Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Peninsula Bangkok Hotel


Peninsula Bangkok Hotel is one of the best hotels in Bangkok and South East Asia, the best city to travel according to Travel + Leisure magazines World's Best Awards.  It has been voted to the top spot many times in the past: World’s Best Hotel Overall in ‘03, 3rd Best Hotel Overall in ‘04 and World’s Best Business Hotel in ‘05 by Travel and Leisure Magazine Readers’ Survey. And in 2012, it is again voted as the top city hotel in Asia by Travel + Leisure readers.

Peninsula Bangkok Hotel is located at Bangkok Riverside on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River just opposite the Sapan Thaksin BTS Skytrain station. Hotel's "W" shaped design ensures that each of its 370 rooms to have a panoramic view of the Bangkok skyline over the Chao Phraya River.

The 5 star hotel provides rooms ranging from Deluxe to : Deluxe rooms, Grand Deluze rooms with V shaped windows for panaromic view, Balcony room, Deluxe Suite, Grand Deluxe Suite, The Thai Suite, The Terrace Suite (190 sqm living and dining space with outdoor jacuzzi), The Grand Terrace Suite (240 sqm), The Dublex Suite and the Peninsular Suite which comes with a rooftop helicopter pad! There are only 10 rooms and 2 suites per floor which guarantee peace and tranquility.

Peninsula Bangkok Hotel Photo
Peninsula Bangkok Hotel
Peninsula Bangkok Hotel is famous for its central location, fantastic SPA (The Peninsula Spa by ESPA), location, river transportation access, excellent service, fabulous rooms and its spectacular palm tree-lined turquoise pool. The hotel is located on the Thonburi side of the Chao Praya River just opposite the Sapan Thaksin BTS Skytrain station (a very good and fast transportation alternative compared to sitting in a slow moving taxi in the traffic jam). It provides a 18-room, E-SPA which offers several luxurious SPA treatments such as Spirit if Peninsula Body Treatment, Thai Yoga Massage and Oriental Life Dance; two restaurants (Mei Jiang- Cantonese Restaurant and Thiptara Riverside Thai Restaurant), River Cafe and Terrace, The River Bar, located at the far end of the River Cafe Terrace and Thiptara and The Peninsula Pool Bar.

This is a luxurious hotel and it is quite expensive in Thailand standards. A check with HotelsCombined.com shows that Deluxe Room prices start around 290 USD.

Other 5 Star hotels in Bangkok
Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok
(The best seller)
Kempinski Residences Siam
(The best location)
Oriental Residence Bangkok
(The best staff performance)

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