Baan KhaoSoi

The accommodation at Baan KhaoSoi is a private bedroom with its own bathroom, set in a shared hostel where the kitchen and rooftop are common areas. The double room measures 40 m² with a queen bed and sleeps up to two guests.

Air conditioning and a balcony or terrace are part of the room, and the private bathroom comes with a shower, towels, toiletries and a hair dryer. Rooms can also have a fan, a reading light and a clothes rack, and the shared spaces are the kitchen, the rooftop and the lounge.

Free Wi-Fi covers all rooms, and Wi-Fi is also available in the public areas. Air conditioning is in the common areas, and luggage storage is part of the hostel's services. A terrace is also part of the property, and the hostel's rooftop is shared by all guests.

The shared kitchen and the shared lounge and TV area, which has a large flat-screen TV, are used by all guests. Pets are allowed, and access to the rooms is by stairs only. The lounge also has board games and books for guests who want to spend an evening indoors.

Inside the rooms, the facilities can include a washing machine, a seating area, a clothes rack, a hair dryer and slippers.

Baan KhaoSoi sits on Soi Wanit 2 in the Bangkok Riverside area, in a dense district of shrines, shophouses and narrow lanes between Chinatown and the Chao Phraya river. Business buildings and older shophouses stand side by side here, and the river is close. Street life here moves at the pace of the small lanes, with food vendors and shrines close to the main road.

Chow Sue Kong Shrine is next to the hostel, and the Talat Noi lanes around it are full of small temples and shrines. The Marine Department Pier, 250 m away, is a ferry pier on the Chao Phraya. Across the river, Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, is 2.7 km away, and the Grand Palace is 2.8 km away. The Hua Lamphong MRT station is 600 m from the hostel, so the metro is an easy way to reach the rest of the city.

A good day here starts with a walk through the Talat Noi lanes and the shrines, then a river boat from the pier across to Wat Arun. In the evening, Khaosan Road, 3.2 km away, is busy with bars and street-food stalls, and the walk back to the hostel through the quieter lanes takes you past shrines and old shophouses.