Very Bangkok: In the City of the Senses
A follow-up to the bestselling Very Thai and a great guide to contemporary Thai culture. Unique thematic approach and colourfully illustrated and designed.

Bangkok arrests the visitor with a bewildering juxtaposition of old and new, high-tech and impromptu, sacred and profane. While modernizing apace and a myriad outside influences, the Thai capital draws equal vigor from its historical communities, cultural diversity and contemporary urban tribes. Author of Very Thai and Time Out Bangkok, Philip Cornwel-Smith takes an alternative look at the subcultures of his adopted town in this practical thematic handbook. With the aid of maps, listings and references, the visitor can engage with Bangkok's contradictory character according to their mood or interest.

Explore the city's contrasting environments, architectural fabric, ethnic patchwork and intertwined beliefs. Encounter distinct social scenes, where the hip or hi-so, local or bohemian and see how traditional roots infuse the current Thai flowering in arts and entertainments, fashion and food lifestyle and spas. Photography by Philip Cornwel-Smith and others enhances this insiders' guide to a city like no other.
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Very Bangkok: In the City of the Senses
A follow-up to the bestselling Very Thai and a great guide to contemporary Thai culture. Unique thematic approach and colourfully illustrated and designed.

Bangkok arrests the visitor with a bewildering juxtaposition of old and new, high-tech and impromptu, sacred and profane. While modernizing apace and a myriad outside influences, the Thai capital draws equal vigor from its historical communities, cultural diversity and contemporary urban tribes. Author of Very Thai and Time Out Bangkok, Philip Cornwel-Smith takes an alternative look at the subcultures of his adopted town in this practical thematic handbook. With the aid of maps, listings and references, the visitor can engage with Bangkok's contradictory character according to their mood or interest.

Explore the city's contrasting environments, architectural fabric, ethnic patchwork and intertwined beliefs. Encounter distinct social scenes, where the hip or hi-so, local or bohemian and see how traditional roots infuse the current Thai flowering in arts and entertainments, fashion and food lifestyle and spas. Photography by Philip Cornwel-Smith and others enhances this insiders' guide to a city like no other.
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Very Bangkok: In the City of the Senses

Very Bangkok: In the City of the Senses

by Philip Cornwel-Smith
Very Bangkok: In the City of the Senses

Very Bangkok: In the City of the Senses

by Philip Cornwel-Smith

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A follow-up to the bestselling Very Thai and a great guide to contemporary Thai culture. Unique thematic approach and colourfully illustrated and designed.

Bangkok arrests the visitor with a bewildering juxtaposition of old and new, high-tech and impromptu, sacred and profane. While modernizing apace and a myriad outside influences, the Thai capital draws equal vigor from its historical communities, cultural diversity and contemporary urban tribes. Author of Very Thai and Time Out Bangkok, Philip Cornwel-Smith takes an alternative look at the subcultures of his adopted town in this practical thematic handbook. With the aid of maps, listings and references, the visitor can engage with Bangkok's contradictory character according to their mood or interest.

Explore the city's contrasting environments, architectural fabric, ethnic patchwork and intertwined beliefs. Encounter distinct social scenes, where the hip or hi-so, local or bohemian and see how traditional roots infuse the current Thai flowering in arts and entertainments, fashion and food lifestyle and spas. Photography by Philip Cornwel-Smith and others enhances this insiders' guide to a city like no other.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9786164511033
Publisher: River Books
Publication date: 08/19/2025
Edition description: 2nd Edition
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.45(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Philip Cornwel-Smith is the author of Very Thai and Time Out Bangkok and contributes to a number of national and international newspapers and magazines. He lives in Bangkok.
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