Hotels in Bangkok
Buddy Lodge Hotel
265 Khao San Rd., Taladyod
Bangkok
www.buddylodge.com
66-2/629-4477
This guesthouse-cum-boutique hotel has Thai artisanal touches normally associated with a hefty price tag: rattan chairs, teak beds, terra-cotta tiling.
Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok
155 Rajadamri Rd.
Bangkok
www.fourseasons.com
800/332-3442
Understated low-rise (the former Regent) with tropical gardens near the SkyTrain. Rooms are getting updated this year.
Grand Hyatt Erawan
494 Rajdamri Rd.
Bangkok
www.bangkok.grand.hyatt.com
800/233-1234
Contemporary tower with traditional interiors and an on-site shrine.
Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers
Siphya Rd., 2 Captain Bush Lane
Bangkok
www.sheraton.com
800/325-3535
28 stories of supremely comfortable rooms on the Chao Phraya next to the River City shopping center.
Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok
89 Soi Wat Suan Plu, New Rd.
Bangkok
www.shangri-la.com
800/942-5050
Two-tower complex with palm-fringed terraces on the Chao Phraya.
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
250 Sukhumvit Rd.
Bangkok
www.starwoodhotels.com
800/325-3535
Sukhumvit Road high-rise popular with film types, businessmen, and vacationing Europeans.
Sofitel Silom
188 Silom Rd.
Bangkok
www.sofitel.com
66-2/238-1991
Rooms are small, with polished wooden floors, Thai silk and mahogany accents, and spotlighting. A super-efficient business center, sleek restaurants.
The Metropolitan
27 S. Sathorn Rd., Tungmahamek, Sathorn
Bangkok
www.metropolitan.com.bz
800/337-4685 or 66-2/625-3333
The Metropolitan?sister to the London hotel of the same name?was built in a former YMCA in the embassy district, as.
The Oriental, Bangkok
48 Oriental Avenue
Bangkok
www.mandarinoriental.com
800/526-6566 or 66-2/659-9000
Pair of low-rise towers with one of the world's best spas, along the Chao Phraya River in the old city.
The Peninsula, Bangkok
333 Charoennakorn Rd.
Bangkok
www.peninsula.com
800/223-6800 or 66-2/861 2888
38-story high-rise with a peaceful resort-like atmosphere and Asian-influenced interiors, on the quiet Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya, across.
The Sukhothai
13/3 South Sathorn Road
Bangkok
www.sukhothai.com
800/223-6800 or 66-02/344-8888
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