Piccolo Sukhumvit Hostel

Piccolo Sukhumvit Hostel offers both dormitory beds and private rooms. The dormitories have bunk beds in female and mixed rooms, and the private rooms have double or queen beds, with a private bathroom in some of them. Rooms can have air conditioning, blackout curtains, towels, toiletries, a hair dryer and reading lights.

Some rooms have a city view, and one has a balcony or terrace. The quadruple room sleeps up to four guests on two queen beds and has its own private bathroom. Two double rooms are on the fifth floor, and there is no lift, so the stairs are the way up.

Guests have free WiFi in all rooms and WiFi in the public areas, with internet services and a shared lounge with a television. The lounge and TV area is the main common space, and the public areas have air conditioning.

Daily housekeeping, laundry service, lockers and luggage storage are available, and there is 24-hour security on site. A convenience store, a doctor or nurse on call and a terrace are also part of the hostel, and English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Thai are spoken at the hostel.

For meals there is a shared kitchen, with fruit and snacks, grocery delivery and food delivery. Bicycle parking and nearby parking are available, and the hostel has books, DVDs and music for children.

Piccolo Sukhumvit Hostel is on Sukhumvit 99, a side street off Sukhumvit Road in the Bang Chak area of Bangkok. The area is residential, with small markets and neighbourhood shops, and street-food stalls and small shops line the main road.

Bang Chak BTS Station is 150 m away and Punnawithi BTS Station is 850 m away, both on the Sukhumvit Line, which runs across much of the city. Wat Dhammongkol, a pagoda, is 1.3 km from the hostel. The Chatuchak Weekend Market is 13.1 km away and is one of Bangkok's best known markets for crafts, food and clothing, and Suvarnabhumi Airport is 15.6 km away.

A good day from here is the Chatuchak Weekend Market on a Saturday or Sunday, then an evening in the city, which the BTS makes easy from Bang Chak. The Grand Palace and Wat Arun make up a full day in the old city, where the temples and the river are close together, and boat trips along the Chao Phraya are another way to see the riverside temples in the evening. Jim Thompson House, a house museum of Thai silk and art, makes a pleasant afternoon visit for anyone with time to spare in the city.