Mercure Bangkok Surawong

Rooms at Mercure Bangkok Surawong come with a king bed, two single beds, or a king bed with a bunk bed in the family room. Most rooms have a city view, and some have a balcony.

Rooms can have a desk, a telephone, satellite or cable channels, a refrigerator, an electric kettle and a hair dryer, and the family room sleeps up to four guests.

The hotel has a fitness centre and a 24-hour front desk, with concierge service, luggage storage, safety deposit boxes and express check-in and check-out. Daily housekeeping, laundry service, dry cleaning and ironing are also offered, along with an airport transfer and a shuttle service.

For meals, the hotel has a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop, with buffet breakfast, breakfast in the room, 24-hour room service and food delivery. Asian, Chinese and Western cuisine is served in the restaurant, and there is a vegetarian restaurant as well.

Guests with mobility needs will find the hotel wheelchair accessible, with an elevator, and there is a terrace and a rooftop area. Wi-Fi is available in public areas, and satellite and cable channels are offered as well.

Surawong Road runs through the Silom district, one of Bangkok's main business areas, where office towers stand beside old shophouses, temples and churches. By day the streets fill with office workers, and at night the Patpong night market is a few streets away. The Neilson Hays Library is on the same road, and the Chong Nonsi and Saint Louis Skytrain stations are both within 800 m of the hotel.

Chong Nonsi station is on the Silom line, which links to the Sukhumvit line. Jim Thompson House, a teak house devoted to Thai silk and art, is 2.5 km away, and Wat Arun, the temple on the bank of the Chao Phraya river, is 4.2 km away. Khaosan Road, the backpacker street in the old city, is 4.5 km away.

A full day can start at the Grand Palace, 4.3 km away, and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, which sits in the same complex and can be visited together. Wat Arun lies across the river, so a boat ride is the usual way over. For a half-day activity, the Tingly Thai Cooking School is close by. The Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the largest weekend markets in Bangkok, lies further north, and the evening can end at Asiatique, the riverside shopping and dining complex.