Metz Pratunam Hotel

The rooms at Metz Pratunam Hotel can have air conditioning, a private bathroom, a desk, an in-room safe box and a refrigerator. Some have a street view or a city view, and some sleep up to five guests, which is useful for a group travelling together.

Some rooms come with a choice of bed set-ups, either one double bed or two single beds. Daily housekeeping is provided across the hotel, and free Wi-Fi covers all rooms.

The restaurant serves lunch, and there is a coffee shop and food delivery. Breakfast can be taken in the restaurant, in the room or as a takeaway, in buffet, continental, à la carte or Western styles. Bicycle rental, a taxi service, a concierge and a 24-hour front desk are also available.

For business and daily needs there are business facilities, meeting and banquet rooms, a convenience store and cash withdrawal, along with luggage storage, safety deposit boxes, ironing and daily housekeeping. Express check-in and check-out are offered, and there is an elevator and Wi-Fi in the public areas. The concierge and taxi service can help with onward travel around the city.

Pratunam is one of central Bangkok's busiest shopping areas, known for its wholesale clothing stalls and its malls, and the hotel sits on Phetburi Road in Ratchathewi, close to the Ratchaprasong and Siam shopping districts. Pratunam Market, a few hundred metres away, is where many visitors go for wholesale clothing. It is a lively urban setting, best for travellers who want to be in the middle of the city rather than in a quiet neighbourhood.

The hotel is 400 m from Phaya Thai Train Station, where the Airport Rail Link runs to Suvarnabhumi Airport, 24.1 km away. Phaya Thai is also the interchange where the BTS Skytrain connects with the Airport Rail Link, so the station is a useful link for getting around the city. Siam Paragon, a large mall with an aquarium, is 800 m away, and the Jim Thompson House, a teak house and museum with a collection of Southeast Asian art, is also nearby.

A day could start with the Grand Palace, 4.9 km away, the former royal complex beside Wat Phra Kaew, before crossing the river to Wat Arun. For a livelier outing, Chatuchak Weekend Market, 5.2 km away, is one of Bangkok's largest weekend markets, with thousands of stalls. Wat Arun and the Grand Palace face each other across the Chao Phraya River, so the two can be seen on the same trip.