Thailand's capital is as urban as any metropolis can be, with a decentralised grid cut by flyover expressways and the Chao Phraya River. It's hard to pin down a ‘city centre', and instead visitors are advised to pick a district that interests them and find a hotel that suits their needs.
Absolutely every budget is accommodated for in Bangkok, from the most basic backpacker sanctuary to lavish, five-star suites with views of the river and historic temples. Most of Bangkok's luxury hotels are near Silom Road and the Chao Phraya River, while the rock-bottom bargains are found on Khao San Road.
Bangkok's finest hotels include The Oriental and the Shangri-La, both of which are situated along the river and have solid reputations among the city's most affluent visitors. Following Sathorn and Silom roads away from the river, visitors will find other upscale hotels like The Peninsula, Marriot and the Westin Grande Sukhumvit.
Pratunam is a hip district that draws young locals with its shopping and entertainment scene. The sheer scale of the marketplaces here is incredible, with innumerable vendors dealing in funky Asian fashions, knock-off brands and myriad electronics. Sukhumvit Road is the most important artery here, with its own collection of tourist-oriented restaurants and hotels like the Grand Hyatt and Conrad Bangkok.
Banglamphu, specifically Khao San Road, is a mecca for travellers on a shoestring. Inexpensive restaurants and nightlife complement the guest houses in this area. Atmosphere and ambience are rare commodities in Banglamphu, but that's rarely a priority for tourists staying here.
Chinatown and the neighbouring Indian community are bustling centres of commerce, with colourful markets and numerous gold shops. Bargain hunters can lose themselves in Chinatown. Mid-range and budget hotels are widespread and appeal to those looking for a colourful cultural experience.
Sathorn and Silom is Bangkok's central business district and is bursting with accommodation options. Nice restaurants, large-scale shopping centres and open-air markets are all found here, as are a few of the city's luxury hotels. The Banyan Tree, The Sukhothai and The Four Seasons are all located in this area and offer excellent amenities.
Heading away from Sathorn and Silom roads, travellers will find the Chao Phraya River. Fashionable, five-star hotels are situated here as well, each enjoying sweeping views over the river and operating their own gourmet restaurants. Perennial favourites like the Hilton Millennium command the most attention.
| A-ONE BANGKOK | 22USD |
| A-ONE BOUTIQUE | 48USD |
| Airport Suites | 37USD |
| ALL SEASONS BANGKOK VICTORY | 10USD |
| All Seasons Sathorn | 10USD |
| Aloft Bangkok | 16USD |
| AMARI BOULEVARD | 20USD |
| AMARI RESIDENCES BANGKOK | 18USD |
| AMARI RESIDENCES SUKHUMVIT | 19USD |
| AMARI WATERGATE | 253USD |
| AMBASSADOR | 15USD |
| ANANTARA BANGKOK SATHORN | 11USD |
| ARISTON | 35USD |
| ARNOMA | 37USD |
| ASCOTT SATHORN | 64USD |
| ASIA | 42USD |
| Asia Airport | 12USD |
| Astera Sathorn | 10USD |
| Avana | 15USD |
| Baiyoke Boutique | 25USD |
| BAIYOKE SKY | 21USD |
| Baiyoke Suite | 10USD |
| Bangkok City Inn | 10USD |
| Bangkok Hotel Lotus Sukhumvit | 13USD |
| Bangkok Natural Spa And Resort | 39USD |
| Bangkok Palace | 10USD |
| BANYAN TREE | 45USD |
| BEL-AIRE PRINCESS | 25USD |
| Best House | 14USD |
| BEST WESTERN BANGKOK HIPTIQUE | 36USD |
