Small Group Tour: Exploring the Unseen Stories of Bangkok's Chinatown
4.9
36 Ratings
Khwaeng Rong Muang
Embark on a small group tour to uncover the hidden tales of Bangkok's Chinatown. Explore temples, markets, and shops with fascinating stories of Chinese immigrants who built a new life in Siam.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Chinatown - Bangkok - 10.00am: Meeting tour guide at BTS Taksin (S6) station Exit 2. \nBegin with a boat ride to Chinatown area.\n\nTime to explore China town by foot.\n\n\n- Sampeng Market - Visit the ancient Chinese temples, Hidden school, stop at Local coffee shop to get some drink.\n\nSee the old building and stories telling in That area.\n- Chinatown - Bangkok - Visit the traditional Pharmacy shop. \n- Chinatown - Bangkok - Talk to gold merchants (at the oldest gold shop in the country)\nVisit museum.\nVisit heirloom.\nIf that day gold smith working on the gold we will have a chance to see them working on the gold.\n- Chinatown - Bangkok - The former red-light district in Chinatown.\n- Chinatown - Bangkok - Walk to 150 years old fresh market.\n- Chinatown / Yaowarat - During a walk we provide you some snack and end up with have lunch at the restaurant that have been open for 30 years.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Food and drink samples
- Local transportation fee during the trip
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information
The Chinatown of Bangkok is among its oldest communities, tracing back over two centuries. This area, rich in temples, shrines, schools, markets, and shops, brims with fascinating stories waiting to be discovered. With knowledge gained from over 50 visits to Bangkok’s Chinatown and informative seminars, we strive to curate the narrative of the Chinese settlers who forged a new life in Siam.
You can explore significant places like piers, ancient commercial streets, Chinese shrines, international schools, gold shops, apothecaries, markets, and places of worship via boat rides or walking tours.
Visitors have the unique opportunity to explore the former red-light district, enjoy an overview of the Chinatown streets, explore exclusive collections in private museums, and potentially meet the goldsmiths in-person.
- Operates in all weather conditions; please dress appropriately and wear comfortable walking shoes
Location
191 Rong Mueang Rd
Rong Mueang Road
10.00 AM meet tour guide at MRT Hua lampong station Exit 1 meet of the ground level
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(36 Ratings)
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Madeline_v
Jan 17, 2024
Fantastic! - My guide was Eng, she was fantastic! Eng was knowledgeable and knew Chinatown very well. Walked for 3 hours however had many breaks. Had a coffee break, walked through temples, walked through markets and had a delicious lunch. Would highly recommend this tour!
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265rachelleh
Dec 30, 2023
Excellent tour of Chinatown - Had an excellent tour with Buay. She was a fountain of knowledge about the area and Thai-Chinese history as well as modern Thailand. This tour showed me a part of Bangkok I never would have known about on my own. Highly recommend if you want to see the more local experience.
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Sally_p
Dec 16, 2023
Great tour with Mai - What a great tour with Mai. She is knowledgeable and passionate about her city and its heritage.
Food tastings were great and the temple visits were very interesting.
Thank you for a great day.
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Robyngmay
Oct 9, 2023
Chinatown walking tour - Buay was very informative and knowledgeable about the history and the area. Her English was easy to understand. Some of the sights she introduced were not congested with tourists and more interesting to visit.
Highly recommend this walking tour.
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Adam_b
Sep 16, 2023
Very, very good walking experience. - We are very happy we had this walk with George. Full of knowledge, interesting facts and history of Thailand. Plus a very nice guy. We like non-touristy places and this was definitely it. Superb iced tea and coffee. Great noodle soup too. George, thank you for walking with us and helping with the metro tickets and the translating for Dorota while we were shopping.
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Katina_m
Jul 26, 2023
A great experience in Bangkok - My husband and I had visited Chinatown previously, but we would have never known about the sites in the Talat Noi area without joining this tour. Our guide Gee, was friendly, professional and very informative. She enthusiastically explained about the culture, life and history of the area. We can highly recommend this tour.
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Keron
Mar 27, 2023
Must do, amazing - This was by far one of the best tours I have done, I was the only one on the tour and thing got change to cater to me. Great explanation and great conversation. Was made to feel like a friend. Even at the end of the tour we still wondered Chinatown and shown great food places to visit. We had the best DimSims. I was then told how close a lot of the places were to my hotel so I could revist
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Nat
Mar 22, 2023
Enlightening tour of old China town - Great knowledge and tailored to my interests. Introduced the buildings and very amusing stories which linked the past to today. Highly recommended
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Moonhwan_y
Feb 26, 2023
Huge and live knowledge about the history of China Town - Buoy is the incredible story teller and equips with super knowledge about the local history of China town. I had very joyful time and cheerful coffee and lunch with her. Truly recommend this program to whom really want to taste of China town in Bangkok
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Trixia
Dec 8, 2022
BEST GUIDE EVER - Steve is very knowledgable of the place. He took me to several hidden gems in Chinatown, the history, the people, the culture, and the different stories I could have never known if I just Googled.
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