19 of the best hotels in Bangkok

Creativity is what drives Bangkok, with extravagantly adorned temples, futuristic skyscrapers, a scintillating meals scene and riotous evening markets. That power additionally extends to the hotels — that are usually sensible in phrases of fashion and repair, and run the gamut from heritage piles on the banks of the Chao Phraya River to fashionable city-centre bolt holes and designer hotels with rooftop infinity swimming pools.

The temple-strewn riverside offers a captivating (and fewer frenetic) introduction to Bangkok, with new hotels, eating places and humanities districts including to the enchantment. But, if you wish to be in the thick of the buying and nightlife motion, head to the centre of city round Silom, Sathorn and Ploenchit. Chinatown and Thonglor, in the meantime, have a stronger sense of neighbourhood and a few prime consuming and ingesting.

Main photograph: Park Hyatt Bangkok

1. Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

Best for the bucket record
There’s a sense of champagne in the air at this glamorous heritage resort that has graced the banks of the Chao Phraya for practically a century and a half. The foyer fizzes from morning to nighttime with well-heeled vacationers from each nook of the globe and Thai royalty — carrying jewels so massive they’ll solely be actual. The unique Authors’ Wing is a imaginative and prescient of gleaming white marble, crystal chandeliers, potted palms and swirling ceiling followers, whereas rooms mix basic Thai appears to be like with fashionable accoutrements and Chao Phraya River views. The service, spa and award-winning eating places are faultless.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

2. The Peninsula Bangkok

Best for spa stays
The Peninsula Bangkok has a lot of successful attributes: a beautiful Chao Phraya River location, a stupendous palm-lined out of doors pool, a set of first-class eating places and bend-over-backwards service — however what actually units the resort aside is its splendid spa. Situated in a three-storey colonial mansion inside the resort’s frangipani-scented gardens, it has every kind of deep-reaching therapies, from conventional Thai therapeutic massage utilizing thumbs, elbows and knees, to all-day programmes together with morning yoga in a close-by temple, Tibetan singing bowls and guided meditation. The therapists listed below are some of the best in the recreation.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

3. Capella Bangkok

Best for hipsters
The emphasis is on the horizontal at this smooth riverside resort, from the low-slung mid-century-style structure, to rice barges and long-tail boats puttering previous your sightline and visitors supine by swimming swimming pools that roll straight in direction of the Chao Phraya River. Add muted modern interiors — ivory whites, light-diffusing latticework, whole-wall murals painted utilizing conventional Thai methods — trendy services and attractive eating places and Capella feels refreshingly totally different from most of the big-brand luxurious hotels that line the river. This is palms down the coolest, cleverest resort in city.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

4. The Siam

Best for glamour
Set in the upmarket neighbourhood of Dusit, downwater from Bangkok’s historic district, the Siam is an opulent riverside retreat frequented by Thailand’s excessive society (often known as the hi-so). They come for the designer appears to be like — posing in the fern-filled atrium, by the stripy waterfront swimming pool, on tiger-shaped sofas in the Story House restaurant — and for the wonderful spa, generally selecting up a everlasting memento from the resort’s consecrated Sak Yant tattoo studio. The rooms, suites and pool villas are attractive monochrome areas, with lofty ceilings, clawfoot bathtubs and artwork deco-inspired furnishings.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

5. Siam Kempinski

Best for store and flop
Attached to the monumental Siam Paragon buying centre and surrounded on all sides by avenue markets and mega-malls (attempt Central World for prime avenue vogue, MBK for devices and Platinum for cut-price garments and equipment), the Siam Kempinski couldn’t be higher positioned for a buying spree. And if you’re prepared for a post-shop flop, you’ll discover spacious, soothing rooms, all pearl whites, mossy inexperienced and smooth bronzes, and chocolatey marble loos — the best have balconies overlooking modern tropical gardens or entry straight into the lagoon-shaped swimming swimming pools.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

6. Shanghai Mansion

Best for avenue meals
If you need to tuck into some of the most scrumptious avenue meals in Bangkok — creamy yellow crab curry, crispy pork noodles, chubby oyster omelettes — head for the joyfully chaotic streets of Chinatown. Located on the predominant drag, Yaowarat Road, Shanghai Mansion faucets into the neighbourhood’s wealthy blended heritage in extravagant fashion. The atrium foyer is stuffed with Chinese lanterns, velvet sofas, picket birdcages and lotus flower ponds. The 76 rooms are an extravagance of pinks, limes and purples, with four-poster beds, balloon lanterns and jewel-coloured silks.

