Somerset Rama 9 Bangkok

The rooms come in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, and every room has a city view. Floor sizes run from 33 m² to 123 m², and the rooms sleep up to six guests. Bathrobes, hair dryers and electric kettles are part of the equipment in several rooms, and the bathrooms in many of them include a bathtub.

Some rooms can be set up with either a king bed or two single beds. The two- and three-bedroom layouts combine a king bed with single beds, and each of them opens onto the city view from a private bathroom. The rooms are arranged so that guests can choose the layout that fits their group.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, a spa with a sauna and steamroom, a yoga room and a game room.

Dining options include restaurants, a coffee shop, a poolside bar and a snack bar, and room service is available. Guests can also use a concierge, currency exchange, car hire and a shuttle service. The front desk operates 24 hours, and the hotel offers luggage storage, daily housekeeping, ironing service and laundry service.

For families there is a kids club, a playground and a babysitting service, and the hotel has a garden and a terrace. Facilities for disabled guests and wheelchair access are also available, and the hotel has a spa-style sauna area for guests to relax.

Somerset Rama 9 Bangkok sits on Ratchadaphisek Road in the Ratchada district, a busy part of Bangkok where office buildings, shopping centres and residential streets sit side by side. The Stock Exchange of Thailand is a few hundred metres away, and a reflexology garden is close by. The Train Night Market Ratchada and Jodd Fairs Ratchada, both night markets, are also nearby. Ratchada is a practical base for exploring the city by metro and taxi.

The Phra Ram 9 MRT station is 400 m away and the Thailand Cultural Centre station is nearby, so the rest of the city can be reached by metro. Chatuchak Weekend Market is 4.7 km away, and Siam Paragon, a large shopping centre, is 3.8 km away. Further in, the Grand Palace is 8.3 km away, while Khaosan Road, the backpacker street, is 7.5 km away.

A good day could start at Chatuchak Weekend Market, which runs on weekends, and continue at the Jim Thompson House, a museum of traditional Thai houses. Later, you can visit Wat Arun on the Chao Phraya river or walk around Khaosan Road. Khaosan Road has bars, street food and guesthouses along its length, so it is a good place to eat in the evening.