Pratunam Market
Thailand's largest clothing market, a maze of stalls and wholesale shops in central Bangkok. The name means water gate, after an old sluice on the canal nearby.
- Where
- Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.7508, 100.5414
Get the Pratunam Market stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pratunam Market. 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 Pratunam Market
Erawan Shrine 0.7 km
A small, busy shrine at the Ratchaprasong crossroads holding a golden image of Phra Phrom, the Thai form of Brahma. Worshippers bring garlands and incense, and some pay troupes of dancers to perform when a wish is granted.
Suan Pakkad Palace 0.8 km
Four traditional teak houses joined by covered walkways in a garden on Si Ayutthaya Road, once the home of Prince Chumbhotbongs Paribatra. It opened as a museum in 1952, with Thai antiques and Ban Chiang pottery over 4,000 years old.
Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World 0.9 km
An aquarium beneath the Siam Paragon mall, among the largest in Southeast Asia. Its 10,000 square metres and about five million litres of water hold hundreds of species, with a walk-through tunnel under the sharks and rays.
Siam Square 1.1 km
A grid of shops, cafes and tutoring schools at the corner of Phaya Thai and Rama I roads, owned by Chulalongkorn University. Skywalks link it to MBK Center and Siam Paragon, and it is where Bangkok's teenagers come to see and be seen.
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre 1.3 km
A contemporary arts centre at the Siam crossroads, its spiral ramps rising through floors of galleries. Music, theatre, film and design events fill it too, and well over a million people a year now come through.
Jim Thompson House 1.4 km
The home of Jim Thompson, the American who revived Thai silk, built in 1959 from old teak houses and set in a leafy garden by a canal. It now displays his collection of Southeast Asian art.
Victory Monument 1.6 km
A military monument raised in 1941 after the Franco-Thai War, its obelisk shaped like bayonets rising from a traffic circle in Ratchathewi. The roundabout around it is one of the city's busiest bus and Skytrain hubs.
Phaya Thai Palace 2.2 km
A former royal residence on the Samsen Canal, given its name by King Chulalongkorn, Rama V. The name means lord of the Thais, and its European style halls now stand in the grounds of Phramongkutklao Hospital.
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Questions
Where is Pratunam Market?
Pratunam Market is in Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Erawan Shrine (0.7 km), Suan Pakkad Palace (0.8 km), Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World (0.9 km).
How do I get the Pratunam Market stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pratunam Market 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 Pratunam Market 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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