The Character Yaowarat

The rooms at The Character Yaowarat measure from 22 m² to 60 m², and occupancy runs from two up to three guests. Rooms can have air conditioning, a refrigerator, bottled water, a kettle, a shower and toiletries, and some rooms have a private entrance.

Beds are double, queen or king, and the choice runs from a 22 m² room with a double bed to a 60 m² suite with a king bed that sleeps up to three guests.

Wi-Fi is free in all rooms at The Character Yaowarat, and there is Wi-Fi in the public areas as well. Luggage storage is available, so guests can leave their bags with the hotel while they explore Chinatown.

English, Mandarin and Thai are spoken at the hotel. The property is smoke-free, it has a family room, and the rooms open onto an exterior corridor.

Rooms can have a refrigerator, a kettle and bottled water, and the bathrooms are equipped with a shower, a mirror and toiletries. Bottled water and a refrigerator make it easy to keep drinks cool during a day of sightseeing, and the Wi-Fi in the public areas keeps guests connected outside their rooms as well.

The hotel is in Yaowarat, Bangkok's Chinatown, a dense neighbourhood of shophouses, temples and street-food stalls. Its temples and palaces are within a few kilometres, and the streets around it are busy after dark.

Wat Mangkon MRT Station is 300 m from the hotel, so the metro is easy to reach on foot. Wat Traimit Museum, home to a large golden Buddha, is 550 m away, and Yaowarat Road, the main street of the district, is 200 m from the hotel. Wat Chaiyaphummikaram, a pagoda, is a short walk away. The Grand Palace is 2.2 km away, and Wat Arun on the river is close to it.

For a full day out, start with the Grand Palace and Wat Arun, then head back to Yaowarat for dinner at the street stalls on Yaowarat Road. Hua Lamphong Railway Station is also nearby, and the side lanes of the district hold shophouse facades, shrine gates and small temples, so a walk in almost any direction turns up something worth a look. Dinner at the street stalls is one of the easiest ways to end the day, and the district's food is the main draw for many visitors, with stalls open well into the evening.