Lonely Planet Bangkok

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781787019355
• Print ISBN:
  9781786570819

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If your idea of the typical Bangkok hotel was influenced by The Hangover Part II, you’ll be relieved to learn that the city is home to a variety of modern hostels, guesthouses and hotels. To further improve matters, much of Bangkok’s accommodation offers excellent value and competition is so intense that fat discounts are almost always available.

Hostels

Those counting every baht can get a dorm bed (or a closet-like room) with a shared bathroom for as little as 250B. The latest trend is slick ‘flashpacker’ hostels that blur the line between budget and midrange. A bed at these will cost between around 400B and 800B.

Guesthouses

In Bangkok, this designation usually refers to any sort of budget accommodation rather than a room in a family home, although we use it to describe the latter. Guesthouses and similar budget hotels are generally found in somewhat inconveniently located corners of old Bangkok (Banglamphu, Chinatown and Thewet), which means that the money you’re saving in rent will probably go on taxi fares. Rates begin at about 500B.

Hotels

The widest part of the accommodation spectrum, the term ‘hotel’ can mean a variety of things. Bangkok’s midrange hotels often have all the appearance of a Western-style hotel, but w...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Bangkok
• Bangkok’s Top 10
• What’s New
• Need to Know
• First Time Bangkok
• Top Itineraries
• If You Like
• Month by Month
• With Kids
• Eating
• Food Spotter’s Guide
• Drinking & Nightlife
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• Sports & Activities
• LGBT Bangkok
• Neighbourhoods at a Glance
• Ko Ratanakosin & Thonburi
• Banglamphu
• Thewet & Dusit
• Chinatown
• Siam Square, Pratunam, Phloen Chit & Ratchathewi
• Riverside, Silom & Lumphini
• Sukhumvit
• Northern Bangkok
• Excursions from Bangkok
• Sleeping
• Understand Bangkok
• Bangkok Today
• History
• People & Culture
• Food & Drink
• The Sex Industry in Thailand
• Transport
• Directory A-Z
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Bangkok Maps
• Our Writers