Cape House Hotel, Bangkok

Cape House Hotel, Bangkok offers a deluxe room, studios and suites with one or two bedrooms, and several of them have a city view. Several rooms have a private bathroom with a shower, and some suites add a bathtub, along with bathrobes, hair dryers and electric kettles.

The one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites offer a choice of bed set-ups, and the executive suite has three single beds. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms. The deluxe room has a refrigerator, instant coffee and blackout curtains, and several rooms have a desk and air conditioning, with a telephone and ironing facilities in some of them.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool and a children's swimming pool, along with a spa and sauna, a hot tub, a steam room, a fitness centre and a library. Guests can eat at the restaurant, which serves a la carte dishes, and breakfast is offered in Asian, buffet and continental styles.

A 24-hour front desk and 24-hour room service are available, and there is a concierge, business facilities, and meeting or banquet facilities. The building has an elevator and a terrace, daily housekeeping is provided, there is an airport transfer service, and free parking is available on site. A kitchen is also available to guests, and bicycle parking is provided.

Cape House Hotel, Bangkok sits on Soi Langsuan, a side street off Ploenchit Road in the Lumpini district of Pathumwan, in the Siam area of Bangkok. The neighbourhood is busy and lively, with shopping streets, office towers and hotels, and the Siam area is one of the best-known shopping districts in the city. The skytrain runs above the main roads here, so the rest of the city is easy to reach by rail. For a visit built around shopping and sightseeing, the area works well.

Chit Lom station is 300 m away, on the BTS skytrain's Sukhumvit line, and Ratchadamri station is in the same area. Close by, the Erawan Shrine is 500 m away: a Hindu shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection, where devotees bring garlands and offerings. The Jim Thompson House, 1.9 km away, is a museum of traditional Thai teak houses assembled by the American silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, who popularised Thai silk abroad.

A day out can take in the old city across the Chao Phraya river. From the hotel, reaching it means changing from the skytrain to a river boat or a taxi. Once there, the Grand Palace, 5.8 km away, houses the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and Wat Arun and Wat Pho are close by. On weekends, the Chatuchak Weekend Market, 6.5 km away, is a large market selling clothes, food, crafts and plants.