Ratchadamri Road ( th, ถนนราชดำริ, , ; also spelled Rajdamri) is a road in

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. It runs a distance of in a north–south direction from Pratu Nam Intersection, where it meets

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and Ratchaprarop Roads, to

Sala Daeng Intersection Sala Daeng ( th, ศาลาแดง, ) is the name of the intersection and neighbourhood at the beginning of Si Lom Road in Bangkok, Thailand. It is located within Pathum Wan District, next to its border with Bang Rak, where Si Lom meets ...

, where it meets

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and

Si Lom Si Lom Road (also written as Silom, th, สีลม, ) is a major street in the Thai capital Bangkok, best known for its commercial neighbourhood, which, along with the nearby and roughly parallel Sathon Road, forms one of the city's main bus ...

Roads, forming the boundary between the Pathum Wan and Lumphini Subdistricts of

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. It passes through

Ratchaprasong Intersection Ratchaprasong ( th, ราชประสงค์, ; also spelled ''Rajprasong'') is the name of an intersection, and a shopping district named after it, in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, adjacent to the Siam area, at the BTS Skytrain's Chit ...

at the heart of Bangkok's main shopping district, as well as the green open spaces of the

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and

Lumphini Park Lumphini Park ( th, สวนลุมพินี, , ), also Lumpini or Lumpinee, is a 360 rai () park in Bangkok, Thailand. The park offers rare open public space, trees, and playgrounds in the Thai capital and contains an artificial lake ...

, making its eponymous neighbourhood one of the top prime real estate locations in Bangkok. The neighbourhood known as Ratchadamri is situated south of Ratchaprasong on the road's eastern side, opposite the Royal Bangkok Sports Club. It consists mostly of land owned by Vajiravudh College, purposely set aside by King

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as the school's

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. The area, served by the

Ratchadamri Station Ratchadamri station ( th, สถานีราชดำริ, ) is a BTS skytrain The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known as the BTS Skytrain ( th, รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส '' TS'), is an elevated rapid transit sys ...

of the

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Silom Line The BTS Silom line ( th, รถไฟฟ้า สายสีลม) or Dark Green line, is an elevated rapid transit line of the BTS Skytrain in Bangkok, Thailand. It is operated by Bangkok Mass Transit System PCL (BTSC), a subsidiary of BTS Gr ...

, is home to a large concentration of luxury condominiums and hotels, and has the most expensive condominium sell prices in Bangkok.

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