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The charm of hidden places in Bangkok lies in their quiet resistance to the city’s rush. These are not trendy cafés or photo ops. They are living traces of old canal neighbourhoods, abandoned aircraft fields, forgotten shrines, and hand-beaten crafts still made by ageing artisans. In traditional villages or culture-rich places tucked into a wooden house on stilts, stories unfold slowly. These sites are part of the city’s living fabric, less curated and more real. Each one gives a glimpse into a Bangkok that’s still deeply local, where history lingers in daily life.
10 Hidden Places In Bangkok In Explore
The following list of hidden places in Bangkok takes you beyond landmarks and lets you wander through corners where time has not hurried, and tourists rarely tread.
1. Kudi Chin Community
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Tucked behind the river in Thonburi, Kudi Chin is one of the last places in Bangkok where old traditions quietly survive. This riverside quarter was given to Portuguese Catholics in the 18th century by King Taksin, and many of their descendants still live here. Walk through its narrow paths and you’ll find wooden homes with ageing verandas, small shrines, and kitchens baking khanom farang, a soft sponge cake passed down through generations. Just a few steps away, the Baan Kudichin Museum sits inside a family house and tells the story of this unique neighbourhood with personal artefacts.
Timings: 9 AM – 5 PM
Nearby Attractions: Santa Cruz Church, Wat Kalayanamit
2. Ban Krua Community
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Hidden beside the Saen Saeb Canal, Ban Krua is one of the city’s oldest Muslim neighbourhoods. The families here are descendants of Cham refugees who settled during the reign of King Rama I. For over two centuries, this quiet quarter has been known for silk weaving. The community once worked closely with Jim Thompson, whose house stands just across the canal. Some of the homes still operate looms, producing handwoven silk in small batches. You can walk along wooden paths, speak to weavers, and learn how patterns are tied and dyed.
Timings: 9 AM – 5 PM
Nearby Attractions: Jim Thompson House, Ratchathewi murals
3. Soi Ban Bat (Monk Bowl Village)
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Tucked just below the Golden Mount, Soi Ban Bat is one of the few remaining places in Bangkok where alms bowls are still handmade. For generations, families here have forged and shaped metal bowls used by monks during daily morning rounds. Each bowl takes hours of hammering, heating, and joining, a process kept alive by just a handful of artisans. As you walk through the lane, you’ll hear the soft, rhythmic clang of hammers echoing from small workshops. The walls are lined with soot, the floors scattered with metal offcuts, but the air carries a quiet dignity.
Timings: 8 AM – 5 PM
Nearby Attractions: Wat Saket, Loha Prasat
4. Baan Silapin (Artist’s House)
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Beside a quiet canal in Thonburi stands a traditional teak house on stilts, over a century old. Locals know it as Baan Silapin, a peaceful place where art and neighbourhood life still come together. The house doubles as a small gallery and performance space maintained by artists from the area. You can find handmade masks, paintings, and puppets resting on aged wooden shelves inside. Along the back deck, you can sit beside the canal, sipping iced coffee and watching longtail boats glide past.
Timings: 9 AM – 6 PM
Nearby Attractions: Wat Kamphaeng Bang Chak, local canal shops
5. Bangkok Forensic Museum
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Inside Siriraj Hospital, tucked away in an older building, lies one of the unusual and hidden places in Bangkok. The Bangkok Forensic Museum, sometimes called the Museum of Death, houses a collection that is both disturbing and deeply human. It was originally created as a teaching tool for medical students. Today, it includes preserved organs, skeletal remains, and case studies from real crime scenes. There are displays of historical autopsy instruments, as well as personal items recovered from criminal investigations.
Cost: Around ฿200 / ₹450
Timings: 10 AM – 5 PM (Closed Tuesdays)
Nearby Attractions: Wat Rakhang, Wang Lang Market
6. Erawan Museum
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Just outside central Bangkok in Samut Prakan, the Erawan Museum rises behind a gate shaped like a temple arch. Its most striking feature is a three-headed elephant statue, 29 metres high, perched above the building. Inside the elephant’s body, spiral staircases lead through rooms filled with antiques, sculptures, and sacred relics. The lower floor is dedicated to the underworld in Hindu cosmology, the middle reflects the human world, and the top, inside the elephant’s head, symbolises heaven. The ceiling here glows with soft stained glass, casting colours across statues and lotus motifs.
Cost: Around ฿400 / ₹900
Timings: 9 AM – 7 PM
Nearby Attractions: Ancient City, Samut Prakan Observation Tower
7. Wat Prayoon’s Turtle Mountain
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Near the base of Memorial Bridge, Wat Prayoon sits quietly with little tourist footfall, making it one of the hidden places in Bangkok. It was built in the early 19th century during the reign of King Rama III and is known for its bright white chedi, which rises above the courtyard in a clean, sweeping curve. But tucked behind the temple is a mound known as Turtle Mountain. This small artificial hill is surrounded by a pond filled with dozens of turtles.
Timings: 9 AM – 5 PM
Nearby Attractions: Santa Cruz Church, Wat Kalayanamit, Kudi Chin Community
8. Chaloemla Garden And Graffiti Park
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Just a few steps from Ratchathewi BTS Station, between concrete walls and overhead cables, sits Chaloemla Garden, a narrow green space best known for what covers its walls. Bangkok’s most vibrant street art lives here, sprayed and brushed onto long stretches of concrete by Thai and international artists. Layers of graffiti, some intricate, others wild and improvised, transform this stretch of the city into an outdoor gallery. People pass through on lunch breaks, skateboard in the open space, or sit beneath the few trees that line the area.
Timings: 6 AM – 8 PM
Nearby Attractions: Jim Thompson House, Co-Co Walk
9. Tha Phra Chan Amulet Market
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Behind the tall trees near Thammasat University, Tha Phra Chan Amulet Market stretches along a shaded walkway beside the river. It’s one of Bangkok’s oldest and most respected places for sacred charms and talismans. Vendors set up simple tables covered in glass trays, each filled with small Buddha images, worn pendants, or coins encased in metal frames. Some are mass-produced, but many are antiques believed to hold spiritual power. Monks, students, collectors, and believers sift through the displays with carefulness.
Timings: 8 AM – 6 PM
Nearby Attractions: Grand Palace, Wat Mahathat
10. Suan Plern Market
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Along Rama IV Road, not far from Klong Toey, Suan Plern Market offers a glimpse into everyday Bangkok without the buzz of modern malls or themed night bazaars. This retro-style market was designed to reflect an older Thai aesthetic, with wooden shop fronts, faded signs, and soft lighting that recalls a different era. Inside, you’ll find secondhand books, antique furniture, cassette tapes, handmade toys, and stalls selling traditional Thai snacks that have quietly vanished from city supermarkets.
Timings: 10 AM – 8 PM
Nearby Attractions: Klong Toey Market, Benjakitti Park
These hidden places in Bangkok corners offer more than just a break from crowds; they carry stories shaped by craft, faith, resilience, and time. Whether it’s a century-old house by a canal, a quiet turtle pond behind a temple, or a lane where monks’ alms bowls are still made by hand, each place shows a different rhythm of the city. Let TripXL help you discover the city’s most overlooked treasures.
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