I plan on visiting bangkok but i was wondering if there are any sightseeing tour buses that drive around central bangkok for tourists in the similar fashion that NYC tour buses give

Traffic is really bad for that idea.

Might be worth hiring a Taxi for the day ??? It's not too expensive....

The Bangkok version are boats on the river. (Not the boats on the Klongs)

Highly recommended instead of a bus. They get quite crowded during busy times, but are dirt cheap and a great way to tour the city.

Get on and off as often as you want and walk around the many temples and historic sites they'll dock at.

http://www.chaophrayaexpressboat.com/en/tourist/

Try bus number 2 , its 7 baht and no air con but you get to see all the highlighs along the way....

Try bus number 2 , its 7 baht and no air con but you get to see all the highlighs along the way....

You forgot to mention the best part: It's standing room only so you get up close and very personal contact with the locals...

Traffic is really bad for that idea.

Might be worth hiring a Taxi for the day ??? It's not too expensive....

Agreed, no in a bus, get a tour guide & use bts etc.

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They don't bus tours as such but there are tram tours that are similar to what you're looking for.

http://www.bangkoktram.com/booking.html

http://www.sivalaiplace.com/bangkok-travel-information/

I'd second looking at doing a boat tour- unique and fascinating. But for typical bus style tours, these links above should help.

Try bus number 2 , its 7 baht and no air con but you get to see all the highlighs along the way....

at most hrs of the day, it is actually very easy to get a seat in any of Bangkok's public Buses.

Try bus number 2 , its 7 baht and no air con but you get to see all the highlighs along the way....

at most hrs of the day, it is actually very easy to get a seat in any of Bangkok's public Buses.

I quite like using Bangkok's buses, but as the OP is a tourist, finding time to suss out the system is unlikely.

There is no tour bus around Bangkok as there are in Singapore, KL, London and a host of other places for the reason stated: you'd probably spend hours stuck in traffic.

Your best bet is to plan a mixture of river boat trips, a klong (canal) boat ride, a skytrain ride and a couple of taxi rides to out of the way places.

Having said that, Bangkok is not really big on sights or spectacular buildings: the royal palace, temple of the emerald Buddha, Wat Arun - there aren't many other places that are must see. Most of the city's architecture is nondescript. There is no real old quarter as the old buildings were made out of wood and ripped down years ago (there are a few colonial style buildings near the catholic cathedral, which are semi-worth a visit, but that's about it.

No, Bangkok is a city to be in rather than to see. Dinner in a flashy roof top restaurant, a research tour of soi cowboy, a shisha on soi Arab, a stroll in Lumphini park, a pint in a well stocked pub on Silom or Sukhumvit, a 'Pad Thai' in the 'Farang Zoo' that is Khao San Rd, Dim Sum in Chinatown, Shopping for computer bits in MBK or Panthip/Fortunetown or clothes in Pratunam, that's what Bangkok does well!