We stayed for two nights on our way to Koh Samui and Koh Tao. We're a married couple in our 30s and wanted a nice clean with the Thai touch and not expensive.

The Siam Heritage exceeded our expectations. The service was just touching and the rooms are spacious and well-appointed.

The bed was very comfortable and the bathroom was lovely with a good hot shower.

The shuttle boat was fantastic. Navigating Bangkok by foot, train, boat or tuk-tuk is a dizzying experience whichever way you slice it. There is so much going on that you soon succumb to stimulation overload. It was so nice to get on our private boat at the end of an excursion for a leisurely cruise back to the hotel.

The hotel is near all the good shopping areas.

Recommended things to do in Bangkok

- Visit the Grand Palace
- Ride the public river boats
- Dine at The Mango Tree (also Vertigo is amazing but very expensive)
- Shop for trinkets, clothing and fake everything at Night bazaar Lumphini and Patpong (the Exotic one)
- Ride the Skytrain
- Visit the rooftop Sirocco bar on the 76th floor at The State towers. A drink would cost you around eight dollars and the Bangkok view is free.
- Get tired at the biggest weekend market in the world - the Chatuchak market.
- Get a good body massage. The genuine Thai massage and spa.

If you must go to MBK shopping centre do NOT take a taxi or tuk-tuk, take the skytrain. The traffic light to enter the mall stays red for 15 min and then is green for 30 seconds (no exaggeration; we waited 45 min at that light).

www.thesiamheritage.com

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A hotel on the main street in Chinatown. The colours used are somewhat OTT, but the location is great for the Old Town and the Chinatown restaurants and markets; about equidistant from the river boat pier at Ratchawong and the MRT at Hua Lamphong.

479 Thanon Yaowarat. Nearest MRT is Hua Lamphong, but taxi from the airport was 450 baht (7 pounds) in Nov 07.

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This is a new hotel on Sukhumvit 6 Rd, near the nana skytrain station. The rooms are equipped to 5* standard at 3* prices. Prices are around £35 per room per night. Thoroughly recommended. I have also stayed at the Landmark hotel nearby and the rooms there are nowhere near as good, yet they'll charge you over £100 per night.

21 Soi Jaisaman, Sukhumvit 6 Rd.
Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110
Thailand

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Cheap, clean, hotel located close to backpacker amenities. I paid 175 baht for a single fan room - pretty reasonable for the Khao San Road area of Bangkok. To say the room was Spartan would be an overstatement, but it and the shared bathrooms were clean and perfectly adequate for a short stay on a budget.

It's slightly away from Khao San Road so a bit quieter than some of the other hotels but still convieniently close to the action.

Behind the wat (temple) opposite the tourist police station at the non-Burger King end of the Khao San Road.

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