Bewel Hostel

Bewel Hostel's rooms include mixed dormitory rooms, shared rooms and double rooms, and most of them sleep up to three guests. Some rooms have bunk beds, and one room is allocated when you arrive at the hostel.

Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and some of the shared rooms have a shared bathroom, so that bathroom is used alongside other guests.

Bewel Hostel has a 24-hour front desk, room service, a bar, a coffee shop and restaurants. Continental breakfast is offered, and guests can also use a shared kitchen to prepare their own food.

Guests can relax in the shared lounge with a TV area or in the library, and the hostel has luggage storage, lockers, a laundry service and daily housekeeping. A concierge service and a convenience store are also on site.

Tours can be arranged, and the hostel offers an airport transfer, a shuttle service, car hire and a taxi service. Business facilities and facilities for disabled guests are also available, and there is Wi-Fi in the public areas.

Bewel Hostel is on Soi Samsen 4 in the Khaosan area of Pranakorn, the historic old city of Bangkok, where narrow sois, guesthouses and street-food stalls sit close to the temples and the river. The area has long been a base for backpackers, and its lively evenings give way to quieter streets within a short walk. The surrounding sois hold a mix of guesthouses, small shops and noodle stalls, and the streets are calmer by day.

Khaosan Road is 650 m away. The Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) is 1.6 km away, and The Grand Palace is 1.8 km away, both in the old city and reached by taxi or tuk-tuk. Wat Arun, across the Chao Phraya, is 2.5 km away, and the Sam Yot MRT station is nearby for the metro.

A good day in the area starts with the temples: the Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and Wat Arun can be visited together, and the Jim Thompson House, the former home of the silk entrepreneur, adds a quieter museum stop. In the evening Khaosan Road fills with bars and street food, and the Chatuchak Weekend Market is a longer trip out for weekend shopping.