Grand Watergate Hotel

Rooms at Grand Watergate Hotel measure from 25 to 48 m², and each one has satellite and cable channels, a telephone and a hair dryer. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

Three of the rooms have a city view, and the Mini Suite sleeps up to three guests. Each bed set-up is either one double bed or two single beds, and the Mini Suite offers the same choice.

Dining at the hotel covers a restaurant, a coffee shop, a bar and room service, and the breakfast service offers an Asian breakfast.

The front desk is open 24 hours, and guests can use luggage storage, laundry and ironing services, dry cleaning and daily housekeeping. Air conditioning covers the public areas, and there is an elevator. Staff speak English and Thai, and the hotel has a wireless internet connection in its public areas as well as in the rooms.

The business facilities include a business centre with xerox and fax services, and there is a convenience store on site for everyday needs. A wake-up service is also offered, and the rooms can have a fold-up bed.

Grand Watergate Hotel is on Phetchaburi Road in Pratunam, a busy district of central Bangkok where shopping, markets and business meet. The streets around the hotel are lined with shops and street stalls, and the district stays busy from morning to night. Pratunam Market, known for clothing, is nearby.

Phaya Thai Train Station, where the sky train meets the Airport Rail Link, is 350 m from the hotel, so the city's rail network is easy to reach on foot. Siam Paragon shopping centre, with an aquarium inside, is 800 m away. Jim Thompson House Museum, a collection of traditional teak houses and Thai silk, is 1.1 km off, and The Grand Palace, with the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is 5 km away by road. A short walk brings you to Wang Suan Phakkat, a Thai palace complex with traditional houses and gardens.

A good day could start at Wang Suan Phakkat, with its traditional houses and gardens, then continue to the Jim Thompson House Museum before walking on to Siam Paragon. The sky train makes it simple to return to the hotel in the evening, and on weekends the Chatuchak Weekend Market is a longer trip across the city, best planned for a morning.