Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel

Rooms and suites at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel share a set of everyday in-room items: bathrobes, an electric kettle and a hair dryer. Several of them have a city view, and the two-bedroom suite sleeps up to six guests. Some suites come with club access, an in-room tablet, an IPod docking station and a radio, so the choice of setup is broad.

Bathrooms have bathtubs in several rooms, while roll-in and transfer showers and grab bars are fitted in others, and some rooms also have a visual alarm and braille signage. Mobility features such as bathtub grab bars and non-slip grab bars appear in several rooms, and the suites all have room for a longer stay.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool and an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center and a spa with massage, a sauna, a steam room and a hot tub. A children's swimming pool, a poolside bar, a garden, a terrace and a rooftop area are also part of the facilities.

Dining covers a coffee shop, restaurants serving Asian and international cuisine, vegetarian options and 24-hour room service. Breakfast can be à la carte, Asian, buffet, continental or vegetarian, and it can be served in the room.

For practical needs there is free Wi-Fi in all rooms, Wi-Fi in public areas and free parking on site, along with an airport transfer, car hire, tours, a concierge, laundry and dry cleaning. Business facilities, meeting rooms and seminar services are available for work trips, and a family room and a babysitting service are offered too.

Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit Hotel stands on Sukhumvit Road in the Klongtoey Nua area of Wattana, in central Bangkok, on a long road lined with hotels and offices. The stretch is a mix of office towers, hotels and side streets lined with food stalls and small shops, and it draws travellers who want skytrain access close to the city's shopping and nightlife districts.

The Nana and Asok BTS stations are 300 m and 400 m away, so the skytrain is the simplest way to reach the wider city from here, and Asok is also a transfer point to the underground MRT. Siam Paragon, a large shopping mall in the Siam district, is 2.6 km away, and the Jim Thompson House, a museum set in a compound of traditional Thai houses, is 3.4 km away.

The old city is further out: the Grand Palace is 7.3 km from the hotel, and Wat Arun stands on the Chao Phraya riverbank. Asiatique The Riverfront, a riverside complex on the Chao Phraya, makes a good evening option, and on weekends Chatuchak Weekend Market is a full-day outing. Benjakitti Forest Park is nearby, a green space with a lake that offers a quieter contrast to the traffic on Sukhumvit Road.