0.8–1 hour
Guided in English
Instant confirmation
Private tour

Highlights

Want to see Bangkok in a whole new light? Explore Wireless Road with local historian Paul Jorgensen. Starting and ending at the BTS Phloen Chit station, walk amid grand vistas, embassies and majestic trees of Bangkok’s most green neighborhood. Paul will put the sights that you pass into context of how Bangkok developed, what spirit houses say about Thai beliefs and why food and color matter to Thais. You’ll learn amazing stories behind seemingly ordinary things on Wireless Road: groups of motorcycle taxis, convenience stores, Hindu gods, the Thai flag, the number nine, and many more. Hundreds of people have loved the live version of this tour and now you can experience it with freedom of an GPS audio guide! Since the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place as you walk, you can start the tour in the VoiceMap app (which works offline), put your phone in your pocket and your earphones on, and walk at your own pace with Paul on Wireless Road.

Inclusions

What's included

VoiceMap Application
Lifetime access to the Explore Bangkok's Wireless Road tour
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

What's not

Smartphone
Transportation
Food/drinks
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Itinerary

The tour takes you on a humor and culture filled walk beginning at the Phloen Chit station going down to Lumphini Park and back again. Start the tour in the app, put your phone in your pocket, and let your guide direct you through the streets. The total walking distance is approximately 2km and takes just under an hour without stopping, but you can pause anytime! The narration is crisply mastered by a professional audio engineering staff, and the tour integrates sound effects and music to create an engaging experience that is suitable for all ages that can wear ear buds. Key stories you’ll hear include: • How Radio Road, in Thai, got its Wireless Road namesake • Learn how to “read” Thai spirit houses on Wireless Road • The Hindu gods' role in why the buildings aren’t numbered sequentially • And many more!
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Hear how this shopping mall arose out of the grounds of the British Embassy.
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Entrepreneur Nai Lert is responsible for the wonderful rain trees that cover this neighborhood, and you'll hear their unique history.
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Become familiar with the "Green Mile" special pedestrian pathway that connects Lumpini and Benjakiti parks.
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Walk through a shrine to the Hindu god Trimurti.
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Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews

5.0

Ratings come from 5 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

Know before you go

Meeting point: Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Pickup: Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Operated by: VoiceMap Audio Tours

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

How it compares in Bangkok

Its from-price is 93% below the median of the 526 city tours we list in Bangkok.
It is shorter than most of them.
By number of reviews it ranks 165 of 526.

About Bangkok

Bangkok is Thailand's exuberant capital, where gilded temples and royal palaces line the river amid street-food stalls, markets and skyscrapers.

The Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, home of the revered Emerald Buddha, glitter on the old royal island of Rattanakosin. Next door, Wat Pho shelters a giant reclining Buddha and a famous school of Thai massage, and across the Chao Phraya River the porcelain-studded spires of Wat Arun glow at sunset.

Top-ranked sights in Bangkok: Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun), Bangkok Chinatown (Yaowarat), Grand Palace.

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