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Looking for a place to stay in Bangkok? Then look no further than Swana Bangkok Hotel, a hotel that brings the best of Bangkok to your doorstep.
As your “home away from home,” the hotel rooms offer a flat screen TV, air conditioning, and a minibar, and getting online is easy, with free wifi available.
Guests have access to a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour check-in, and baggage storage while staying at Best Western Bangkok. In addition, Bangkok Best Western offers free breakfast, which will help make your Bangkok trip additionally gratifying. And, as an added convenience, there is parking available to guests.
Given the close proximity of popular landmarks, such as The Grand Palace (1.3 mi) and Temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho) (1.4 mi), guests of Bangkok Best Western can easily experience some of Bangkok's most well known attractions.
If you like Italian restaurants, Bangkok Best Western is conveniently located near Street Fourth Burger & Drinks, Spasso Restaurant at Grand Hyatt Erawan, and Biscotti.
Should time allow, Khao San Road, Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), and Rajadamnern Thai Boxing Stadium are some popular attractions that are within walking distance.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Swana Bangkok Hotel as you experience everything Bangkok has to offer.
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This is quite a new hotel and it's ideal for young people who want to stay close to the action in Khao San but can afford to spend a bit more... and close enough away not to get any unwanted disturbances. The hotel is relatively cheap (we paid ÂŁ17 a night internet rates in April), its rooms are clean and comfortable and staff friendly speaking good english. The staff are very helpful and even helped flag down a taxi ensuring we got a meter rate.
Its a great location as it is only a 10 minute walk from Khao San - and the walk there is quite fun walking past vast amounts of street food vendors (mmmm) and just across the busy main road is the big golden buddha.
The only downside is that not many taxi's or tuk-tuk's seemed to know of the hotel. Im guessing that it's because its new and this shouldnt be a problem in future. But saying that we never had a problem getting there as we had the hotels address card with a road map on the back.
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The hotel in itself and its amenities are good. It is clean and pleasant with large rooms and a small but ok bathroom. The hot water is uncontrollable sometimes hot sometime cold but neither right! The bathroom door opens onto the toilet seat we suggest they install a sliding door instead of a traditional one. Room had good ac tele and mini bar and room service. The location is next to a busy road under a under pass - taxis are a must really.
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Date of stay: October 2013Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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This is such a lovely little place, close to Khoasan Rd. The staff are so helpful, and although they don't speak great english, they try very hard to help. We ordered some room service and had some drinks at the hotel. The club sandwich was very good, and we sat in the seating available in the courtyard. One of the staff came into the 'bar area' and served our drinks - a very sweet old man who seemed to carry bags / bring our roomservice / make our drinks and work on reception! The rooms are in great condition, fully tiled, with bar fridge, excellent aircon, towels and a very nice showeroom. It's a 10-15 minute walk to Khoasan Rd but you can catch a tuk tuk from outside Swana very easily. What's great about the location is that you're not right on Khoasan Rd with all that noise and mass of people (don't get me wrong, it's great when you're there, but nice to get away for some rest!) The only problem I think we had was that not all of the taxi drivers at the airport know where it is, although at an extra cost (infact almost double in comparison to taxi's outside the airport) you can organize transport through Swana (a minibus picked us up and we had the most charming driver who pointed out any point of interest en route!). The breakfast in the morning was limited but fine, and they served the most delicious fresh fruit juice. If this is an area you want to be close to, I think you'd have trouble doing better than the Swana hotel, it's great value for money and a pleasure to stay in.
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Date of stay: July 2005
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Excellent facility. Close to everything Transport,Koh san Rd,old town,China town. A very reasonable clean,easy going establishment. Very good room servicing too. Cannot fault this place l. Thank you for my stay. The hotel is on the main road but from the rooms you don't hear any noise
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Date of stay: January 2025Trip type: Traveled solo
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This hotel is a great place to stay. It has about 4 floors with the ground floor being noiser due to vehicles. Get a room on an upper floor. The place is very clean, decor is modern asian with cream/white and cool green colors. Wonderful bathroom with roomy step in shower, high shower head, sliding glass doors to shower and bathroom area, clever recessed lighting. Ceramic tile floors. It is about a 10-15 minute walk to Khaosan road and near to the Grand Palace sites. Good staff, breakfast included was limited but acceptable. Summary: great central location, great price, great place. I think it's a 3 star hotel.
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Date of stay: November 2005
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This hotel has an awesome homepage with probably the best photographed pictures at all. Respect! Though the rooms really look not too bad there are some things one should be aware of.
First the hotel tried to give us a Standard Room though we booked a Deluxe Room. This seems to be normal behaviour as other travellers reported this, too. After complaining about this we got a nice room on the fourth floor. I can't complain about the room except for the shower which only supported very hot and very cold water.
The American Breakfast consisted of two toasts, coffee or tea, orange jam, butter, scrambled eggs, saussage, bacon and a terrible orange juice. If the hotel would offer additional yoghurt, cornflakes or so it would be ok but that's all they had.
One has to keep in mind that the area of the hotel is not known by local taxi drivers and there are no Skytrain or metro stations in the near surroundings. Even though the hotel had given us a small map with their address and location in Thai we had no luck with 5 taxi drivers as they neither could read nor find the told road at first shot. Getting to the hotel was always a problem and lots of taxi drivers even refused to drive us there.
