Customer Reviews

Lonely Planet Bangkok City Map

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This map is a cruel $9 joke by Lonely Planet: central area only, major streets only, selected hotels only. Maps in their guidebook are superior, or simply use Google Earth.

Easy to carry around and sturdy for it's lamenated. For it's size it can fit in one's small bag. The index of places of interest such as palaces, parks, Wats, bus stations, and other venues are listed. Necessity places such as embassies are very useful as well, especially as one is doing visa work to travel to neighboring countries. If you're a tourist and your survival Thai isn't very developed, this map will help you when taking taxis. Choa Praya River express stops are also included

My only criticism of this map is that it doesn't extend north enough to include the airport. I'm trying to gauge how far central Bangkok is from the airport and can't do it with this map. Other than that, it's nice....and since I'll be walking a lot, the water-proof factor is key.

If you are hoping to get a superficial look at the layout of Bangkok--this map is for you. If you hope to navigate by it--don't bother. Only the major streets are labeled, it doesn't extend beyond the center of the city, and because of the lamination (which I thought would be a plus) it doesn't fold well. I read another review which complained about the lack of detail but I went ahead and bought this thinking they couldn't possibly print a map without including adequate detail--I was very wrong. Buy a different map!

I don't usually review products that I use, but I was so impressed with this map, that I felt it worthy of returning to Amazon to leave a comment. There are two smaller maps that show a larger part of Bangkok and the area around Bangkok, a small map of the skytrain, and the main part of the map focuses on the east side of the Choa Praya River. We spent 3 days in Bangkok and took 2 maps and 3 guidebooks. We ended up leaving everything in the hotel except this map. We were able find all the Wats and markets we were interested in visiting, follow two walking tours (from the Lonely Planet Bangok guide; this map was better than the one in the book), watch our taxi ride from the airport and back, navigate the skytrain to MBK and Siam Square, and take the ferry, all with this map. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the major tourist attractions and hopping markets east of the Choa Praya River.

I'm a resident of bangkok and like to pick up different maps to see which I like best. I was shocked at what a poor job this one does- and the small area it covers (doesn't even go to my house, and I live in the heart of the city!)
While I do use lonely planet's bangkok book, as well as the "thailand" guide, this is not worth the postage to get it to you.
As an alternative,and of a same size and weight, is my preferred map- the "groovy map" which is full of helpful hints and has hotels, restaurants, attractions labeled and reviewed. The insight flexi-map is also an OK choice. If you don't mind carrying around more than one map, the nancy chandler series is a good secondary resource, especially in all things shopping!

Highly recommend. We used it for 4 days to get around this fantastic city.