Asiatique The Riverfront
A large open-air mall on the old docks of the East Asiatic Company, facing the Chao Phraya. It opened in 2012 in restored warehouses, and a big Ferris wheel turns over the river.
- Where
- Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.7060, 100.5047
Get the Asiatique The Riverfront stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Asiatique The Riverfront. 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 Asiatique The Riverfront
Assumption Cathedral 2.2 km
The principal Catholic church of Thailand and seat of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, off Charoen Krung Road near the river. Both papal visits to the country, by John Paul II in 1984 and Francis in 2019, were hosted here.
ICONSIAM 2.4 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.
Sri Maha Mariamman Temple 2.8 km
A South Indian style Hindu temple on Silom Road, built in 1879 by Vaithi Padayatchi, a Tamil immigrant. Its gopuram is crowded with brightly painted deities, and Thais call it Wat Khaek.
King Power Mahanakhon 3.2 km
A 314 metre glass tower in Silom, its sides cut by a spiral of jutting cubes that makes it look half unbuilt. It opened in 2016 as the tallest building in Thailand, and its rooftop deck has a glass floor over the city.
Golden Buddha 3.7 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.
Chao Phraya Sky Park 3.7 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.
Yaowarat Road 3.7 km
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.
Santa Cruz Church 3.9 km
A Catholic church on the west bank of the Chao Phraya, in Kudi Chin, on land granted to Portuguese settlers around 1770. The present building, in Renaissance Revival style, dates from 1913 to 1916.
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Questions
Where is Asiatique The Riverfront?
Asiatique The Riverfront is in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Assumption Cathedral (2.2 km), ICONSIAM (2.4 km), Sri Maha Mariamman Temple (2.8 km).
How do I get the Asiatique The Riverfront stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Asiatique The Riverfront 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 Asiatique The Riverfront 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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