A business street of financial towers, a hospital on it, Lumphini Park across the road
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The eastern half of Silom Road is lined with office towers and luxury hotels, and with many financial institutions headquartered here, it is called "Thailand's Wall Street". Turn south onto Sala Daeng Road and Convent Road, and the scene shifts to restaurants, cafes, and schools. Based on our street photos, sidewalks here rank 1st out of 32 neighborhoods in Bangkok, so running errands on foot is practical. The Chong Nonsi Canal cuts through the middle of the neighborhood, and the banks have been planned as a linear park—the first phase opened in the southern section outside the neighborhood in December 2021.
Daily shopping ranks 1st, with most everyday necessities available right in the neighborhood. Healthcare is also nearby, ranking 2nd, with Bangkok Christian Hospital right on Silom Road. Less than 100 meters outside the neighborhood is BNH Hospital, originally founded in 1898 as the Bangkok Nursing Home for foreign residents. For commuting there is Sala Daeng Station, where the BTS and MRT Blue Line connect. Across Rama IV Road, just outside the neighborhood, is Lumphini Park, with a loop path of about 2.5 kilometers where people jog morning and evening.
This is the city center's main business district, with office towers and hotels lining the streets. Right next to Sala Daeng Station are two nightlife areas, Patpong and Thaniya. Thaniya Road is an office district by day, but at night it fills with bars and karaoke venues. If you're after somewhere quieter, Silom Road settles down past the Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra Road intersection. Based on our street photos, street cleanliness here ranks 8th.
Silom Road was built alongside a canal dug during the reign of Rama IV, and was later named Si Lom, meaning "windmill". In 1879, Tamil Hindu immigrants built the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple at the Pan Road intersection. Trams ran along the road starting in 1925 until service stopped in 1963, when the canal was filled in and the road widened, eventually developing into the business street it is today. Foodland supermarket was founded in 1972, and its second branch opened on Patpong Road just six months later. In December 2019, the government launched a pedestrian street initiative, announcing that Silom Road would close to traffic for pedestrians on the third Sunday of each month from 12:00 to 22:00.
Compared with the 32 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, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores.
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