Destination Bangkok - Luxurious Experiences
The very mention of this capital evokes a rich, complex essence that is impossible to sum up in mere words. A booming metropolis on a global scale, Bangkok still manages to retain old world charms and hospitality that captivate and delight visitors from across the globe. In this City of Angels, you will find the world finest luxury hotels, endless shopping delights, and extraordinarily delicious local and international cuisine, all presented with inimitable Thai panache, complete with a most graceful wai and world-renowned smiles.
Accomodation
Luxury and service come naturally to the Thai people, world renowned for their warm and inviting smiles. A large number of 5-Star and deluxe class accommodations are available, spanning a wide range of ambience, style, and charms. In Bangkok, there are choices from romantic riverside settings with stunning views of the cityscape: Always at the top of the list of The World’s Best Hotels, the 130-year-old Mandarin Oriental epitomizes luxury and unparalleled service that all other hotels strive for. After extensive renovations, has returned in a grand manner. The exquisite timber panel details throughout the grand 295 square meters (3157 square feet) Oriental Suite residence are designed in a classic and timeless manner.
Just across the Chao Phraya River, opposite to the Oriental, the grand 364 sq meters (3,919 sq ft), The Peninsula Suite of The Peninsula Bangkok is located at the heart of Thonburi city. Without question, it is one of the finest addresses in Bangkok, offering spectacular panoramic views of the City of Angels from its windows. Its copious amenities include marble master bathroom with whirlpool, super king-size bed in the master suite and twin queen beds in the guest bedroom, both formal and private dining rooms, and a fully equipped fitness center.
As we leave the old capital city not too far from the Chao Phraya River, a five star luxurious hotel, the Sukhothai reflects an authentic hospitality that blends tradition with the best of elegant, contemporary living. Located on the 9th floor with a view of the Sathorn Road financial district set beyond, The Sukhothai Suite is decorated in contemporary Thai style, using rich Jim Thompson fabrics throughout, and has often served as a home in Bangkok for heads of state and movie stars.
In the central business area, the famed Metropolitan hotel in London brings East meets West contemporary style to Bangkok, offering an urban ultramodern haven of Zen-like tranquility. The hotel’s four penthouse suites and single presidential suite are located on the hotel’s private 11th floor. The four penthouse suites here boast a bird’s-eye view of Bangkok, and include an open-plan living space, electronically operated handmade Thai silk curtains, and upstairs guest room with conservatory-style sitting room and expansive bathroom.
Just next door, The Banyan Tree is the tallest all-suite luxury hotel in Bangkok, offering panoramic view of Bangkok overlooking the Chao Praya River. Apart from its modern decor and renowned service, Banyan Tree’s large Spa Suites offer a veritable sanctuary, an oasis of rejuvenation and tranquility. ‘Champaka’, ‘Lavender’ and ‘Sandalwood’ have their own spa treatment rooms, so you can enjoy your favorite treatments in your own suite. A hotel that fuses luxury and technology, artistry and expertise.
The Conrad Bangkok provides hotel guests with the cutting edge in design, cuisine and service. Located in the heart of Bangkok at the stylish All Seasons Place, the hotel is close to Bangkok’s major embassies, commercial centers and Lumphini Park. The Conrad’s spacious 238 sq meters (2562 sq feet) Presidential Suite features separate living and sleeping rooms with two 42’’ Bang & Olufsen plasma TVs. The unique bathrooms feature a full range of larger sized, exclusively designed amenities as well as a freestanding bathtub next to windows with louvered shutters and sweeping views over greater Bangkok.
Fine Dining & Entertainment
Thailand is a culture that revolves around the dinner table, where meals are woven into the fabric of culture and society. The standards for good food are high, and there is no lack of fine dining options in Bangkok, both for Thai and international cuisine, offering world-class cuisine to connoisseurs.
