Shade Stories Bangkok Oldtown

The rooms at Shade Stories Bangkok Oldtown measure between 10 and 18 m² and sleep from two to four guests. Beds include king, queen and twin single beds, and several rooms have a city view.

Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and daily housekeeping is part of the stay. The rooms with a private bathroom have a shower, towels and toiletries, and most rooms have a flat-screen TV.

Shade Stories Bangkok Oldtown offers free Wi-Fi in all rooms and in the public areas, along with internet services throughout the building. Luggage storage, a concierge and daily housekeeping are part of the hotel's service, and room service is also available.

Guests can use express check-in and check-out, and English and Thai are spoken at the property. Family rooms and non-smoking rooms are available, and the hotel also offers a private check-in and check-out option.

Rooms can have air conditioning, an electric kettle, a hair dryer, a refrigerator and a flat-screen TV, and bottled water is available at the property. Rooms can also have a desk, a sofa, a closet and linens.

Shade Stories Bangkok Oldtown is in the Khaosan area of Phra Nakhon, the historic core of Bangkok's old city, close to the Chao Phraya river. Khaosan Road, 650 m away, is the best-known street of the area, with its guesthouses and street-food stalls, and the lanes around the hotel lead toward the older quarter of temples and palaces.

The Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), 1.6 km away, and the Grand Palace, 1.8 km away, sit within the old royal quarter and are the centrepiece of most sightseeing plans for the area. Wat Arun, 2.5 km away, stands on the opposite bank of the Chao Phraya, and Jim Thompson House, 3.7 km away, is the former home of the silk entrepreneur, now open as a museum. Chao Phraya river piers such as Phra Arthit are nearby, and boats cross the river to the Thonburi side.

A good day starts at Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace, continues by ferry across the river to Wat Arun, and ends with a walk back through the old town streets to Khaosan Road. Each of these sights is a different kind of visit, from royal architecture to the riverside views at Wat Arun, so a single day covers a good part of the old city.