Newly Renovated, 4BR Townhouse , 5min MRT , Group

The whole apartment is let as one home, measuring 220 m², with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and room for up to eight guests. The beds come in a choice of set-ups.

Air conditioning, a balcony, a kitchen with a refrigerator and microwave, a minibar, a dining table, a sofa bed and a TV are all part of the apartment, and the bathrooms have showers and hair dryers.

Guests get a TV, air conditioning, linens, a hair dryer, toiletries and towels, along with a kitchen for cooking. Linens and towels are part of the apartment's standard equipment, so the basics are covered from arrival.

Reception staff speak English and Thai. The room facilities also include an electric kettle and slippers, and the kitchen gives guests a place to cook during a longer stay.

The apartment is in Yaowarat, Bangkok's Chinatown, a dense old district of narrow streets, Chinese temples and shops that has long been a trading quarter. It is a busy, older part of the city rather than a quiet residential street, and its lanes fill up in the evening when the food stalls open along the main road.

Wat Mangkon MRT Station is 150 m away, and Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, a Chinese Buddhist temple, is 100 m away. Yaowarat Road, lined with street-food stalls and fruit carts, is 250 m away. The Grand Palace is 2 km away, and Wat Arun is 2.1 km away, both reached by road across the city. Wat Phra Chetuphon, a reclining Buddha temple, is also close to the district, and the old temples here are a short day's sightseeing from the apartment.

A good day starts with the Grand Palace and Wat Arun, then returns to Chinatown, where the evening food stalls on Yaowarat Road are the main draw. Between sightseeing and dinner, Wat Mangkon MRT Station is the closest metro entrance to the apartment. Asiatique, a riverfront shopping and dining complex further from the old quarter, makes a change of scene for an evening, and the walk back to the apartment through Chinatown's lanes is part of the appeal.