Unplugged at Bangrak & Silom Design Hostel

Accommodation at Unplugged at Bangrak & Silom Design Hostel combines dormitory beds with private rooms. Every room has a city view. The dormitories measure 20 m² and have bunk or single beds, in mixed and female-only versions, with shared bathrooms that include walk-in showers. Some rooms sleep up to six guests in bunk beds, and two 25 m² rooms have either a king bed or two single beds.

Blackout curtains, linens and reading lights come with several of the dormitories. The two 25 m² rooms each have a private bathroom with a walk-in shower, toiletries and towels, and an electric kettle.

The hostel has a bar, and restaurants are available. Breakfast is served à la carte, with fruit and snacks, and there is a coffee shop and a shared kitchen.

Guests can use luggage storage, lockers, a laundromat and a laundry service, and the hostel offers daily housekeeping and safety deposit boxes. A 24-hour security service is also available, and the shared lounge with its TV area is open to guests.

Tours can be arranged, and the hostel also offers ticket services, a taxi service, currency exchange and an airport transfer. There is a convenience store and a gift and souvenir shop on site, a terrace and a rooftop area, and Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

Bangrak is one of Bangkok's oldest riverside districts, where Chinese shrines, mosques and small markets sit between narrow sois and older shophouses on the Chao Phraya. The hostel stands on Charoen Krung 50 Alley, and Saphan Taksin BTS station is 100 m away, so the Skytrain is an easy way to reach the malls and markets of central Bangkok.

Close by are the Chinese Temple Jael Aeung Beal and Bangrak Bazaar, both 50 m away. Across the river, Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, is 3.9 km away, and the Grand Palace, with the Temple of the Emerald Buddha inside its walls, is 4.2 km away. Asiatique - The Riverfront, a riverside night market and shopping complex, is 2.1 km away.

The riverside piers on this stretch of the Chao Phraya are a practical way to cross to the temples on the far bank, and the Circular Lawn garden and Bang Rak Market are also in the neighbourhood. A good day could begin with a walk to Taksin Pier and a ferry across the river to Wat Arun, then continue to the Grand Palace and finish the day at Asiatique by the water, which is a good place to end a day of sightseeing on the river.