22 Walks in Bangkok: Exploring the City's Historic Back Lanes and Byways

Like other reviews, the editing for this book is poor and the maps are hard to use One cannot easily find the sites described on the map, making the book difficult to actually use for its stated purpose of (self-guided) walking. There are no markers or numbers in the text when a site is discussed and there are numerous paragraphs with interesting historical background that unfortunately make it difficult to find the spot you are on in the tour (and look up on the map). Some tours apply to a map from an earlier tour, although the book does not actually state that. Walk 20 starts with site 4 on the map - I still don't know where, when, or if sites 1-3 on the map contained in walk 20 are mentioned in any of the tours. We have resorted to using the Insight Guidebook for Bangkok just because it is easier to use and follow along, even though the content here is richer. Bottom line: very interesting content for a long-term resident/visitor or history buff, but very difficult to follow along and use for self-guided tours. Lots of potential, but horrible editing, poor organization, and confusing mapping.

This books is fantastic if you love history. It covers a lot of historical sites that aren't significant enough (or deemed worthy enough) by the bigger Bangkok tourist guides. Great suggested walking routes to see old historical sites in Bangkok that most guides overlook. It is a fairly sizable book with a lot of pages, decent maps of the routes, and good information on what you're seeing on the walking trail. There is no other book out there that I know of that is like this book. So if you like Bangkok history and frequent the city or live in Bangkok it's well worth the very inexpensive price of this book.

This book is unbelievably hard to use. There is no overall map showing where the walks are located and no maps with lines drawn on the streets that make the nicest walks. The text gives history but nothing specific about the walk! They don’t say where to start and end. Perhaps if someone already knows Bangkok and knows where these areas are it may have some value but for someone new wanting to understand and find good ways to discover the city it’s not helpful

I've loved folioing these "off the beaten path" walks in Bangkok. This book is also extremely well researched and written--I feel like a professional historian wrote it. I'd like to see the author create some companion maps on Google Maps to help readers find their way around.

Gives a brief history of the founding of the country, which ends up being very useful when it describes the points of interest later. My trip to Thailand will be this summer, but I'm already looking forward to these walks!

A walkers dream

Excellent book! Not really for the casual visitor, but perfect for anyone who has an interest in the cultural significance of what they see in this fascinating city, even if only there for a few days. It will complement your guidebook perfectly!

As a part time citizen of Bangkok I found this book a surprising new source of another way to peal back the many intriguing layers of this most interesting city. To my mind this book should not be seen as a replacement for one of many Thailand travel guides but rather it is a map for an in depth exploration of "The City of Angles" and yes that is another name for Bangkok.

Bei "XX Walks in wahtsooever" erwarte ich Karten und eingezeichnete Wege. Das Buch hat Karten, aber keine Wege und die eingetragenen Referenzpunkte haben keinen Bezug, weil sie im Text nicht erwähnt werden.Und der größte Teil des Textsteils ist historische Reminizenz und Anekdoten. Der Bezug aufs heutige Bangkok ist gering.Wer so etwas mag, sollte es kaufen. Ich finde es ganz interessant, aber ich bin auch ein Bangkok-Wiedergänger (schon 10 mal in Bangkok). Für alle Erst-Besucher ist es mE nichts.

We have visited Bangkok several times and done must tourist sights.Dont let the title put you off - I would say it is more of a history book with walks included.It has some really interesting information about the various areas we have been to in the past, and I will definately be taking the book with me in January.