Ratchathewi

Ratchathewi is a bustling transport hub, with the Bangkok Airport Rail Link to Suvarnabhumi Airport and inter-city buses bound for Ayutthaya, Pattaya, and Hua Hin. Backpackers take refuge in the area's laid-back jazz bars, while Phetchaburi Road's malls offer a variety of mid-price electronics and wholesale clothing. The soaring Victory Monument is an obelisk dedicated to the 1940 Franco-Thai war.