Mercure Bangkok Siam

Every room at Mercure Bangkok Siam has a city view, and each one sleeps up to three guests. The rooms come as Superior and Deluxe rooms and as Deluxe Suites, and they measure either 25 m² or 38 m².

The bathrooms and in-room comforts vary between the room types. Some rooms have bathrobes, a hair dryer and a walk-in shower, and one room type has accessible features such as a roll-in shower and an accessible toilet. Several rooms also offer a telephone and satellite or cable channels.

Guests can use an outdoor swimming pool and a fitness centre. For meals there are restaurants, a snack bar and a poolside bar, along with room service and food delivery, and Asian and vegetarian cuisine is served in the restaurant.

Breakfast is offered in several styles, including buffet, continental, Asian, Western, American and à la carte, and a breakfast takeaway service is available. Front-desk services include tours, ticket services, a concierge, currency exchange, luggage storage and a safety deposit box, while laundry, ironing and dry cleaning are also available.

Business guests can use business facilities and meeting services, and the property has an elevator, wheelchair access and facilities for disabled guests.

Mercure Bangkok Siam sits in the Siam district, one of the busiest shopping and transport areas of the Thai capital, where the elevated BTS Skytrain runs above the streets and large shopping centres stand close together. Siam is a practical base for travellers who want the rail network close at hand, a choice of shops and street-food stalls nearby, and easy access to the rest of the city by train or taxi. The streets around the hotel are lively during the day and in the evening.

The National Stadium BTS station is 50 m away, and the Jim Thompson House, a museum of Thai silk set in a traditional house complex, is 300 m away, so the immediate area can be explored on foot. The Grand Palace is 4.1 km away and the Chatuchak Weekend Market is 6.2 km, and both are a taxi ride away. Suvarnabhumi Airport is 24.7 km away, and Wat Arun, on the other bank of the Chao Phraya river, is another temple worth the trip.

A good day could begin at the Jim Thompson House, then continue by taxi to the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha inside its walls, and end back in Siam for dinner among the shopping malls. Those who prefer a slower pace can spend the afternoon at the outdoor pool and the bar before heading out in the evening.