| BEST WESTERN MAYFAIR SUITES | 36USD |
| BEST WESTERN PLUS AT 20 SUKHUMVIT | 16USD |
| BEST WESTERN PREMIER AMARANTH | 15USD |
| Best Western Swana | 16USD |
| Bhiman Inn | 20USD |
| Boonsiri Place | 10USD |
| CENTARA GRAND AT CENTRAL WORLD | 37USD |
| Centre | 50USD |
| CENTURY PARK | 20USD |
| Cha-Da | 12USD |
| CHALEENA | 17USD |
| CHALEENA PRINCESS | 15USD |
| Chaophya Park | 14USD |
| CHATEAU DE BANGKOK | 48USD |
| CHATRIUM SUITES BANGKOK | 22USD |
| China Town | 18USD |
| CITADINES SUKHUMVIT 11 | 39USD |
| Citadines Sukhumvit 8 | 11USD |
| Citin Pratunam | 27USD |
| CONRAD BANGKOK | 25USD |
| CONRAD BANGKOK RESIDENCES | 70USD |
| Cottage Suvarnabhumi | 16USD |
| COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT | 58USD |
| Cozi Inn Bangkok | 35USD |
| DAVIS | 37USD |
| DUSIT PRINCESS SRINAKARIN | 19USD |
| DUSIT THANI | 51USD |
| EASTIN | 38USD |
| Ecotel | 18USD |
| EGYPT BOUTIQUE HOTEL | 19USD |
| Elegance Suite | 31USD |
| EMERALD | 39USD |
| EMPORIUM SUITES | 80USD |
| EVERGREEN LAUREL | 44USD |
| First | 12USD |
| First House | 15USD |
| Floral Shire Resort | 11USD |
| Forum Park | 13USD |
| Four Points By Sheraton | 24USD |
| FOUR SEASONS | 40USD |
| FOUR WINGS | 39USD |
| FRASER PLACE LANGSUAN | 15USD |
| FRASER SUITES URBANA SATHORN | 55USD |
| FURAMAXCLUSIVE ASOKE | 18USD |
| FURAMAXCLUSIVE SATHORN | 12USD |
| FURAMAXCLUSIVE SUKHUMVIT | 12USD |
| Glow Trinity Silom | 10USD |
| Golden Horse | 14USD |
| GRAND CHINA PRINCESS | 37USD |
| GRAND DIAMOND SUITES | 37USD |
| GRAND HYATT ERAWAN | 296USD |
| Grand Inn | 43USD |
| GRAND MERCURE FORTUNE | 37USD |
| Grand Mercure Park Avenue | 10USD |
| GRAND MILLENNIUM SUKHUMVIT | 24USD |
| GRAND PINNACLE | 13USD |
| GRAND PRESIDENT(OPAL STUDIO) | 33USD |
| GRAND SUKHUMVIT | 57USD |
| Grand Tower Inn Rama VI | 11USD |
| Grande Centre Point Terminal 21 | 19USD |
| Grande Ville | 10USD |
| Great Residence | 12USD |
| Heritage Baan Silom | 14USD |
| Heritage Bangkok | 13USD |
| Heritage Sathorn | 14USD |
| HOLIDAY INN BANGKOK | 16USD |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS BANGKOK SIAM | 73USD |
| HOLIDAY INN SILOM | 41USD |
| Hotel De Moc | 43USD |
| Hotel Muse Bangkok | 34USD |
| HOTEL MUSE BANGKOK LANGSUAN (OPENING IN JULY 2011) | 111USD |
| Howard Square Boutique | 17USD |
| I Residence | 11USD |
| I RESIDENCE SATHORN | 23USD |
| IBIS BANGKOK NANA | 23USD |
| IBIS BANGKOK RIVERSIDE | 12USD |
| IBIS SATHORN | 21USD |
| Imm Fusion Sukhumvit | 17USD |
| IMPERIAL QUEENS PARK | 42USD |
| INDRA REGENT | 35USD |
| INTERCONTINENTAL | 25USD |
| JASMINE EXECUTIVE SUITES | 57USD |
| Jazzotel | 19USD |
| JW MARRIOTT | 89USD |
| KING PARK AVENUE | 11USD |
| KINGSTON SUITES | 15USD |
| LANDMARK | 95USD |
| LE FENIX SUKHUMVIT | 11USD |
| LE MERIDIEN BANGKOK | 90USD |
| LEBUA AT STATE TOWER | 353USD |
| LIT Bangkok Hotel | 22USD |
| LOUIS'TAVERN | 45USD |
| MA DU ZI HOTEL | 27USD |
| MAC BOUTIQUE SUITES | 10USD |
| MANDARIN ORIENTAL | 76USD |
| Manhattan | 11USD |
| Manohra | 16USD |
| MARRIOTT RESORT AND SPA | 24USD |
| MARUAY GARDEN | 45USD |
| MAYFAIR, BANGKOK - MARRIOTT EXECUTIVE APARTMENTS | 22USD |
| METROPOLITAN | 22USD |
| MILLENNIUM HILTON BANGKOK HOTE | 23USD |
| Miracle Grand Convention | 18USD |
| Miracle Hometel | 41USD |
| MONTIEN | 23USD |
| MONTIEN RIVERSIDE | 23USD |
| NARAI | 15USD |
| NATURAL VILLE EXECUTIVE | 27USD |
| Nawarat Resort & Serviced Apt | 12USD |
