All the photos on this page were taken on New Years Eve last year from the Lebua at State Tower Hotel, which was featured in The Hangover 2. I also used one of these photos for my December 2011 desktop calendar wallpaper.
While the views from the balconies of the Lebua Club rooms in the 63 story hotel are spectacular, Lebua isn’t the only Bangkok hotel which offers fantastic views of the NYE fireworks display over the Chao Phraya River.
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As the first installment in a series of posts that will run every Monday through till the end of November, today I am highlighting 22 Five Star Hotels in Bangkok that can be had for less than USD100 in the middle of the peak season, for five nights from December 27th.
I chose to focus on this date as it is one of the busiest for arrivals in Thailand during the Christmas/New Year vacation period. Many people like to spend Christmas with their families before embarking on their vacation, thus the period between Christmas and New Year can end up being one of the most expensive times to stay in Thailand.
Many of the hotels listed below offer free wifi to guests, and these properties are indicated by the 
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Bangkok alone draws more tourists than any other country across Southeast Asian continent, thanks to its irresistible combination of spectacular natural beauty, prominent hospitality, inspiring temples, hearty cuisine, and ruins of remarkable ancient kingdoms. If you enjoy a plush tour, then a stay at Shangri-La hotel in Bangkok might be right up your alley. Read further to know more about it.
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Highlights
Sivatel Bangkok opened in late March and has just completed a three month soft opening. I had an opportunity to stay here in late March, two days after its soft opening. At that time, there were a total of two guests in the hotel, including me. While everybody was fresh faced and eager to please, there were a couple of newbie mistakes, but that is the whole point of a soft opening, to iron out these kinds of kinks, so I’m not holding it against them.
Situated on Wireless Road on the northern side of Sukhumvit and facing the British embassy, Sivatel Bangkok is less than 5 minutes walk to the BTS Skytrain Chidlom station. It is a short walk to Central Chidlom mall and not much further to the Erawan Shrine, Central World, and then Siam Paragon, Siam Square and plenty of other shopping and dining options.
If I have to pick a word to describe the guestrooms at Sivatel Bangkok it would be “space.” I stayed in the “Grand Noble” room, and even at 48 square meters, it is laid out so well that it felt very spacious. Other, larger rooms feel positively huge- you could throw a party in these rooms.
Sivatel Bangkok offers 75 guestrooms including one and two bedroom suites. The smallest rooms are the Noble rooms at 32 square meters and increase in size up to the 136 square meter Grand Royal Suite Duplex. The types of rooms and their respective sizes are as follows:
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I get a lot of traffic from people looking for private pool villas in Bangkok. While there are plenty of private pool villas in Thailand, they are hard to find in Bangkok. In fact, I would venture to say that until this year, there were none. That changes this year with the opening of a new luxury property on the banks of the Chao Phraya River.
Scheduled to open September 1st 2011, The Siam Hotel (website) will be the first hotel in Bangkok (to my knowledge) to offer private pool villas. Located at the base of Krung Thon Bridge in historic Dusit district, between Khao San and Chatuchak, The Siam is the project of the famous Sukosol family.
A member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, you can expect old world charm in the antique filled 39 room art deco luxury riverside residence.
Six room types will be on offer including three suites ranging in size from 77 sqm to 100 sqm, two pool villas measuring 126 sqm and Connie’s Cottage, a 163 sqm Thai residence which was actually transported down the Chao Phraya river by boat from the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya.
Opening rates for the pool villas are USD1000 per night for the regular pool villas and USD1200 per night for the riverside pool villa.
Watch this space closer to the opening for more information.
For those who cannot wait until the opening of The Siam later this year, there are a couple of alternatives in Bangkok. Although not exactly private pool villas, these are the closest you can get to it in Bangkok.
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