Located on Vipavadee-Rangsit Road, about 24 km north of Bangkok. This is the former international airport; it closed the same day as the opening of Suvarnabhumi Airport on September 28, 2006. It reopened in 2007 to support domestic flights. This area is quite a ways from downtown and since you will not find here well-known tourist attractions like those in Sukhumvit, Siam, and Silom, most of those who look for hotels in this area will be motivated by business or economy only. To travel from Don Muang to downtown, you cannot avoid the crowded traffic. The best way is taking a taxi straight along the express way to Jatujak Station, then taking the sky train or subway to downtown. The outbound route is easier: go to Impact Arena Muangthong Thani in 15 minutes and to Ayutthaya in 40 minutes.
| Nearby Hotels | Airport Suite Don Muang, Amari Don Muang Airport Hotel, Asia Don Muang Airport, Ebina House Don Muang, Grand Tower Inn (Rama VI), Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Quality Suites Don Muang |
| Shopping | Jae Leng Plaza, Carrefour, Zear Department Store. Shopping centers along Jangwattana Road, Central Department Store at the corner of Paholyothin Road, and Jatujak Sunday Market with its 15,000 plus retail shops selling every kind of product from clothes, jewelry, and souvenirs to furniture, pets, or plants. |
Called “Siam” for short, this downtown square is the hub for fashion, the world of shopping, trendy entertainment, and international food. It is no surprise that Siam is known as the best of the best. This is the hot spot for fashion in Thailand. The center of Thai & International foods from all over the world. The shopping district with the most public transportation. And the most retail shops, from MBK and Bonanza Mall to Siam Center. No wonder this is the most popular shopping center in all of Thailand: it can respond to the shopper’s need for any selection. If you are after original brand name products, you can go to Siam Center, Siam Discovery, or Siam Paragon. If you want a cheaper product, you can find it at MBK. But if you are looking for economy price products like in the Sunday Market, you’ll do well in the retail shops in Siam Square. For entertainment this location can offer you anything from modern cinema, bowling and karaoke, to a variety of restaurants with menus from all over the world. You’ll also find outdoor events at venues between Siam Center and Siam Discovery. Hop easily from Siam Square to another shopping center (Central World Plaza, Gaysorn Plaza, The Emporium) or to the business center with rapid and convenient transportation by sky train.
Silom Road is one of the main business centers of Bangkok, named “Bangkok Wall Street.” Silom has banks, hotels, offices and big department stores lined up along both sides of the road. You will find souvenirs and other goods for sale along the sidewalk at night or in Soi Lalaisap (Silom soi 5). And Silom also offers famous night entertainment that is very popular for all tourists like Silom soi 2, Patpong, and Soi Taniya. Though the traffic on Silom Road is heavy, you can travel by sky train and subway, economical and very convenient transportation connecting to other business and shopping centers like Sukhumvit, Siam Square, Jatujak Sunday Market, Sathorn, and Riverside. The main stations of the Silom line sky train are Saladaeng, Chongnonsee, Surasak, and Taksin Bridge..jpg)
Sukhumvit road is one of the main business centers of Bangkok. Along this road you will find various lanes (or Soi) packed with shopping zones, delicious foods, and night entertainment. It is a heaven for tourists. From Nana (Sukhumvit soi 3-4) to Asoke (Sukhumvit soi 21), you will find many shops offering jewelry, leather, souvenirs, costumes, tailors, clothes, car rental, etc. but the most attractive for tourists is Nana Plaza (soi 4) and Soi Cowboy (between soi 21-23). Sukhumvit Road has many foreign residences and accommodation for tourists. Hotels and serviced apartments line the road. Leading or economy 3-5 star hotels provide the best choice for tourists and businessmen who want to stay comfortably within easy walking distance of the sky train. The main stations of the Sukhumvit line sky train are Phloen Chit, Nana, Asok, Thong Lo, Phra Khanong, and On-Nut. There is only one subway station, Asok, which is a hub for both subway and sky train transit.
There are many accommodation options in Bangkok. If you are looking for a big, high quality and affordable hotel, you would do well to locate yourself in the business center, which offers great shopping and entertainment. The sky train (BTS) and subway (MRT) provides rapid and easy transit. You will find many excellent downtown hotel choices in the area around Sukhumvit, Silom, and Siam Square.