Somewhere to Escape - Hometel

The rooms at Somewhere to Escape - Hometel are studios with king or queen beds, and one studio has a sofa bed. Rooms sleep two or three guests, and some look out over the city, the courtyard or the garden. Several studios have a private bathroom with a shower and a hair dryer, and one of them includes a working table.

Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and daily housekeeping is offered. Some studios provide linens, toiletries and a refrigerator, while others have a telephone, a flat-screen TV or a bathtub, and the hotel also has a family room.

The property has a 24-hour front desk, a garden, free parking on site and free Wi-Fi in all rooms. Luggage storage, safety deposit boxes, express check-in and check-out, and a convenience store are also available, and 24-hour security is in place.

Tours can be arranged, and daily housekeeping, laundry service, dry cleaning and ironing are offered for guests who need them. There is a shared lounge with a TV, a library, and air-conditioned public areas.

A family room is offered, and English and Thai are spoken at the property. Asian and Continental breakfast options are served, and the garden is a quiet place to sit between trips out, with the front desk open around the clock.

Sathorn is a business district in central Bangkok, where glass office towers stand beside older shophouses and temples. The hotel is on North Sathon Road, in the Bang Rak area, a neighbourhood of markets and small shrines close to the Chao Phraya river. Sathon Road has a mix of office buildings, hotels and shops, and the streets around the hotel stay lively through the day.

The Saphan Taksin BTS station is 250 m away, and Sathon Pier, Assumption Cathedral and Bang Rak Market are all within 500 m, so the area is easy to explore on foot. Asiatique - The Riverfront, a riverside shopping and dining area, is 2.1 km away, and the Grand Palace, one of the city's main royal sites, is 4.4 km away.

A simple day could begin with a walk around Bang Rak Market, then head to Asiatique - The Riverfront for dinner by the water. The Skytrain connects the hotel to the rest of the city, so the Grand Palace and the old city temples can be reached in a separate trip from the same base. In the evening, the riverside lights at Asiatique make a relaxed end to a day of sightseeing, and the Skytrain returns you to the hotel without a long walk.