Thailand Travel Guide

Muang Thong Thani ( เมืองทองธานี) is a satellite city of Bangkok located in Pak Krat district in southern Nonthaburi province. It consists almost entirely of a large housing estate owned by Bangkok Land PLC. Muang Thong Thani is best known for the location of Impact, a convention complex frequently used as the venue for expositions and entertainment events. Muang Thong Thani is bordered by Chaeng Wattana, Pracha Chuen and Tiwanon Roads, and is directly connected to the Bangkok Expressway.

Muang Thong Thani at Midnight

Muang Thong Thani is also the location of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University was established as a state university in order to provide the people with increased educational opportunities at university level. It is an open university, which uses a distance teaching system.

Sukhumvit Road is the longest street in Thailand, stretching from central Bangkok to the Cambodian border. It is the home of the Farang Ghetto (Sukhumvit Soi 1 and Sukhumvit Soi 63) where thousands of expats live, work, and play in the heart of Bangkok.

In Bangkok, Sukhumvit Road serves as one of the main arteries, and is often congested, often from dawn to way past nightfall. The Chalerm Mahanakhon Expressway has an exit at Soi 1. Thanon Ratchadaphisek crosses Sukhumvit at the Asok intersection. The Sukhumvit area of Bangkok is easily accessible on the Skytrain Sukhumvit Line, which runs from Mo Chit through the Silom Line interchange at Siam Square up to On Nut on Soi 81. The Bangkok Metro’s Sukhumvit Station interchanges with the Skytrain at Asok.

The areas of Soi Cowboy (between Soi 21 Asok and Soi 23) and Nana Entertainment Plaza (Soi 4) are notorious red light districts. Restaurants of all different levels of luxury and decor along the road, as well as hotels, shopping malls and the eastern bus station at Soi 63 Ekkamai.