Accomodation advice

[davidbkr]

 

Hi guys, I am new here. Apologies if I post this in the wrong place.

 

Traveling to BKK on stopover to Europe. Going to stay 2 nights and 2 days.

Looking for a 4 or 5 star hotel with some regular attractions, shopping, department stores etc very close by. The wife will want stuff like that..... Also ideally, a spa in-house or nearby where I can keep her amused for a couple of hours while I go and fulfill a couple of things on my bucket list (if you know what I mean. If she can have George Clooney on her list I cant see why I cant have a dozen Thai bargirls on mine...lol)).

 

. I dont want to stay near the streets full of pick up bars etc so she doent get into her mind that Ill be heading that way. I will be stopping over in Bangkok again on the return trip but I will be traveling solo then.:)

I would prefer to investigate those areas on my own when I come back rather than stumble over them by accident with the wife in tow.

 

So, any ideas which areas I would be looking at or hotels that will fit the bill?. From what I have read Patpong has a few bars tucked away would someplace down that way be ok?? That way I could dash on foot to someplace like Star of Light( thats down there somewhere I think) for a bj or two while half a dozen massage experts try to wind back the clock on the wife at the spa...lol

 

I haven't been to Bangkok before so looking for a little guidance.

 

Appreciate any recommendations to consider.

 

Cheers

DB

 

[Brit In Myanmar]

One option is to staya t one of the hotels by the river (there are lots of 4 and 5 star hotels down there). Great for sightseeing but a long way from the nighttime action. Alternatively you could stay somewhere like the Le Meredien which is a very nice hotel and very close to Patpong so you can dash off for some fun.

[Natty Bummpo]

The River hotels (Oriental, Penninsula, Sheraton) are great for the wife and sightseeing, but not so great for the monger in you. A better choice, yet still not too obvious, are hotels in the Chidlom- Ratchaprasong neighborhood like the Renaisance, Grand Hyatt, 4 Seasons, Intercontinental, Conrad, and even the Kaspersky Siam Hotel adjacent to Siam Paragon (the #1 high end shopping mall in BKK). These Chidlom-Ratchaprasong-Siam hotels are all 5* and have the advantage over the river hotels of being one or two BTS stops away from the Sukumvit nightlife & daylight action for fast getaways. In fact the Hyatt and Intercontinental have good bars (Spasso and Mixx) where you can even take the wife for drinks and dancing or pickup a hi-so FL if you are solo. 

Edited January 7, 2014 by gogul