Rooftop Paradise & Koi Pond-6BR Hideaway@Icon Siam

The whole property is offered as one holiday home of 600 m², with six bedrooms, three bathrooms and room for up to 12 guests. The house is equipped with air conditioning, a private entrance, a whirlpool bathtub, an electric kettle, toiletries, towels, a flat-screen TV, a coffee or tea maker and barbecue facilities.

Guests can choose from several bed set-ups to suit the make-up of their group, and the house has a private entrance of its own, so the whole property is theirs to use together.

The house has free parking, a kitchen, a washer, a dryer and an iron, and coffee or tea is provided for guests. The bathrooms have a bathtub, toiletries and towels, and the house is fitted with a flat-screen TV, air conditioning and a private entrance.

Languages spoken include English and Thai. With a kitchen on site, guests can prepare their own meals, and the washer and dryer make laundry straightforward. The house also has a flat-screen TV and a bathtub, so the facilities cover both the living space and the bathrooms.

The house sits on Thanon Charoen Rat in the Thonburi area of Bangkok, close to the Chao Phraya river and to ICONSIAM, the riverside shopping complex, which has its own ferry piers. The river is what ties the area together: boats leave the piers for the temples and the old city along the water.

Charoen Nakhon BTS Station, 250 m away, links the house to the Skytrain network. Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, is about 2.6 km away on the Chao Phraya riverbank, while the Grand Palace, with the Temple of the Emerald Buddha inside its walls, is about 3 km away. Jim Thompson House, a museum set in Thai-style teak houses that once belonged to the silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, lies 3.3 km away.

A good first day is a boat from the riverside piers to Wat Arun, then the Grand Palace in the afternoon, with an evening at Asiatique - The Riverfront, the riverside shopping and dining complex. Siam Paragon is an option for a shopping afternoon. Chatuchak Weekend Market is a longer trip, 9.2 km away, for a weekend day. Charoen Nakhon BTS Station is the Skytrain stop for those journeys, and the ICONSIAM piers are the way to reach the river itself.