Spa N
Pool N
Price £

7. Anantara Siam

Best for households
The centrally positioned Anantara Siam works on all ranges: enterprise, pleasure, spa break — however is very good for households. Spacious rooms — in white, navy and silver, with batik cushions and fairly Thai murals above the beds — include all mod cons and greater than sufficient house for a roll-out mattress. There’s a kids’s paddling pool (in addition to one for grown-ups), a playground and an upbeat children’ membership, leaving mother and father free to flee to the fabulous spa. Take a brief stroll and also you’ll additionally discover Lumpini Park with its large monitor lizards and pedalo swans.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

8. Four Seasons Bangkok

Best for design lovers
Located on the Chao Phraya River, the glamorous five-star Four Seasons Bangkok is near many of Bangkok’s largest sights, together with Wat Pho Temple, the Grand Palace and Wat Arun. The modern design is the work of Jean-Michele Gathy and his dramatic touches are in all places, from the hovering foyer with its multilevel reflecting swimming pools and percolating waterfalls, to the cocooning silver and pewter bedrooms with floor-to-ceiling home windows overlooking the river. The seven bars and eating places will maintain you entertained each evening of the week.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

9. COMO Metropolitan

Best for LGBT+ travellers
You’ll need to pack your best swimwear for peacocking by the swimming pool at this LGBTQ+ favorite in the coronary heart of stylish Sathorn. It’s not simply the COMO Metropolitan’s pool that’s scene-y; flagship restaurant Nahm has gained a stack of awards, together with a Michelin star, and the ruby-hued Met Bar buzzes at the weekend. To maintain you feeling and looking your best, the COMO Shambhala offers solar salutations, Guinot spa therapies and wholesome delicacies designed to make you glow from the inside out.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

10. Sala Rattanakosin

Best for temples
Only monks can sleep any nearer to Wat Pho temple than visitors bedding down at Sala Rattanakosin — positioned simply round the nook from Thailand’s most revered temple, adjoining the equally spectacular Grand Palace. Small and completely shaped, this former shophouse turned boutique resort has simply 15 rooms adorned with sharp black-and-white bursts; the best have floor-to-ceiling home windows with cinematic views of the ceramic-clad stupas of Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn. The identical sight can be savoured from the rooftop bar with a mai tai.

Spa N
Pool N
Price ££

11. Park Hyatt Bangkok

Best for the excessive life
This trendy resort is housed in a hanging free-form constructing overlooking Bangkok’s leafy embassy district, inside straightforward strolling distance of the skytrain line and Siam Square retailers. The modern zen interiors are equally eye-catching, with serpentine staircases and lashings of cream stone contrasted with sharp black accents and fashionable Southeast Asian artwork. The 40m city-view infinity pool is a magnificence, as is the rooftop bar which wows after darkish in opposition to a shimmering metropolis backdrop.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

12. Akyra Thonglor Bangkok

Best for longer stays
Situated in hip and taking place Thonglor, surrounded by some of the metropolis’s coolest bars, eating places and boutiques, the Akyra is a brilliant alternative for an extended keep. Rooms are pleasingly massive and fuse darkish wooden flooring with sea-foam inexperienced partitions, plush purple headboards and outsized black-and-white prints of the metropolis. Most include fridges and larders, whereas suites have full kitchens, washing machines and massive balconies. There’s a swimming pool, an Italian restaurant and a bar on the rooftop, and massages may be organized in your room.

