Somerset Maison Asoke Bangkok

Rooms at Somerset Maison Asoke Bangkok go from studio-style layouts to one-bedroom units, and several of them have a city view. Some rooms have a separate living room, a refrigerator, a coffee or tea maker and bottled water, while others have blackout curtains and linen service. Rooms can also have a desk, a sofa and individual air conditioning.

The bathrooms in some rooms are equipped with a hair dryer, toiletries, bathrobes and slippers, and several rooms have a bathtub and a shower. Television with cable channels and a daily newspaper are available in some rooms, and an electric kettle is provided in several of them.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, a garden and a terrace, and a shuttle service is offered. Restaurants on site serve Asian, buffet, American and Western breakfast, and room service and food delivery are available.

The front desk is open 24 hours, with luggage storage and safety deposit boxes, and guests can use laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services. Daily housekeeping is provided, and the hotel has wheelchair accessible facilities. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

Rooms can have blackout curtains, individual air conditioning, a refrigerator, a coffee or tea maker, a desk and a sofa, with a separate dining area in some of them.

Sukhumvit 23, also known as Prasanmitr, is a side street off Sukhumvit Road, one of Bangkok's main commercial and nightlife corridors. The hotel sits in the Klongtoey-Nua area of Wattana district, where the Sukhumvit MRT station is 400 m away and the Asok BTS Station is 550 m away. Those two lines make the metro and the skytrain the simplest way to move around the city, and the wider Sukhumvit area is busy with offices, shops and street life.

Within a short walk are the Siam Society, a cultural society with its own museum, and Soi Cowboy, the lively nightlife street that gives the area much of its character. Further out, the Jim Thompson House is 4 km away, a teak-built former home of the American silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, and the Chatuchak Weekend Market is 6.8 km away, one of the largest markets in the city.

A good day could start at the Jim Thompson House, followed by a visit to the Grand Palace and the temples of the old city. Wat Arun stands across the river from them, and the Chatuchak Weekend Market is open at weekends, so it is worth planning a separate morning for it. Both the metro and the skytrain run close to the hotel, which keeps these trips simple.