Architecture

Old Customs House

Area: Bangkok, Thailand

Mon: Closed
Tue: Closed
Wed: Closed
Thu: Closed
Fri: Closed
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed
Hours: Closed to visitors; the hotel is scheduled to open on 20 December 2026.
How to visit: No interior access is permitted. View the building externally from Soi Charoen Krung 36 or from the river.
Hours: About 30 min

Why it is worth the detour

This riverside customs building once collected duties from arriving ships and became a haunting symbol of Bangkok's nineteenth-century trading boom.

The Old Customs House in Bangkok, built in 1888, is a neo-Palladian architectural landmark on the Chao Phraya River. It is currently undergoing restoration to become a luxury hotel.

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