A memorable cruise down the Chao Phraya River accompanied by a fine meal is truly an experience of a lifetime, and one place to enjoy such an evening than on the Manohra, the Marriott’s beautifully restored authentic rice barge. Enjoy the exotic sights and sounds of a world on the river, full of history, experiencing a journey as you escape the city and cruise the waters of Thailand’s mighty Chao Phraya, River of Kings.
First opened in the winter of 2003, Sirocco at The Dome has generated a lot of buzz from the beginning. The Sirocco roof bar restaurant is pretty breathtaking jutting into the skyline of the city like the deck of a space ship with the entrancing glow of the Sky Bar. When sipping on after-dinner cocktails, Sirocco bar is also one of Bangkok’s best live jazz venues, with international performers six nights a week.
On the 52nd floor of State Tower, glass sky-bridge, complete with a majestic viewing gallery of the city below, brings you into Breeze in dramatic fashion. Breeze restaurant serves an array of authentic, luxury-class Asian-style seafood and barbecue dishes with the finest seafood imported from all around the world. Balcony edged seats offer guests the opportunity to dine while enjoying vertical views of the city below.
Not quite as elevated (but no less spectacular) is one venue perched at the top of The Oriental Bangkok hotel, where you take a private lift to a long room with the Chao Phraya River on one side, and the glittering city on the other, under the glow from fine chandeliers while black-tied waiters greet you with the perfect blend of friendliness and formality. This is Le Normandie, certainly one of Bangkok’s best French restaurants.
Situated adjacent to the BTS station at Surasak, the regal Blue Elephant restaurant sits in a beautifully renovated building that once was a leading department store and served as the Japanese Military headquarters during WWII. The interior’s beautiful decor now exudes an extremely warm charm along with elegant table settings while Thai cultural dancers in traditional dress entertain guests.
Tsunami, of course, means big wave and an impressive sculpture waveform runs around each section of the expansive restaurant at the JW Marriott, creating an interesting, unique space. The sections are Tsu; traditional Japanese cuisine, dedicated to sushi and sashimi. A bar and lounge and another section called Nami, which is teppanyaki style, is where chefs show their cooking skills in front of patrons. Guests can select from Kobe, Matsuzaka, or Australian beef, seafood or seafood/meat combinations.
Hidden in the middle of busy Bangkok, The Face restaurant and bar is a large wooden Thai traditional house rendered in the Lanna (northern Thailand) style. The chic ambiance of is complete with Indian and Thai cuisine, a classy bar, pastry shop, and café. It is ideal for a great atmosphere, surrounded by lush vegetation and encapsulated in the grounds of a beautiful residence, where travelers and traders come to eat, drink and talk face to face.
The celebrated Mahanaga restaurant offers a blend of classic and modern Thai cuisine, in an elegant setting within a converted colonial house, a cozy cocktail lounge opens up into a lush garden courtyard where you can dine under the stars or in air-conditioned in one of the pavilions alongside the garden.
In London, Met Bar is hottest nighttime haunt west of Ibiza. Now, its newest sister, The Met Bar at the Metropolitan Hotel Bangkok, delivers the same for the Asian capital, answering a sophisticated need for privacy and energy in a space reserved for hotel guests and members only. The who’s who of Bangkok can be seen here boogying down on Friday night or at the occasional late-night fashion show.
For a more sedate vibe, there is Diplomat Bar, an upscale lounge inside the Conrad Hotel, is decorated with silk couches for lounging, features a large bar with premium liquors along with live jazz. The crowd here is made up of the diplomatic corps from nearby embassies as well as well-heeled Thai socialites. And you can’t go wrong at the legendary Bamboo Bar in The Oriental, where you can sip on anything from a tropical Mai Tai or a classic martini in a sophisticated setting Joseph Conrad or Humphrey Bogart would approve of.
