Price range?
Near Sukhumvit and the shopping?
Near the river with a view?
Big place Bangkok.....narrow it down a bit?
Good Site to look at Hotels and Book them online if you wish. I use them all the time. For all places, go to this site and you can find information and hotels for anywhere in Thailand.
http://www.hotelthailand.com/
Bangkok
Things to see...
·The Palace. Home of the king. Incredible place.... about 30 buildings inside. No Shorts or bare shoulders allowed. If you show up wearing them, they will rent you pants ands a long sleeve shirt to wear over your clothes.
·The Reclining Buddha. Huge gold covered statue of a Buddha laying town. Interesting Temple to walk around.
·Chao Praya river tour. The main river through Bangkok. Many water taxi’s (boats) available for a tour of Bangkok from the river.
Shopping Centers in Bangkok
·Mah Boon Krong Center. Can take the MRT here. Across the street is a whole area of shops.
Ma Boon Krong (MBK) is a HUGE shopping mall in downtown Bangkok. It is hard to even explain how big the complex is. I believe it is about7-10 floors all together. They have everything you could imagine. Clothes, jewelry, handicrafts, furniture, electronics, and the list goes on and on. You can even bargain at alot of the vendors. Inside MBK there are alot of different places to eat. They have alot of different kinds of food. Italian, Pizza, Chinese, Japanese, and Thai.
·Chatachuck Weekend Market.
HUGE market open only on the weekends, Saturday and Sunday...can buy ANYTHING here.... food, clothing, artwork.... Maybe 4 times the size of the old Shenyang market. Extremely hot!!! Outdoors market...but worth the visit if you like to really shop.
Directions: Simply take the Skytrain to the end terminal called Morchit which is exactly where the market is located.
Nightlife/Night Markets.
Two main areas:
·Patpong
Night market in the center of the street. Go-Go bars all around the area. Maybe worth seeing once. Probably the most famous “nightlife” area in Bangkok for the Tourists.
·Sukhumvit Road. From Soi 3- Soi 23.... one long street of night market, bars, and shops. (Soi means Lu...or street)
You can take the overhead train here. Get off at “Nana” Station. Or tell the taxi driver “Nana Plaza”. Nana plaza is another bar area with go-go bars...right across the street from the Nana Hotel on Soi 3 and Sukhumvit.
Great place to walk around night or day and go shopping.
Travel Around Bangkok.
·Tuk Tuk.
These are the little three wheeled open air taxi’s.
No meter...you must negotiate a price. Whatever they say...divide by at least 4.
·Taxis
Meter Taxi. All the taxi’s us the meter. If they will not.... do not get in! About 34 baht (8 Yuan) to start the meter.
·BTS (Overhead Train called the Sky Train) Easy way to get around downtown.....20 baht gets you about anywhere!
Bangkok Hotels
Hotels
High end, all in the center area of town
- Hyatt Era wan
- Conrad Hotel
- JW Marriot Nana
Middle
-Novotel Siam Square
Budget…. but still nice
- Ambassador Hotel - Sukhumvit Road Soi 11
http://www.hotelthailand.com/bangkok/am ... l?currid=2
Just stayed there for a night on Sept 2008 while transiting through Bangkok. About USD$50/night. Updated rooms. Nothing fancy but spacious, clean rooms and most with recently remodeled bathrooms. Great location on Soi 11. Literally…a 2-minute walk from Sukhumvit Road and the Nana Skytrain Stop.
Very budget
RUAMCHIT TRAVEL LODGE - Sukhumvit Road Soi 10
11/1 Soi 10, Sukhumvit Road
Tel: (02) 2526403, 2510284
Fax: (66 2) 2551372
We used to stay here....VERY plain rooms, but clean, quiet and cheap. Maybe USD$30/night
Grand Inn - Sukhumvit Road Soi 3
http://www.hotelthailand.com/bangkok/gr ... index.html
Small rooms, near Nana Plaza.....very cheap.
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by Cornelis » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:58 pm 
