With the opening of the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Sukhumvit has become a far more central location - however taking a taxi via Rama IX Road maybe be a faster way of getting into the area, rather than fighting your way through the traffic on Sukhumvit itself.
From other parts of Bangkok the area is easily accessible on the BTS Skytrain's Sukhumvit line, which runs from the National Stadium through the Silom line interchange at Siam Square up to On Nut on Soi 71, and the subway's Sukhumvit Station interchanges with the Skytrain at Asoke.
From the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport you can take the AE3 Airport Bus (150 baht) that runs up Bangna-Trad and along Sukhumvit all the way down Ploenchit to Central World Plaza (formerly World Trade Center) then loops back around to Nana and then back out to the Airport, or a number 552 bus to On Nut BTS Station.
The river boats running on the Saen Saeb Canal, initially parallel to Sukhumvit but diverging northward as it goes east, provides a cheap alternative means of escaping the traffic jams, particularly if heading west towards Wat Saket (the Golden Mount) and the rest of the Rattanakosin area.
Note that the sois on the north and south sides of Sukhumvit don't line up; for example, Soi 33 is opposite Soi 24. |