Spa N
Pool Y
Price ££

13. 137 Pillars Suites Bangkok

Best for an Instagram-worthy infinity pool
The scene-stealer at this luxurious sky pad is its eye-popping rooftop infinity pool, taking pictures out throughout the thirtieth ground with dizzying metropolis views on all sides. Just a few ranges under, there’s a second bigger swimming pool (with extra space to lounge) and a gem of a spa, the place you possibly can guide Muay Thai boxing classes and spoiling aromatherapy massages. The suites — 30 in complete — are plush affairs, with floral wall murals, lavish loos and good-sized balconies. The resort may be tough for taxi drivers to seek out however you’re inside strolling distance of the sky practice.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

14. The Rakxa

Best for a wellness break
For a severe Thai wellness getaway, with out the extra travelling time wanted to go to Chiva Som or Kamalaya, attempt the Rakxa. This high-end wellness retreat is backed up with complete medical services tucked away on a jungle-wrapped island in the serene Bang Krachao part of the Chao Phraya River. In-depth programmes — intestine well being, anti-ageing, de-stress — vary from three to 14 nights and make use of conventional Thai therapies, Chinese medication, Ayurveda and power therapeutic. Expect a complete psychological and bodily turnaround.

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

rakxawellness.com

15. Rosewood Bangkok

Sleek apartment-style residing is the order of the day at the centrally positioned Rosewood Bangkok. A discreet entrance on Ploenchit Road (near Erawan Shrine and quite a few buying malls) leads visitors away from the hubbub right into a hushed world of carved teak, black marble and urbane Thai artwork. Aside from subtle cream and darkish wooden rooms and suites, the Rosewood has a set of sensational rooftop homes, with city-view terraces and personal plunge swimming pools. The ninth-floor swimming pool is especially indoors (not nice for sunseekers) however the spa is tremendous and the eating places and bars at all times draw a crowd. 

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

16. The Standard Bangkok

Shaped like a huge Jenga set, the King Power Mahanakhon tower is one of the tallest and most hanging buildings in Bangkok. The Standard occupies 18 of its 78 flooring in exuberant fashion: shimmering pink curtains in the canary-yellow foyer; curtains of ferns in the fairly peach and powder blue Parlour Bar; stripy parasols round the rooftop pool. Rooms are barely calmer however no much less enjoyable, with groovy egg chairs, perspex wardrobes and massive city-view home windows (a number of even have balconies. There are three tip-top eating places and a sunny sister resort, a three-hour drive away, in the seaside city of Hua Hin. 

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

17. The Sukhothai Bangkok

The Sukhothai, in the trendy Sathorn district, is a resort that makes it inconceivable to neglect you’re in Thailand. At the finish of a protracted driveway, you’ll discover peaked roof pavilions, a big swimming pool and lotus flower ponds set in massive frangipani-fragranced grounds. Interiors streamline shiny teak woods with Jim Thompson silks and eye-popping works of modern artwork and sculpture. The Sukhothai’s Italian restaurant, La Scala, is spectacular, whereas dinners at the Thai restaurant, Celadon, include mesmerising Thai dance performances. Comfortable rooms are cut up between the predominant constructing and The Sukhothai Club Wing, which has a membership lounge serving complimentary breakfast, afternoon tea, night hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.   

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

sukhothai.com

18. Kimpton Maa-Lai

A keep at this resort, positioned on the banyan-laced edges of Lumpini Park, makes you are feeling such as you’re in with Bangkok’s in-crowd. Beautiful folks totter by the foyer with poodles and pekes in tow, typically carrying outfits as hanging as their homeowners (all of Kimpton’s hotels are pet-friendly). If they’re not checking in to at least one of the spacious Thai-minimalist rooms, they’re on their approach to the vigorous Craft Café and Bar for some scrumptious espresso, truffles, cocktails and beer. Guests ought to make their approach to the third ground swimming pool at sunset for some free comfortable hour drinks earlier than heading upstairs for dinner and dizzying metropolis views at the rooftop Bar.Yard. 

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price ££

kimptonmaalaibangkok.com

19. Sindhorn Kempinski 

The second Kempinski resort to hit Bangkok appears to be like like some sort of moon base from the exterior, with its hourglass structure, large glass arches and chrome cantilevered swimming pool. The Thai designers have executed an equally hanging job inside, the place hovering concrete partitions encase a birdcage-like pavilion stuffed with hanging ferns and fountains of recent orchids. The rooms are lovely too — silvery cocoons popped with vibrant yellow, orange and turquoise silks. The eating places are wonderful and the Firefly bar was made for date nights but it surely’s the Sindhorn Kempinski’s well being and wellness services that steal the present, with health studios, crepuscular spa therapy rooms and intensive hydrotherapy services unfold over two flooring.   

Spa Y
Pool Y
Price £££

kempinski.com

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