unsuccessfully in 1912 by a group of disgruntled soldiers. Another coup in 1932 by Western-educated students proved more successful, ending the absolute monarchy and replacing it with a constitutional model. Rama VII abdicated in 1935, leaving the 10-year-old Rama VIII in his place. Power passed into the hands of Field Marshall Phibun, the first in what would prove to be a long line of military dictators. Probably one of the best examples of 1930s architecture is the Neilson Hays Library in downtown Bangkok. Phibun allied with the Japanese during World War II, sparing the capital from destruction, but lost his position of absolute power to a democratic civilian government after the war. He regained absolute power under murky circumstances surrounding the death of Rama VIII. The current King Bhumibol(Rama IX) was crowned in 1946, and the first few decades of his reign were marked by the rise of communism in Indochina, leading to growing American military aid and a continuing succession of military dictators. The enduring legacy in Bangkok of this time are the bars of Patpong and Soi Cowboy, which catered to American soldiers on R& R from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Another reminder of this turbulent time is Jim Thompson's House and Museum, preserved exactly as the silk magnate left it when he mysteriously disappeared. In 1973, massive student demonstrations forced General Thanom, the military ruler, to leave the country. A civilian government took