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Date of stay: February 2006
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I stayed with a group of friends at this hotel in early May 2007, and I can't say enough good things about it. We booked it through khaosanroad.com, which offered a substantially lower rate than the Swana's own site. We paid the equivalent of 40 American dollars per night. While it is possible to stay in Bangkok for less, this seemed ridiculously cheap to me considering the quality of the accommodations.
At the Swana (from what I understand, it was recently acquired by Best Western although it didn't seem like any Best Western I have ever seen), you can expect a small hotel and small rooms, but great design that maximizes the space (i.e. pocket doors, glazed interior glass, bright arwork and wood built-ins that create ample surfaces, storage and desk space all along one wall). Nice, clean, Asian-minimalist design gives the hotel a real boutique feel, which creates a nice oasis from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. The beds are really comfortable and firm, the showers powerful and spacious. We stayed in a standard room, but my understanding is that the Deluxe offers more space. Cable tv, A/C and bottled water were included with the room. One thing worth noting: Many Thai hotels conserve power by having a key-controlled system that permits you to only run power while you are in the room. It doesn't really matter except that you can't leave the A/C running or charge anything while you aren't in the room...but the A/C worked so well that even in the stifling Bangkok heat, the room cooled quickly.
The rest of the hotel is also well-designed and very pleasant. There is no elevator as far as I could see, so if you don't like stairs, you might want to request a second-floor room. Breakfast was inlcuded with every night, which provided either an American or Thai meal in the morning. The restaurant had seating in a charming plaza with a fountain and flowers and indoor seating in case of rain. The menu includes good Thai and American food.
The service was amazing. They often arranged transportation for us (even at 3 am to go to the airport) and even packed sandwiches for us when we left. Everyone was very friendly and helpful any time we needed anything.
The only possible drawback is the location, which is just slightly off the beaten path under a highway. Khao San Road is about a 10 minute walk, but there is a 7-11 across the street and plenty of food options within walking distance. The hotel offers a map to the hotel in Thai, which is useful because many cab and tuk tuk drivers don't know how to get the hotel. Make sure you carry one around with you after you check in. From the airport, you can arrange transportation through the hotel or through Khaosanroad.com, and they will of course know where you are going.
Overall, I highly recommend this place as an exceptional mid-range boutique hotel that offers proximity to the action without all of the noise and crowds that comes with staying right in the middle of everything.
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Date of stay: May 2007
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Trip type: Traveled with friends
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If you are noise sensitive move on and find another hotel - the doors to the hallway are not very "noise-isolated" so you can hear when people come and go, and your can clearly hear what they talk about. But if that's not af problem then you get a nice room, with a fine bed. The matress is a bit to the hard side but not really a issue.
We stayed for 2 nights - which was just perfect.
The frontdesk was extremely helpfull, by mistake i had made a reservation for the hotel for the upcoming day - but in a few minutes they re-arranged the reservation. So big thumbs up for the service level at frontdesk!
The hotel is just a short walk away from Khao San road, and you don't hear any outside noise, only noise from your fellow hotelvisitors.
Rooms, bed, toilet are all clean and in good shape!
They serve a breakfast - but it's more like a toast and milk.
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Date of stay: June 2015
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You have to feel sorry for this hotel. It wouldn't matter how many things they do right, the location sucks! Don't believe the claims of other reviewers that this hotel is just 5 minutes walk from Khaosan Road. Not true, unless you're a giant. People who say that must be smoking too much of something on Khaosan! More like 15 minutes walk or more.
The hotel is essentially not close to anything attractive... unless, of course, you like busy highways, bridge approaches, dark and dingy alleyways, garbage, and dubious drinking spots. I honestly can't say anything positive about the location or setting, and I have a pretty high tolerance for decadence!
I do have sympathy for the hotel, as the establishment itself is not bad. It's the only bright and (reasonably) clean place within blocks. The small lobby is well lighted. The rooms are fairly clean, albeit a little musty smelling. Bed linens OK and the beds are sleepable. They even have a limited number of parking spots... a rarity in this part of the city. Prices are reasonable.
In almost any other location, this hotel would rate average, but in the miserable location it's situated in, it's a toss-up between "poor" and "terrible". Sorry, I can't recommend this place.... unless you're really desperate.
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Date of stay: March 2015
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Room Tip:Â If you have to stay at this hotel, ask for a room in the back as far from the expressway traffice...
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Location: this is relative to where you want to be. The hotel is not far from Khaosan Road and the Grand Palace and the Chao Phraya River in the older part of bangkok. However, it is not near the metro/bts system. Easy to get a taxi right outside the door.
The hotel was clean, comfortable, nicely decorated. My room was very quiet, but there may be some rooms that face a busy street.
Breakfast was negligible, but food is available everywhere in bangkok.
Wifi was a little unstable, but quick when it was working well.
Walk in price for a deluxe room is 1000 baht during high season. They surely have some cheaper rooms, but these were not available when I arrived.
There is safe enclosed parking for bicycles, motorbikes, and cars.
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Date of stay: February 2015Trip type: Traveled solo
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There are more places to choose from in the Bangkok area.
PRICE RANGE
$22 - $28 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
best western bangkok, bangkok best western
LOCATION
ThailandBangkokBanglamphu / Rattanakosin (Bangkok Old City) / Ban Phan Thom / Phra Nakhon
NUMBER OF ROOMS
55
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Are there any historical sites close to Swana Bangkok Hotel?
Many travelers enjoy visiting The Grand Palace (1.3 miles), The Chakri Group (Phra Thinang Chakri Maha Prasat) (1.3 miles), and Phra Sumen Fort (0.7 miles).
