Thanksgiving dances at the Erawan Shrine, and a tree-lined embassy road to the east
The center of Chidlom is the Ratchaprasong intersection, surrounded by nine Hindu shrines that Thais call "the crossroads of the gods". At the Erawan Shrine here, worshippers often hire dance troupes to perform in thanks for answered prayers. From BTS Chit Lom station, a skywalk connects you straight to the Erawan Shrine and to CentralWorld and Gaysorn at the intersection. South of the intersection, Ratchadamri, Lang Suan, and Witthayu roads give way to residential towers, hotels, and embassies.
Of the three roads, Witthayu is lined with trees, running past leafy embassy compounds and Nai Lert Park. This park is considered Bangkok's oldest, and it still holds a teak bungalow built in 1915, which was renovated and reopened as a museum in 2016. The lotus pond in front of the bungalow was originally a bomb crater from World War II. Beyond the park, our street photos show this neighborhood ranks 1st among Bangkok's 16 neighborhoods for greenery. It ranks 3rd for everyday shopping—from Chit Lom station, a skywalk takes you straight into Central Chidlom.
Despite all the greenery, the park itself is small—Nai Lert Park covers only about 2.2 hectares. If you want a big park to run in, you'll need to head south out of this neighborhood to Lumphini Park, which has a loop path of about 2.5 kilometers used by joggers morning and night.
In 1857, Rama IV built Wat Pathum Wanaram near his detached palace, back when this area was still rice fields. Today the temple sits sandwiched between CentralWorld and Siam Paragon in the Siam neighborhood. In 1920, Phloen Chit Road was completed, and at the time this area was still suburban; Chinese merchant Nai Lert bought land here to develop. In 1956, the Erawan Shrine was built alongside the Erawan Hotel. In 1989, CentralWorld opened, then known as the World Trade Center. In March 2024, the first office tower of One Bangkok opened at the Witthayu intersection, on the former site of the Suan Lum Night Bazaar.
Compared with the 16 Bangkok neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
HA-accredited hospitals (excluding specialist institutes such as psychiatric and infectious-disease hospitals), schools and universities within 1 km (only those with an English name on OpenStreetMap; Bangkok publishes no school catchments), stations, and parks of 1 ha or more.
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