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Bangkok has a vast range of accommodation, including some of the best hotels in the world. Broadly speaking, Khao San Road is the backpacker city; the riverside by Silum and Thonburi is home to The Oriental and The Peninsula respectively, often ranked among the best hotels in the world, and Sukhumvit Road has hotels for all budgets.
Along Yaowarat Road you will find Bangkok's Chinatown, while Puharat Road is the home of a sizable Indian community. This multicultural district is filled with markets selling food, gold, fabrics and more. The area around Silom Road and Sathorn Road is Thailand's sober financial center by day, but Bangkok's primary party district by night when quarters like the infamous Patpong come alive.
Bangkok is one of Asia's most cosmopolitan cities and offers a lot to see and do. Most of Bangkok's sights are concentrated in the Old City. Out of Bangkok's hundreds of temples, the Grand Palace, Wat Pho and Wat Arun usually make up the top three. The Grand Palace has an immense size so expect to spend some time there. Within the palace grounds is Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand.
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