The Singles Vacation Guide To Bangkok

Thailand’s cap­i­tal and South East Asia’s par­ty mec­ca, Bangkok is one of the best hol­i­day des­ti­na­tions for a sin­gles vaca­tion.

From busy mar­kets to peace­ful tem­ples, man­ic traf­fic to vibrant nightlife; Bangkok is a city of con­trasts and one you will be hard pressed not to love.

So if you’re plan­ning a hol­i­day, here’s why Bangkok is a great stop for every sin­gle man.

Dating Women In Bangkok

Bangkok is a great city for sin­gle men inter­est­ed in dat­ing Thai women. As a cos­mopoli­tan city, women from Bangkok are used to see­ing and meet­ing for­eign women (in a good way!) and so, are less afraid to date you.

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In gen­er­al, you might find Thai women in Bangkok are very friend­ly but may be a lit­tle bit shy and reluc­tant to express their feel­ings at the start. Don’t take this as a sign of dis­in­ter­est but in fact, just a cul­tur­al dif­fer­ence. So make an effort to under­stand Thai cul­ture a lit­tle bit, and you will do well at win­ning hearts.

It’s quite easy to meet bar girls (as they are known in Thai­land) in Bangkok. How­ev­er if you’re inter­est­ed in a seri­ous rela­tion­ship, we rec­om­mend avoid­ing these work­ing girls.

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Best Places To Meet Women In Bangkok

Don’t let any­one tell you Bangkok is just about meet­ing work­ing girls and lady­boys. You can def­i­nite­ly meet and find your­self some beau­ti­ful Thai women in the cap­i­tal.

• While Enjoy­ing The Night Life

As every­where else in the world, bars and clubs are a great spot for pick­ing up Thai women. Bangkok’s par­ty rep­u­ta­tion means you have plen­ty of great clubs to choose from.

Pop­u­lar par­ty areas in Bangkok include Sukhumvit, Silom and Bangkok’s back­pack­er haven — Khao San Road.

Some high­ly rec­om­mend­ed night­clubs in Bangkok, for meet­ing women, include Mixx Club, Cli­max, Insan­i­ty and Club Insom­nia.

Expert Tip: Avoid the Go Go Bars because the only women you’re like­ly to meet here are pros­ti­tutes. Of course, pros­ti­tutes are also around at sev­er­al clubs and bars so just be cau­tious. If you find your­self get­ting way more atten­tion than is nor­mal, it’s like­ly the girl will want you to pay for her love.

A good way to meet gen­uine and cute girls at a Bangkok night­club is by try­ing to find a group of girls par­ty­ing togeth­er and mak­ing your­self part of the group. Buy the group a few drinks as a warm up and pret­ty soon, you’re like­ly to be part of the cir­cle.

• At Shop­ping Malls

Bangkok is a shopper’s par­adise (even if you don’t like to shop) and there are plen­ty of shop­ping malls to choose from.

Some of the malls in Bangkok can be a great spot for meet­ing women. An upscale mall like Siam Paragon is like­ly to attract some upscale Thai women. MBK Cen­ter is also good for chat­ting up some local Thai women, how­ev­er don’t be frus­trat­ed if their Eng­lish isn’t too good.

• Via Online Dat­ing

A great way to set up a few dates even before you arrive in Bangkok is through online dat­ing. Sign up to a Thai dat­ing site and start chat­ting with and short­list­ing a few women you’d like to meet with in per­son, while you’re in the coun­try.

This way, you avoid the awk­ward get­ting-to-know-each-oth­er phase and jump straight into a date with some­one you’ve already been speak­ing to for a while. Ide­al if you’re only plan­ning on being in Bangkok for a short time.

Fun Things to Do in Bangkok

If you want to do a bit more in Bangkok than just par­ty­ing, here are some ideas:

• Get a mas­sage

Take a break and get your­self a tra­di­tion­al Thai mas­sage. Almost all hotels will usu­al­ly have a spa but you can’t go far in Bangkok with­out com­ing across the thou­sands of mas­sage shops at every street cor­ner. Khao San Road and Sukhumvit have plen­ty of cheap but good mas­sage places.

• Watch Muy Thai

Thai Box­ing is a great sport to watch while in Bangkok. Con­tes­tants can pret­ty much use any part of their body to fight and ses­sions can often go for a whole evening. Lumpi­nee Box­ing Sta­di­um in Silom and Ratchadam­noen Sta­di­um in Rat­tanakosin are two pop­u­lar venues to see live Muay Thai in Bangkok.

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• Vis­it the tem­ples

No vis­it to Thai­land is com­plete with­out a vis­it to Thai tem­ples. Out of Bangkok’s hun­dreds of tem­ples, the Grand Palace, Wat Pho and Wat Arun usu­al­ly make up the top three. Most of the sites are con­cen­trat­ed in the “Old City” area of Bangkok so get­ting from one tem­ple to the oth­er is very easy.

Of course there’s a lot more to do in Bangkok, but these are some activ­i­ties you def­i­nite­ly shouldn’t miss dur­ing your stay.

Must Try Food In Bangkok

There are not many places that do street food the way Bangkok can. Head to Khao San Road and be sure to sam­ple some deli­cious food at the street mar­kets there. From fried insects to pad thai — there’s some­thing for every palate.

Some must try dish­es for your time in Bangkok include:

• Som Tum

Bangkok can get hot and a tangy Som Tum can help you cool down. Watch out though, the green papaya sal­ad can get very spicy so make sure you ask them to tone down the spice.

• Pad Thai

Prob­a­bly Thailand’s most famous dish and eas­i­ly found at Bangkok’s street food stalls, Pad Thai is a Bangkok must. What is it? Rice noo­dles stir-fried with egg, dried and/or fresh shrimp, tofu, bean sprouts and a dash of lime.

• Tom Yum

Tangy and spicy, the tom yum is a refresh­ing soup with a leg­endary soup. Usu­al­ly best with shrimp, the soup also incor­po­rates lemon­grass, kaf­fir lime leaves and lime juice and of course, chilli to cre­ate this unique soup.

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Where To Stay In Bangkok

The most pop­u­lar areas to stay in, in Bangkok include the river­side, Siam Square, Silom, Sukhumvit, Rat­tanakosin and the back­pack­er-friend­ly Khao San Road.

There are hun­dreds of hotels in Bangkok for every bud­get. Check out Booking.com to see what’s suit­able for you.

For com­fort­able, mid-range accom­mo­da­tion in Bangkok, we rec­om­mend check­ing out the fol­low­ing hotels:

• Ori­en­tal Res­i­dence Bangkok
• Cha­tri­um Hotel River­side Bangkok
• Hotel Muse Bangkok Lang­suan
• Shang­hai Man­sion Bangkok

How To Get To Bangkok

Bangkok is one of the most eas­i­ly acces­si­ble des­ti­na­tions in South East Asia. The city is served by two air­ports — Suvarn­ab­hu­mi Air­port and Don Muang Air­port and there are plen­ty of air­lines fly­ing into the city dai­ly.

Sim­ply run a search on Expe­dia to look for flights from your loca­tion to Bangkok.

So there you have it — a com­plete run­down of why Bangkok is a sin­gle man’s hotspot. From hot women to great sights — you won’t for­get your Bangkok sin­gles vaca­tion in a hur­ry.

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