How to Go from the Khaosan Road of Bangkok to the Airport and to the City – Page 4

street sign khaosan bangkok

Khaosan area map. Click to see it larger :

Bangkok Orientation Map, click to enlarge :

(More maps, in the Maps page).

In addition to the information on this page, you can use the smartphone applications Google Maps and Moovit and “ViaBus”, in order to know the right way of transport to your destination. I am explaining about this in the page about the Buses of Bangkok.

From Airport Suvarnabhumi (Bangkok main airport) to the Khaosan road
From Airport Don Mueang (mainly a regional airport) to the khaosan road
From the Khaosan to the boat station on the Canal Saen Seap
From the Khaosan to the boat station on the River Chao Phraya
Khaosan Bus stops
From the Khaosan road to the Skytrain (BTS) stations
From the Khaosan road to Bangkok Big Malls at Town Center

Read also the first page Khaosan Survival Guide.
Read Notes and Advices about the ways of Transport that are mentioned on this page. Read about common Taxi and Tuk-Tuk scams.

From the Airport Suvarnabhumi (Bangkok main airport) to the Khaosan road

By Direct Bus : Bus number S1. It operates between 6 am to 8 pm. Frequency each half hour. Cost 60 Baht. Board the bus on floor 1 of the terminal (you need to go down from the arrivals). There may be also another direct bus by a private company called LimoBus.
By Airport-link train :The preferred choice for getting from the airport to the city center (30 minutes, 45 baht. Read more about the airport train with maps). Unfortunately the train doesn’t reach the Khaosan area (which is in the old part of Bangkok). The last station in town is called “Phaya-Thai”, it is also a skytrain station. From this point to continue to the Khaosan you can take a taxi (60 baht, 20 minutes) or you can take bus 2 or 59 or 60 or 79 or 511 but you will need to walk 10 minutes to the bus stop (59 is exactly there). See on this map how to walk from the “Phaya-Thai” skytrain station to the bus stop to the Khaosan.

See also where are the Khaosan bus stops.
By Taxi : About 400 baht. It is 1 hour drive if no traffic.
By mini-bus : This service exists from the Khaosan to the airport, not in the other direction. There are minibuses picking up travellers from the hostels and going directly to the international airport. The frequency is about each hour. You can buy the ticket in the travel agencies in the Khaosan.

See the airport on a google map.

From the Airport Don Mueang (mainly a regional airport) to the khaosan road

By Direct Bus : Bus number A4. It operates from 7am to 11pm. Frequency each half hour. Cost 50 Baht. There may be also another direct bus by a private company called LimoBus.
By Regular Bus : Bus number 59 goes between the airport and the Khaosan. It operates also at night. The frequency is not great at night.
By Metro (Train) : From year 2021, there is a new Metro line, the SRT red line. From the airport you can take this line and make a change at the Bang Sue station (new railway station) and connect to the metro (MRT) blue line. See the Map above. The metro doesn’t reach the Khaosan road, you need to continue by bus or boat on the canal.
By Shuttle Bus + skytrain + Bus : There is a shuttle bus A1 (high frequency) betweem the airport and Mochit skytain station, then you continue with skytrain and bus to the Khaosan.
By Taxi : About 400 baht. It is 1 hour drive if no traffic.
By mini-bus : This service exists from the Khaosan to the airport, not in the other direction. There are minibuses picking up travellers from the hostels and going directly to the airport Don Mueang. The frequency is about each hour. You can buy the ticket in the travel agencies in the Khaosan.

See the airport on a google map

From the Khaosan to the boat station on the Canal Saen Seap

The closest pier of the canal is about 1.2 Km from the Khaosan. It is the last station of the boat service to the west of the city. It is pier number 4 and the name is Phanfa Leelard.
It is situated near the famous temple Wat Saket. See the canal station on map
To arrive to the pier, you can either:

Walk 20 minutes
Take a Tuk-Tuk or Moto-Taxi (about 40 baht, 7 minutes). Tell the driver, “to Wat Saket”, it will be much easier than to explain that you want to go by boat.

Note: Normal Taxis will not be very enthusiastic to take you for a short ride.
See more on the public service of boats on the canal Saen Saep

From the Khaosan to the boat station on the River Chao Phraya

The access to the station (pier 13) is from the street Phra Athit, which is on the river. From Khaosan road you need to go to Rambuttri walking street (river side) and then there is a shortcut to Phra Athit. See everything on map.

Khaosan Bus stops

There are two stops. One is on the main avenue with the Democracy monument (the Buses 2, 15, 44, 47, 59, 60, 70, 79, 157, 159, 171,183, 201, 509, 511 stop here) and the other stop is on Phra Athit road by the river (Buses 3, 15, 53 and 524 stop here).

Note : Buses 2 and 59 are also night buses.
See the stops on the map above or see them on an Interactive Google map .

From the Khaosan road to the Skytrain (BTS) stations

The skytrain of Bangkok doesn’t reach the part of the city where the Khaosan is located. (Nor does the underground system, the MRT).
The closest skytrain stations are Siam, National Stadium and Ratchathewi and they are about 5 Km from the Khaosan so you need to take some transport to arrive there. See a Map with bus, boat, skytrain at Siam area.

To the skytrain stations Siam, National Stadium and Ratchathewi:
- By Taxi : 20 minutes if no traffic problems, about 70 baht. Also you can take a Tuk-Kuk or moto-taxi, of course.
- By boat on the canal Saen Seap: Go to the canal station near Khaosan (see how) and get down at pier number 1. It is about 10 minutes sail.
- By Bus (see where are the Khaosan bus stops):
  - To Siam and National Stadium skytrain stations : buses 47, 15, 79
  - To Ratchatewi skytrain station : buses 2, 59, 60, 79, 511
To the skytrain stations Sanam Chai or Saphan Taksin
- By boat on the river Chao Phraya : Walk to the Khaosan boat station (see location), and take the boat (direction of sail to left).
- By Taxi, Tuk-tuk, moto-taxi

See the stations on a skytrain map, see Siam station on google map

From the Khaosan road to Bangkok Big Malls at Town Center (MBK, Siam Center, Central World, Fashion mall, Pratunam)

All the following malls are grouped in the same zone and are a walking distance from each other. Click to enlarge this map :

To MBK, Siam Discovery and Siam Paragon malls : They are located beside the skytrain stations National Stadium and Siam. See how to arrive to these skytrain station.
To Pratunam wholesale market, Central World mall, Platinium Fashion mall, Pantip Computer mall
- By Taxi : About half hour if no traffic, 80 baht.
- By boat on the canal : Go the the canal boat station near Khaosan (see how), then sail till Pratunam station (pier 0). About 15 minutes sail time.
- By bus (see where are the Khaosan bus stops) : bus 2, 60, 79, 511

See this tour of Bangkok malls with map

Continue to Page 5 of the Khaosan Tour

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