Centara Life Hotel Bangkok Phra Nakhon

Every room has a private bathroom, and the rooms range from twin single beds to king and double beds. Several rooms have a city view, and the Premium Suite has a pool view.

Several rooms also have bathrobes, a hair dryer, a mirror and toiletries, and the bathrooms have a walk-in shower or a bathtub. Reading lights and satellite or cable channels are found in several rooms too, so the sleeping and working areas are well lit in the rooms that have them.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool and a fitness centre, plus a terrace, a shared lounge with a TV area and a 24-hour front desk. There is an airport transfer, and car hire, taxi service, shuttle service and bicycle rental are also offered.

For meals, the hotel has restaurants, a coffee shop, a snack bar and room service, with Asian and Western cuisine in the restaurant and a vegetarian restaurant. Breakfast can be à la carte, Asian, buffet, continental, American, halal, vegetarian or Western.

Laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services are available, and there are luggage storage and safety deposit boxes. For meetings and events, there are indoor and outdoor venues and a projector with an LED display. English, Cantonese and Thai are spoken, and the property is wheelchair accessible.

Centara Life Hotel Bangkok Phra Nakhon sits in the Khaosan area of the Phra Nakhon district, the historic old city of Bangkok where many of the major temples and palaces are. The streets around Khaosan mix budget guesthouses, street food stalls and bars, and the area is busy in the evening with travellers and local visitors.

The Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) is 1.7 km away and The Grand Palace is 1.9 km away, so the two sights can be visited together. Wat Arun, the riverside temple with its tall prang, is 2.6 km away, and Khaosan Road is 850 m away. The Sam Yot MRT station is 1.6 km away, which connects the hotel to the rest of the city.

A day can start with the reclining Buddha at Wat Phra Chetuphon, then move on to the Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha, and end with a walk down Khaosan Road to the street food stalls. Jim Thompson House, a teak house museum, is a short ride away. Visitors who want to see the city from the water can take a river boat from the nearby piers along the Chao Phraya River, and the evening walk back along the old city streets is a fitting end to the day.