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Indra Regent Hotel: Old and great location   Check Rates
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  • Written by Pimilan on Jul 21, 2006
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  • I like the great location of this 35 years old hotel. I have a beautiful room on the 14 th floor, bathroom is only adequate. Beautiful pool with view of the marvelous thai restaurant. Indra square is just reopened and offer a large choice of clothes, Pratunam market is waliking, also Pantip Plaza for DVD, CD and computer is waliking.

    Unique Qualities: Great location in Pratunam, nice pool

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    Address: 120/126 Rajprarop Road, 10400 Bangkok
    Directions: In pratunam
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    Shanghai inn: Chinese style hotel
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  • Updated by Pimilan on Aug 17, 2006
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  • Incredible chinese style hotel in China Town. Small bulding with room on 4th to 6th floor. Chinese style troughrout the hotel. Incredible bathroom with birdcage, chinese bath. Chinese bed and 3 chineses restaurants in the bulding. A great experience, one of the most original hotel in Bangkok.

    Unique Qualities: Chinese style, great location in china town. Economic

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    Comparison: less expensive than average
    Prices: US$40-80  » Currency Converter
    Phone: 66 2 221 2121
    Address: 479-481 yaorawaj road
    Directions: In front of China Town hotel
    Website: www.shanghai-inn.com
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    Peninsula Hotel Bangkok: top of the top's   Check Rates
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  • Updated by Pimilan on Oct 15, 2005
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  • Bangkok Peninsula Hotel Bangkok
  • splendid bathroom with TV!
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  • Everything was on the top, promtly check-in, i have 2 connecting rooms truth a small lobby. I was only on the fourth floor, room 401, 402 but the view on the swiming pool and the river was great.For breakfast no coupon they only ask my name for control. 3 boats connecting you on the other side of the river.Check-out was made quickly with a large number of employees, No inscription of Cashier, Check-in or Check-out on the desk, they do every operation. A great experience.
    Absolutely recomended.

    Unique Qualities: A wonderful swiming pool wit thai style cabana.
    Electric curtain, tv on the bathroom and one the largest room in Bangkok. Great view from every room on river and Bangkok skyline.

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    Comparison: less expensive than average
    Prices: US$120-180  » Currency Converter
    Phone: 66-2-8612-888
    Address: 333 Charoennakorn Rd Klongsan
    Directions: In Thonburi, on the river
    Website: peninsula.com
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    Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok: Fantastic hotel   Check Rates
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  • Updated by Pimilan on Nov 4, 2005
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  • Fantastic hotel, open in 1991 in the same place of the old Erawan hotel, it's my favorite in the center. Incredible lobby with waterfall, flower and bird, you feel like in a jungle. Superb service , After shopping the doorman help me to take bag in my room. Superb room and wonderful bathroom with wood, steel and marble. Jogging track around the great pool and the building. You can see Thai dancer to the legendary adjacent Erawan shrine. One of the best Hyatt in the world, if not the best.

    Unique Qualities: Perfect for shopping, superb design wonderful lobby, great pool, adjacent to the legendary Erawan shrine.

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    Theme: Hotel
    Comparison: more expensive than average
    Prices: US$180 and up  » Currency Converter
    Phone: 66 2 2541234
    Address: 494 Rajdamri Road, Bangkok, Patum Wan
    Directions: On the large crossroad Ploenchit-Rama 1-Ratchadamri, next to Sogo dpt store and the Erawan Shrine
    Website: www.bangkok.grand.hyatt.com
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    Shangri-La: Great Hotel   Check Rates
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  • Written by Pimilan on Aug 30, 2005
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  • Superb hotel, it will celebrate it's 20 years in 2006.
    I stay 2 nights in a room with pool view in the 25st floor in the main building, the krungthep wing is more luxury.The view was superb. The room are not very large but offer everything. really good service they bring chocolate for our baby.Wonderful pool and boats bringing you around. This hotel was designed by interdesign, a group of architect that buid also the Sofitel Central Plaza, the Novotel Siam square and the Amari Orchid resort in Pattaya.

