Lamurr Sukhumvit 41 Hostel

The rooms at Lamurr Sukhumvit 41 Hostel are dormitory-style, with bunk beds in mixed and female-only layouts. Several have a private entrance, some open onto a balcony or terrace, and air conditioning is fitted in a number of them.

Each room has its own floor area and number of guests, and bathrooms are shared in several of them, with showers, toiletries and hair dryers provided. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and the shared lounge and TV area is a common space for everyone staying, with big flat-screen TVs and plush sofas for guests to use together, at any point of the day.

Guests can relax in the shared lounge and TV area, which has large flat-screen TVs, and the hostel also has a game room and on-site entertainment. Free Wi-Fi covers all the rooms, and Wi-Fi is available in the public areas, with internet services for guests as well.

For practical needs there are lockers, luggage storage and safety deposit boxes, along with daily housekeeping, ironing and laundry service. A shared kitchen is available, and bicycle parking is offered with parking nearby.

English and Thai are spoken at the hostel, a doctor or nurse can be called when needed, and 24-hour security covers the property. Business services include Xerox and fax in the business centre.

Lamurr Sukhumvit 41 Hostel sits on Soi Sukhumvit 41, a side lane off the main Sukhumvit Road in the Wattana district of central Bangkok, where office towers and residential buildings stand alongside the BTS line. The area is for travellers who want to be in the middle of Bangkok's Sukhumvit corridor, with its hotels, offices and transport links close at hand, without being in the old city.

Phrom Phong BTS Station is 250 m away, and the Sukhumvit line runs from there to Siam, where the Siam Paragon mall is one of the largest in the city. Benchasiri Park is 500 m away, a green space for a morning walk. The Kamthieng House Museum, a traditional northern Thai house turned into a museum, is 1.6 km away and gives a look at older Thai building styles.

A good day could start with a walk through Benchasiri Park and a visit to Kamthieng House, then the BTS to Siam for the malls and shopping districts. The Jim Thompson House, a garden of teak houses and the art collection of the American silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, makes a calm afternoon visit, and the Chatuchak Weekend Market, with thousands of stalls, is a full trip across the city at weekends.