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Hotels/Restaurants
Bangkok
has some of the best hotels in the world. The
service is classy and friendly, there is always a
welcome drink, a flower on the pillow and a
smile.
Some hotels :
ORIENTAL, 48 Oriental Ave, New Road, 10500 Bangkok,
tel 66 2 236 0400, fax 66 2 236 1937/9
One of the top hotels in Asia, a mixture of
tradition and elegance in a beautiful setting on
the bank of the Chao Praya.
AMARI WATERGATE, 847 Petchburi Rd, Rajthevi
Pratunam, 10400 Bangkok, tel 66 2 653 9000 fax 66 2
653 9045
In the centre of Bangkok near the commercial
district of Pratunam and the business centre around
the World Trade.
DUSIT THANI, Rama IV Road, 10500 Bangkok, tel 66 2
236 0450/9 fax 66 2 236 6400
Modern and central
MARRIOTT ROYAL GARDEN RIVERSIDE HOTEL, 257/1-3
Charoennakorn Rd, Bookkalo, Thonburi, 10600 Bangkok
Tel 66 2 476 0021/2 fax 66 2 460 1805
A charming hotel in a park with elephants and a
very pleasant spa.
BEL AIRE PRINCESS, 16 Sukhumuit Soi, 5 Sukhumuit
Road, Bangkok, tel : 66 2.253.4300,fax : 66 2 255
8850 A Californian style hotel situated in the
residential and business district in Bangkok
LE MERIDIEN PRESIDENT, 135/26 Gaysorn Road -
Bangkok Tel : 66 2.253.0444 - Fax : 66
2.253.7565.
In the centre of the business and shopping
districts. The staff speak French.
HOLIDAY INN CROWN PLAZA, 981 Silom Road,10500
Bangkok, tel : 66 2.238.4300, Fax : 66
2.238.5289
40 mn from the airport in the centre of the
business and shopping district.
Restaurants :
The cuisine is very refined and artistically
prepared. Specialities : citronella and shrimp
soup, curries made with coconut milk, shrimp salad,
chicken and fish cooked in steam in pandanus
leaves, exotic fruit ...
You can eat delicious satay kebabs and other local
dishes on the street, Thai people don't eat three
full meals a day, they eat when they are hungry so
there are always street sellers with mouth-watering
food stands and as the standards of hygiene are
high there is very little risk if you eat from
them.
Some restaurant addresses :
*Kaolang, 2 Sriayudhaya Rd, Sisaoteves Dusit : a
hangar on the river bank next to the Prince's
boats, where you can eat delicious sea food
*Supatra River House, 266 Soï wat
Rakhang-Arunamarin Rd, Ta Maharat jetty: an ancient
royal house transformed into a restaurant, typical
Thai food and sea food.
*Ti Potchana, Patunam crossroads: a local
restaurant, quite quaint, where they do an
excellent crab curry.
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