    Unique Qualities: Superb pool, great service, large choice of restaurant

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    Theme: Hotel
    Comparison: more expensive than average
    Prices: US$180 and up  » Currency Converter
    Phone: 66-2-2367-777
    Address: 89 Soi Wat Suan Plu New Rd Ba
    Directions: On the river in the end of Silom road left
    Website: www.shangri-là.com/bangkok/
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    Amari Watergate Hotel: Perfect location in Pratunam   Check Rates
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  • Updated by Pimilan on Oct 4, 2005
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  • Bangkok Amari Watergate Hotel
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  • It's in my favorite location, Pratunam. This hotel open in 1993, offer really large lobby, acess of the elevator for the the room only with the electronic key.Great room with large sofa and armchair. Beautiful bathroom with separate bath and shower. Wonderful pool even like many hotels in Bangkok it have a little bit cool wind, really nice garden complete the pool.

    Unique Qualities: Perfect location in Pratunam next door of the bargain shoping. Good service

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    Theme: Hotel
    Comparison: about average
    Prices: US$40-80  » Currency Converter
    Phone: (02)6539000
    Address: 847 Petchburi Road, , Bangkok, Central
    Directions: In Petchburi road at the entrance of Pratunam
    Website: www.amari.com/watergate/
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    Pathumwan Princess Hotel: Good for shopping   Check Rates
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  • Written by Pimilan on Sep 1, 2005
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  • This is a good hotel for shopping with direct acess to MBK shopping center. The lobby is on the second floor. I have 2 rooms with connecting door and the bathroom is nice. The best is the extra large terrace with children playground and lond pool. A good hotel Siam center is not far.

    Unique Qualities: Direct acess to MBK shopping center ,Siam center is not far, large pool

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    Phone: 66 22163700
    Address: 444 Mbk Centre
    Directions: Near MBK Center
    Website: www.pprincess.com/
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    Regency Park Bangkok: Small but beautiful   Check Rates
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  • Updated by Pimilan on Oct 4, 2005
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  • Really nice and small hotel, open in 1991 and renovated in 2000, is located on the same same soi of the largest hotel of Bangkok"Imperial Queen's Park".
    I stay with wife, baby and one sun with extra bed in the same room without problem.Beautiful marble bathroom .Nice view in the BTS skytrain. Lovely lobby with view in a small garden with water. Great breakfast and good service. Small pool on the roof.

    Unique Qualities: Good location in soi 22, many restaurants and hotel.
    Nice interior design.

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    Theme: Hotel
    Comparison: less expensive than average
    Prices: US$20-40  » Currency Converter
    Phone: 662-259-7420
    Address: 12 Sukhumvit 2222
    Directions: 50 meter from Sukhumvit on the right of the soi 22
    Website: accorhotels.com
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    Royal Benja Hotel: Great hotel at cheap price   Check Rates
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  • Written by Pimilan on Oct 25, 2005
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  • This large hotel offer 400 rooms. The bulding is thin and every room look on Sukhumvit road. Really amazing panoramic corridor, you can see Phetburi road, the room offer incredible space for the price (about 30 USD) and the bathroom is with separate shower and room. Nice terrace with pool. I have a good breakfast on the coffe shop. This hotel is really popular and offer one of the best price in town for this quality. The location is on the end of soi 5 Sukhumvit, 10-15 minutes walk to BTS station.

    Unique Qualities: Good quality, cheap price

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    Comparison: less expensive than average
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    Phone: 66 2 6552920
    Address: OFFICE. 39 SUKHUMVIT RD.,(SOI 5), Bangkok 10110
    Directions: In the end of soi 5
    Website: www.royalbenja.th.com
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    Sofitel Central Plaza Bangkok: Complete hotel   Check Rates
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  • I check-in with family and the staff was really heplful.Large lobby and large choice of restaurant. Room was large with view on the garden. Nice bathroom with a chair and bathrobe.Large garden with thai restaurant and lovely pool, even 2 tennis court. Designed by Interdesign architects in 1980, they made the Shangri-la and the Novotel siam square too.

    Unique Qualities: Good babysitting, direct acess to the large Central Store, really large garden. BTS station is not far.

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    Theme: Hotel
    Comparison: about average
    Prices: US$80-120  » Currency Converter
    Phone: 66 (2) 5411234
    Address: 1695 Phaholyothin Road Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
    Directions: On the way to rhe airport, after the Tai airways buiding
    Website: www.sofitel-centralplaza.bangkok.com
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     I love Bangkok!! Nikos
    thedouglas Wed Apr 5, 2006 13:25 UTC
     Great hotel tips - have you got a favourite overall?
    trisanna Wed Oct 19, 2005 06:10 UTC
     impressive hotel tips. I really liked the idea of your own hotel rating system in your last tip. Cheers!
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