TK. Palace Hotel & Convention Bangkok

Rooms at TK. Palace Hotel & Convention Bangkok include the 40 m² Mini Suite, the 35 m² Deluxe - Double and the 25 m² Standard Room, and several of them look out over the city. Across the hotel, rooms can have air conditioning, a window, a shower and towels.

Beds vary by room: some rooms can be set up with a king bed or with two single beds, and the hotel has rooms sleeping up to five guests as well as rooms for up to three. Some rooms have accessibility features such as roll-in showers, transfer showers and visual alarms.

The hotel's facilities centre on its pools, with an outdoor swimming pool and an indoor swimming pool, plus a fitness centre, a spa, a sauna, a steamroom and a hot tub.

For business and events, there are meeting facilities, an indoor venue for special events, seminars, a projector and LED display, a business centre with xerox and fax, plus a concierge and currency exchange.

Restaurants serve à la carte dishes, Asian cuisine, international dishes and a buffet breakfast, with a coffee shop, a snack bar and 24-hour room service. Families have a playground, a family room and children's books and toys, and there is an airport transfer and free parking on site.

TK. Palace Hotel & Convention Bangkok stands in Laksi, on the northern side of Bangkok along Chaengwattana Road, a wide road that links central Bangkok to the north. The surroundings are mostly offices, housing and government buildings rather than tourist streets. Small shops, clinics and a minimarket are close by. It is a practical base for business travellers and for anyone with an early flight.

Don Mueang International Airport is 5.2 km away, close enough for an early flight. The Chaeng Watthana 14 MRT Station is 150 m from the hotel, and the metro serves the northern suburbs. Chatuchak Weekend Market is 10.4 km away, while The Grand Palace is 17.5 km away and Wat Arun is 18.3 km, both in the historic old city by the Chao Phraya river.

A good plan is to start at the Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the largest markets in Bangkok, with stalls for clothes, food and crafts. In the afternoon, The Grand Palace and Wat Arun fill an afternoon in the old city. Both sites are a long way from the hotel, so plan the trip in advance and treat it as a half-day. Set the morning aside for the market and the afternoon for the old city, and the trip is far more relaxed.