La Porte Pratunam Hotel

The rooms at La Porte Pratunam Hotel have queen and double beds, and some have a city view. Rooms can have individual air conditioning, blackout curtains, a private bathroom and, in some rooms, a whirlpool bathtub.

Guests can choose a room with a city view, such as the Deluxe or the Superior Room, or a queen room with a whirlpool bathtub. Some rooms sleep up to eleven guests.

The front desk is open 24 hours and offers private check-in and check-out. Luggage storage is available for guests who arrive early or have late flights, and daily housekeeping is provided. The staff speak English, Burmese and Thai.

Tours can be arranged, and a taxi service is available. The property has an elevator and 24-hour security, and rooms can have soundproofing. Safety deposit boxes are provided for valuables, and air conditioning is provided in the public areas as well.

Telephone and Internet services are available at the property, and Wi-Fi is also offered in the public areas. Guests who need a quiet night can ask about the soundproof rooms, and the hotel's safety deposit boxes are there for valuables.

The hotel sits in the Pratunam area of Ratchathewi, a busy commercial district where shopping malls, clothing wholesale stalls and street food fill the main roads. The area is best known for shopping, and the malls and food stalls are within a few hundred metres of the hotel. Siam Paragon, a large shopping mall, is 600 m away, and the MBK Center is nearby.

Public transport is close. The Ratchaprarop station on the Airport Rail Link is 550 m from the hotel, and the line runs to Suvarnabhumi airport. Phaya Thai station, where the BTS Skytrain connects, is 650 m away. The Jim Thompson House, a museum built from traditional Thai teak houses, is 1.1 km away, and it is a quiet contrast to the busy shopping streets.

For a full day out, the Chatuchak Weekend Market is one of the largest weekend markets in Bangkok, drawing shoppers from across the city. The Grand Palace and Wat Arun, the temples on the far side of the Chao Phraya river, are a taxi ride away, so the historic centre of Bangkok can be reached from the hotel in a single day trip, with the riverside views and old streets of the city within easy taxi distance.