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Places to Stay

PRICE CATEGORIES wave-shaped design and
For a standard, double room per night (with breakfast spacious guest rooms
if included), taxes and extra charges. with fabulous views of
the Chao Phraya River
B under B1,500 BB B1,500–4,000 BBB over B4,000 and the city. It has a
three-tiered swimming
pool, a gorgeous spa and
Luxury Hotels Conrad Hotel restaurants serving Thai,
MAP R3 • All Seasons and Cantonese cuisine.
Anantara Bangkok Place, Withayu Road
Riverside Resort • 02 690 9999 • www. Royal Orchid
and Spa conradhotels.com • BBB Sheraton
MAP S6 • 257 Charoen Designed in contemporary MAP M4 • 2 Captain Bush
Nakhon Road, Thonburi Thai style, making lavish Lane • 02 266 0123
• 02 476 0022 • www. use of silk and wood, • www.starwoodhotels.
anantara.com • BBB Conrad Hotel has lovely com/sheraton/bangkok
Built on prime property views over Lumphini • BBB
on the west bank of the Park (see p86). It has a This 28-story hotel has
Chao Phraya River, this central location, and its pools and tennis courts,
huge complex has a lovely restaurants and bars are a fitness center and
spa, fine gardens, many among the best in town. spa, restaurants serving
restaurants, and an exotic royal Thai and Italian
pool. Each room has a Grand Hyatt Erawan cuisine, and a relaxed
private balcony. Bangkok riverside bar.
MAP Q3 • 494
Anantara Siam Ratchadamri Road Shangri-La Hotel
MAP Q3 • 55 • 02 254 1234 • www. MAP M6 • 89 Soi Wat
Ratchadamri Road bangkok.hyatt.com • BBB Suan Phlu, Charoen
• 02 126 8866 • www. A grandiose entrance leads Krung Road • 02 236
anantara.com • BBB to guest rooms with large 7777 • www.shangri-la.
Luxurious rooms, windows, marble baths, com • BBB
impeccable service, and trendy fittings. The With 800 rooms, the river-
and a number of fine- afternoon tea in the Garden side Shangri-La is one of
dining restaurants make Lounge is a delight. Bangkok’s biggest luxury
this one of Bangkok’s hotels. It has several
best hotels. It is in an Mandarin Oriental restaurants and bars;
excellent location, with Hotel the excellent Chi, The Spa
views over the green MAP M5 • 48 Oriental (see p46); a fitness center,
expanse of the Royal Avenue • 02 659 9000 pools, and tennis courts.
Bangkok Sports Club. • www.mandarinoriental.
com/bangkok • BBB Siam Kempinski
COMO Metropolitan The historic Oriental (see Hotel
Bangkok p85) has often been voted MAP P2 • 991/9 Rama I
MAP Q5 • 27 South the world’s best hotel for Road • 02 162 9000
Sathorn Road • 02 625 its superb facilities, • www.kempinski.com/
3333 • www.comohotels. exceptional views, and bangkok • BBB
com • BBB personalized service. An Art Deco-inspired
Bangkok’s trendiest hotel resort hotel in the heart
features a minimalist look The Peninsula Hotel of the city, the beautiful
and silk furnishings. Its MAP L5 • 333 Charoen Siam Kempinski is set
two great restaurants, Nakhon Road • 02 020 around a landscaped
Nahm and Glow, and the 2888 • www.bangkok. garden and has three
members-only Met Bar peninsula.com • BBB pools. It also has a spa
attract the city’s top The Peninsula has won and an excellent contem-
design gurus. several awards for its porary Thai restaurant.

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