Khao San Road

A range of all categories of accommodation can be found in the old part of Bangkok, the center for backpackers. However, there are increasingly fewer rooms available in the guesthouses in the winding alleys once indulged by the traveler generation. There is now more and more larger and smarter accommodation in and around Khao San. There is also a large number of bars, pubs and restaurants, where travelers from all over the world, and increasing the young Thais too, meet, dance, drink, chat, flirt... or watch videos until the early hours.
The road is lined with sales stalls, where you can buy anything from cheap T-shirts, to typical Thai triangular cushions and tasteful souvenirs, to second-hand books in nearly all languages and, if you are good at haggling, at bargain prices. In the evenings a number of students and other creative people sell clothes or their own creations on small street stalls. You can easily plan the rest of your holiday in the many small travel agencies, whether it's on the infamous good value Khao San busses, by plane or by train. And you're in the right place if you want to visit the sights - the Grand Palace is easy walking distance or a short ride away in a tuk-tuk. more

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