Yaowarat Road
The main street of Bangkok's Chinatown, lined with gold shops, Chinese signs and old shophouses. Chinese traders settled here about 200 years ago, and at night the road turns into one long food street.
- Where
- Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.7388, 100.5122
Get the Yaowarat Road stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Yaowarat Road. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bangkok volume with your photos and a note.
Near Yaowarat Road
Golden Buddha 0.2 km
A seated Buddha of solid gold weighing 5.5 tonnes, kept at Wat Traimit near Chinatown. For about two centuries it hid under stucco and coloured glass, until the plaster cracked during a move in 1955 and the gold showed through.
Leng Buai Ia Shrine 0.5 km
A Chinese shrine tucked inside the Talat Kao market off Yaowarat Road, in the heart of Chinatown. It is often said to be the oldest Chinese shrine in Bangkok, and smoke from incense coils hangs under its roof.
Hua Lamphong Station 0.5 km
Bangkok's old central railway station, with an arched hall of glass and steel that was for decades the hub of Thai rail. Long-distance trains moved to Krung Thep Aphiwat in 2023, but the grand terminus still stands in Pathum Wan.
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat 0.6 km
The largest and most important Chinese Buddhist temple in Bangkok, set in the heart of Chinatown. Incense smoke fills its halls, and it is at its busiest at Chinese New Year and during the annual vegetarian festival.
ICONSIAM 1.4 km
A riverside development on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya, with a huge shopping mall that opened in 2018. Its towers include the tallest building in Thailand, and boats and the Gold Line bring people across from the other bank.
Chao Phraya Sky Park 1.5 km
A 280 metre garden walkway laid on a viaduct left from an abandoned skytrain project, between Memorial Bridge and the Phra Pokklao Bridge. It opened in 2020 and gives a high, open view along the Chao Phraya.
Pak Khlong Talat 1.7 km
Bangkok's main flower market, near Memorial Bridge where an old canal meets the Chao Phraya. It is open around the clock but busiest before dawn, when boats and trucks unload marigolds, roses and orchids from nearby provinces.
Wat Saket 1.8 km
A wat in old Bangkok crowned by the Golden Mount, an artificial hill with a gilded chedi on its summit. A winding stair climbs past bells and trees to a terrace that looks out over the rooftops of the old city.
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Questions
Where is Yaowarat Road?
Yaowarat Road is in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Golden Buddha (0.2 km), Leng Buai Ia Shrine (0.5 km), Hua Lamphong Station (0.5 km).
How do I get the Yaowarat Road stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Yaowarat Road and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bangkok volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Yaowarat Road before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bangkok volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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