Travel with Bangkok with kids!! :-)

I Love Bangkok!! The Land of Smiles is the favourite place for Shopping, Eating and Massage! However, I think it can still be a place to bring children with you while you enjoy shopping..

4D3N to Bangkok (BKK) with children is just nice. Let me suggest some itinerary:

Day 1:
Time of flight prefer to be at about 11am from Singapore if possible, when you reach BKK is about 12:30pm BKK time. Reach hotel about 1:30pm by taxi (At this time travelling to city central by taxi should not have any major jam). The price of taxi from airport will not exceed 450Baht. With children, it will be more convenient to take a taxi, unless your hotel is really near to the airport link station.



Novotel Platinum

There are many nice hotels in BKK famous shopping area such as Novotel Platinum, Arnoma, Glow Pratunam, etc which their location is quite convenient. I have stay in all these hotels before, for location Arnoma is the best as it is near to Big C shopping mall. The only disadvantage is Arnoma is a little bit old. Novotel Platinum is good in everything, except that they are getting more expensive. Where Glow charge reasonable price, good service & it is relatively new, location not that good but still ok.


Glow Pratunam Hotel & Room View

 I will visit the Famous Four-face Buddha and Big C shopping center as both are within walking distance. We will carry a empty bag pack to stuff our items. Big C is a large one stop department store selling almost everything from children clothing to shoes, etc. You can claim tax refund with minimum purchases of 2000 baht at Big C.

I will go to Platinum fashion mall for shopping if time permits. And of course to end the night with shopping at Pratunam night market & Foot massage.

Day 2:
You can take a taxi to Chinatown to buy local products (Famous "Lin Zhen Xiang" the packaging with a pig Cartoon picture on it taste better than the other one with same name but no Pig cartoon picture).

There is a Chinese temple (to donate coffins as a form of good deed ) at wat hualamphong near Sam Yan MRT station, is another suggestion.

Or you can visit Terminal 21 (BTS Asok) - a shopping mall with the concept of different cities in every floor. Worth 1 trip to take nice pictures as things they sell are not cheap. After visiting Terminal 21, you can go straight to Asiatique (BTS Saphan Taksin) then take the free 10minutes ferry ride from the pier to Asiatique. Asiatique operating hours only start at 5pm, ferry ride from 4:30pm onwards.


Terminal 21 -  Golden Bridge

Ferry ride View






Day 3:

I name this purely kids day! Place to go Siam Paragon. You can bring your kids to the Sea Aquarium.. in my own opinion it's better than the one in Resort World Sentosa. Why? More species to see.. including free penguin show. The kids just love it.

2nd place.. Kidzania@ Siam paragon. This place let your kids choose whatever professions he want to be.. from pilot to fireman to learning how to make sushi, coca cola, etc. In exchange for the activities, the kids will get Kidzania dollars to change for free gift at end of the day! The staffs will speak in Thai and English.

3rd place: Movie experience in Bkk, yes, it can be fun.. if you have the time, remember to stand up when they play a 5 minutes short introduce of the Thai King as a form of respect.

You can still end the day with foot massage, there are many near the hotel with free wifi. You can bring your children along, let them play your phone while waiting for you to enjoy your massage.

Day 4:
I prefer to have the flight at about 5pm Bkk time, as after 12pm check out time, you will still have  about 2 hours to do some last minute shopping at Platinum fashion mall.

In my other post, you can read on the food to eat at Bangkok http://goodnesstoshare.blogspot.sg/2013/11/goodness-to-share-nice-food-in-bkk.html
Hope you enjoy reading, can leave comments on any more places that I miss out, so I can go in future trip to Bangkok!!!