Shopping
Thailand is a shopper’s paradise, world famous for it’s incredible range of fun and wonderful treasures. It is no wonder that many tourists come to Thailand specifically as a shopping excursion. Located at the prominent Rachaprasong intersection, Gaysorn is Thailand’s most exclusive shopping center, specializing in luxury designer brands, with flagship stores of Prada, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton, as well as a selection of Thailand’s most innovative designers such as Fly Now, Senada Theory and Kloset Red Carpet.
Across the street from Gaysorn, CentralWorld is the largest lifestyle-shopping complex in Southeast Asia, with an unrivalled mix of products and services at prices that put the fun back into shopping for Thai consumers and tourists. CentralWorld is cleverly divided into zones that make navigating the largest shopping center in Bangkok surprisingly easy. Specialized anchor ‘mega-stores’ include SuperSports, PowerBuy, B2S, Central Food Hall, SB Furniture and Toys R Us.
Continuing on in the heart of Bangkok just down the road from CentralWorld (and accessible by a breezy skywalk) is a strategically located national showpiece. Siam Paragon enhances the Thai capital’s status as a world-class destination for a supreme shopping and entertainment experience. This newest jewel in Bangkok’s shopping district sports an assortment of fine dining, designer boutiques, and Thailand’s largest department store. Siam Paragon also boasts the most all-embracing food destination in Asia as well as Siam Ocean World, the biggest aquarium in Asia.
Located a bit down Sukhumvit from the frenetic Siam Square area, The Emporium is like a glossy magazine come to life. Behold the seven layers of shopper’s paradise, where the first three floors are dedicated solely to fashion. Thailand’s premier art and design resource, TCDC is located on the sixth floor. Fashionistas, this is your playground.
Speaking of which, Playground! is the latest inspiration multi-store in trendy Soi Thong Lo, houses an entire floor of cutting-edge fashion, an art space, funky homewares, a bookstore specializing in art and design, and trendy restaurants (Kuppa@Playground, Sonie’s and Vanilla Industry), Playground! adds yet another hip, hybrid, hi-so concept store to Bangkok’s shopping scene, providing welcome relief from the searing sun and cookie cutter malls.
Another boutique mall worth checking out is Erawan Bangkok, which provides shopping in luxurious comfort, standing out from the rest. Spacious yet cozy, a comfortable shopping experience and a pleasant respite away from the bustle of the city outside. The Urban Kitchen in the basement has several up-market outlets for Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai and other cuisine, as well as the posh Erawan Tea Room on the third level.
Spa
Thailand’s legendary hospitality extends to some of the world’s finest spa treatments. Whether it is for beauty, peace of mind, or health benefits, there are numerous luxurious options to satisfy mind, body, and soul.
The Bodhi wellness center offering core utilizes technologically advanced equipment and modern developed treatment methods catering to health conscious consumers. It uses innovative technology and world-class equipments to promote good health, physically and mentally for people with time constrain. Results can be expected within a short period of time using a combination of innovative technology and state-of-the-art exercise equipment, along with a team of in-house specialists.
S Medical Spa offers ways to optimize health and appearance. Discover new ways to revitalize your mind and body, regenerate new energy to feel and look younger, plus enhance your lifestyle through a unique combination of Eastern traditional healing and spa arts plus the modern science of the West.
Indulge into the root of Asia, a soothing blend of Colonial and Royal Thai- inspired comforts at Nibhana Spa. Unwind in the charm of Oriental ambience surrounded by the rich decor of culture and wisdom. Stepping inside, you are greeted by colonial style architecture. Divided into 10 specious treatment rooms designed with its own uniqueness; Thai, Chinese and Indian, the treasures of oriental heritage.
Reputed to be one of the largest and most advanced wellness centers in Asia, TRIA Integrative Wellness recently opened its doors, offering a wide range of treatment options and modalities to achieve better and faster results. The integrative wellness concept is backed by advanced know-how of modern medicine, traditional medicine, hydrotherapy, exercise, and nutrition treatment. Moreover, a team of physicians, naturopaths, chiropractors, physiotherapists, massage therapists, personal trainers and life coaches are on standby to cover all aspects of wellness.