| You have decided to visit Asia for your next | | | | book your hotel near the Bangkok Airport. Make |
| vacation and have decided to go to Bangkok, | | | | sure that you stay near the new Bangkok Airport |
| Thailand. Your flight is booked but you are still | | | | - Suvarnabhumi and not at Don Muang. Only stay |
| looking for a hotel. But, how do you decide which | | | | in this area if you do plan to go to Bangkok |
| hotel to stay at? | | | | proper. Bangkok Airport hotels are conveniently |
| Your decision should be based on what you plan | | | | located and easy to get to from Suvarnabhumi. |
| to do while you are "Krung Thep". Will you be | | | | If soaking up the Bangkok nightlife is your reason |
| spending most of your time sightseeing, shopping | | | | for visiting, there are a few different areas you |
| or enjoying the nightlife? You don't want to waste | | | | can stay. If Patpong Road is your destination, |
| valuable time in a Bangkok taxi inching along | | | | stay either on Silom or Suriwongse Road. The |
| Sukhumvit Road. | | | | Nana Entertainment Plaza is on Sukhumvit and Soi |
| Siam Square area is a good place to stay if you | | | | 4 (or Soi Nana) and there are a variety of hotels |
| want to have some fun shopping. There are | | | | - everything from the JW Marriott to the Majestic |
| hundreds of small shops at street level and the | | | | Suites or the Dynasty. In the Soi Cowboy area, |
| Siam Center and the Siam Discovery shopping | | | | you can stay anywhere near Soi Asoke, Soi 22 |
| centers have many up-market brand label shops. | | | | or anywhere along Sukhumvit Road and just |
| On the top floor of Siam Discovery Center there | | | | catch the Skytrain. |
| is a cinema complex with some of the most | | | | Probably, your hardest decision will be selecting |
| comfortable seats to be found in the world. After | | | | your hotel since there are so many 4 and 5 start |
| a hard days shopping, relax and lie down as you | | | | hotels in Bangkok. For the budget traveler, there |
| watch a movie! | | | | are also cheap hotels in Bangkok. Some hotels |
| Another great shopping mall nearby is | | | | that I recommend are: Windsor Suite Hotel |
| Mahboonkrong (MBK). It will take only 10 minutes | | | | Bangkok, Viengtai Hotel Bangkok, Radisson Hotel |
| to walk there from Siam Square and you will find | | | | Bangkok, or the Amari Airport Hotel Bangkok. |
| literally hundreds of smaller shops and stalls, selling | | | | Another solution is to do a search for Hotel |
| many goods at bargain prices. Electronics and | | | | Bangkok Sukhumvit in any search engine. Or visit |
| clothes are the specialties here. Both of these | | | | my Thailand Link Directory. |
| areas are on the Skytrain routes and are easily | | | | Do your research, and look for a discount |
| accessible. | | | | Bangkok hotel, and enjoy your stay in the Land |
| If you plan on seeing other parts of the country, | | | | of Smiles. |
| taking ½ and full day trips, I suggest you | | | | |