| New World City | 14USD |
| NOVOTEL BANGKOK FENIX SILOM | 75USD |
| NOVOTEL BANGKOK FENIX SILOM | 18USD |
| Novotel Bangkok Platinum | 21USD |
| Novotel Bangna Bangkok | 18USD |
| NOVOTEL FENIX PLOENCHIT | 17USD |
| NOVOTEL ON SIAM SQUARE | 22USD |
| Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport | 31USD |
| OAKWOOD APARTMENTS SOI 18 | 22USD |
| Oakwood Residence Sukhumvit24 | 24USD |
| Omni Tower Services Residences | 12USD |
| P2 Boutique | 10USD |
| PAN PACIFIC | 18USD |
| Park Plaza Bangkok soi 18 | 12USD |
| PARK PLAZA SUKHUMVIT | 16USD |
| PATHUMWAN PRINCESS | 33USD |
| PATRA PLACE | 17USD |
| PATRA PLACE(STD ROOM ONLY) | 15USD |
| PENINSULA | 58USD |
| PHACHARA SUITES SUKHUMVIT | 12USD |
| PIETRA | 62USD |
| PINNACLE LUMPINEE | 62USD |
| PINNACLE SUKHUMVIT INN | 28USD |
| PJ WATERGATE | 35USD |
| PRESIDENT PALACE | 15USD |
| PRESIDENT PARK | 18USD |
| PRESIDENT SOLITAIRE | 21USD |
| PRINCE PALACE | 70USD |
| Princeton Bangkok | 10USD |
| PULLMAN KING POWER | 22USD |
| Queen's Garden At River View | 12USD |
| RADISSON | 14USD |
| RADISSON SUITES BANGKOK | 21USD |
| RAMADA D'MA BANGKOK | 11USD |
| Ramada Encore Bangkok | 10USD |
| RAMADA HOTEL & SUITES BANGKOK | 11USD |
| RAMADA PLAZA MENAM RIVERSIDE | 32USD |
| REGENT SUVARNABHUMI | 15USD |
| RENAISSANCE RATCHAPRASONG | 33USD |
| Residence Rajthevee | 10USD |
| ROYAL | 11USD |
| Royal Asia Lodge | 27USD |
| ROYAL BENJA | 35USD |
| Royal City | 48USD |
| Royal Ivory Nana 4 | 43USD |
| ROYAL MERIDIEN PLAZA ATHENEE | 102USD |
| ROYAL ORCHID SHERATON | 246USD |
| Royal Parkview | 10USD |
| ROYAL PRESIDENT | 10USD |
| ROYAL PRINCESS | 37USD |
| Royal River | 56USD |
| S15 SUKHUMVIT | 13USD |
| S2S Boutique Resort Bangkok | 25USD |
| S31 SUKHUMVIT | 18USD |
| SACHA'S UNO | 14USD |
| Salil Hotel Sukhumvit Soi 8 | 12USD |
| Salil Thonglor Soi 1 | 11USD |
| Sathorn Grace Serviced | 20USD |
| SATHORN VISTA, BANGKOK - MARRIOTT EXECUTIVE APARTMENTS | 20USD |
| SAWASDEE BANGKOK INN | 11USD |
| SAWASDEE BANGLUMPOO INN | 12USD |
| Sawasdee Khaosan Inn | 13USD |
| Sawasdee Krungthep Inn | 10USD |
| Sawasdee Langsuan Inn | 30USD |
| SAWASDEE SMILE INN | 10USD |
| Sawasdee Sukhumvit Inn | 15USD |
| SAWASDEE SUKHUMVIT SOI 8 | 23USD |
| SHANGHAI MANSION | 11USD |
| SHANGRI-LA | 36USD |
| SHERATON GRANDE SUKHUMVIT | 42USD |
| SIAM CITY | 21USD |
| SIAM HERITAGE | 22USD |
| SIAM KEMPINSKI HOTEL BANGKOK | 48USD |
| Siam Piman,Suvarnabhumi Apt. | 11USD |
| SIAM SOCIETY | 10USD |
| SIAM@SIAM DESIGN | 31USD |
| Silom City | 11USD |
| SILQ BANGKOK | 10USD |
| SOFITEL BANGKOK SILOM | 24USD |
| SOFITEL BANGKOK SUKHUMVIT | 214USD |
| SOFITEL CENTARA GRAND | 115USD |
| Sofitel So Bangkok | 201USD |
| SOMERSET LAKE POINT | 17USD |
| SOMERSET PARK SUANPLU | 44USD |
| SOMERSET SUKHUMVIT THONGLOR | 22USD |
| ST.JAMES | 17USD |
| St.Regis | 36USD |
| SUKHOTHAI | 40USD |
| SUKHUMVIT PARK, BANGKOK - MARRIOTT EXECUTIVE APARTMENTS | 20USD |
| Summit Pavilion | 16USD |
| SWISSOTEL LE CONCORDE | 22USD |
| TAI-PAN | 35USD |
| TAWANA | 41USD |
| TENFACE | 26USD |
| THONGTA SPA & RESORT | 14USD |
| TRIPLE TWO SILOM | 54USD |
| TWIN TOWERS | 16USD |
| Unico Express At Sukhumvit | 16USD |
| UNICO GRANDE SILOM | 14USD |
| VIE-M GALLERY | 17USD |
| Viengtai | 13USD |
| WELCOME SAWASDEE INN | 10USD |
| WESTIN GRANDE SUKHUMVIT | 139USD |
| White Orchid | 37USD |
| Woraburi Sukhumvit | 16USD |
| ZENITH SUKHUMVIT | 18USD |