Hotels at Pratunam area

[RSKeisuke]

CM must go during the cooler months from Nov to Jan

 

[dede1217]

CM must go during the cooler months from Nov to Jan

yah. last year been during dec, not bad kinda weather ok ok ... like singapore lo

 

[Allladin]

Nov jan keep raining

 

[grungeattitude]

Its time for you to explore out of the usual siam/pratunam/CTC liao. How about a day trip to either one of the following places:

1. Ayutthaya
2. Amphawa (best if can stay a night and also visit Mae Klong train market)
3. Ko Kret

Of cos there are still many others places nearby Bangkok worth going also

My 2 bahts

exactly my plan! was thinking of going to sukothai OR lopuri (see sunflower fields) OR ayuthaya OR kanchanaburi OR maeklong railway market...

but we're already going to grand palace/wat pho so i'm thinking it might be temple overkill if we do sukothai/ayuthaya... then for lopuri it's the wrong season to go, we'll not see any sunflowers.. for kanchanaburi i heard it's quite underwhelming... Maeklong railway market i'm ultra keen because both my bf and i are photog buffs but if we go on our own it'll easily day an entire day, whilst if we book a private tour, it'd cost a bomb, and include other stuff (alligator farm etc) we're not so keen on... so we're still deliberating.

Ko Kred i heard it's ok but not amazing.... how you find it?
Amphawa is for the floating market right?... hmmmm

 

[grungeattitude]

Chiang Mai must go on weekend, the Sunday walking street is the best night market of whole of Thailand. Saturday has another night market at different location. CM more towards rest and relax and nua

been to chiangmai before eh! during CNY, haha. the weather was nice and we went to the usual e.g. temples, palace etc but i can't recall much of it... and it's quite a distance from BKK so i haven't thought of going there, unless maybe to use it as a point to enter Luang Prabang.... but we don't have that much time this trip.

 

[Beno777]

exactly my plan! was thinking of going to sukothai OR lopuri (see sunflower fields) OR ayuthaya OR kanchanaburi OR maeklong railway market...

but we're already going to grand palace/wat pho so i'm thinking it might be temple overkill if we do sukothai/ayuthaya... then for lopuri it's the wrong season to go, we'll not see any sunflowers.. for kanchanaburi i heard it's quite underwhelming... Maeklong railway market i'm ultra keen because both my bf and i are photog buffs but if we go on our own it'll easily day an entire day, whilst if we book a private tour, it'd cost a bomb, and include other stuff (alligator farm etc) we're not so keen on... so we're still deliberating.

Ko Kred i heard it's ok but not amazing.... how you find it?
Amphawa is for the floating market right?... hmmmm

Sunflower first, I was really puzzled when I see the following at a temple on my way to Udon Thani, so hot and no rain water and yet it can grow

Places like ayutthaya, mae klong, kanchanaburi are those that near to BKK and suitable to shun bian go on a day trip. Sukhothai and Chiang Mai are way too far away. I myself planning to go to these two when got the time. I simply love the night market of CM and also visiting temple ruins. Oh ya Ayutthaya is similiar to Sukhothai, more of temples ruins instead of visiting temples like wat pho, wat arun. Lop Buri I didnt read up much, but heard is go there see monkeys LOL

If you have an extra day when visiting BKK, can go mae klong railway market and then proceed to amphawa floating market, suggest to stay a night there. Mae Klong just about 1 and half hour by van from Victory Monument (70 bahts) and from Mae klong to Amphawa is only about 20 mins by Song Thaew costing 8 bahts each.

Sorry for the blur pictures

As for Ko Kret, I quite like that place as it is totally different from the busy district of BKK. More like Pulau Ubin, you can rent a bicycle round the island, or by foot walk the lane with stalls and shops selling unique souvenir and food.

 

[Beno777]

Ko Kret

Tempura Flower

Traditional Thai desserts,

the Look chup at 2 bahts each, the rest 5 to 8 bahts each.

 

[xingan87]

Glow is near platinum mall, holiday inn express is near mbk. Would rather stay at glow that area, so can go Naraya at centralworld, where there will forever be crowded, and walk to big c supermarket to shop for grocery. Then visit four faced buddha

Glow is good. My room face morning sun. Love it, v bright n room is v spacious(deluxe room). Shower room is good too, water pressure v strong.

 

[dede1217]

Glow is good. My room face morning sun. Love it, v bright n room is v spacious(deluxe room). Shower room is good too, water pressure v strong.

but no bath-tub, room size is 29m2, find it abit cramp with all the bed and sofa . Maybe the bath-room is bigger.

 

[grungeattitude]

but no bath-tub, room size is 29m2, find it abit cramp with all the bed and sofa . Maybe the bath-room is bigger.

you get a bathtub if you pay more for the corner room, which isn't really worth it... well

 

[dede1217]

you get a bathtub if you pay more for the corner room, which isn't really worth it... well

rather stay at centrepoint petchaburi, their hotel price is around same as glow pratunam, somemore bigger room size, 46m2, with a bath-tub. GLow is only 30m2

 

[grungeattitude]

if you're going there to shop honestly does the room matter?
i'd stay at period pratunam, only cost me and a friend less than $50SGD a night. cheap and cheerful. Includes breakfast.

save all the money to shop/eat.

 

[dede1217]

if you're going there to shop honestly does the room matter?
i'd stay at period pratunam, only cost me and a friend less than $50SGD a night. cheap and cheerful. Includes breakfast.

save all the money to shop/eat.

coz de price of glow deluxe room and centrepoint petchaburi deluxe room is around de same price. so why not take one which is bigger and have bath tub. Both hotel walking distance is less than one min lol

 

[Allladin]

Centerpoint gd? Haven try maybe try for my July trip

 

[dede1217]

Centerpoint gd? Haven try maybe try for my July trip

only tried centrepoint petchaburi twice before, two years ago.
So far not bad, their trip advisor ranking is 100+ like that

 

[Allladin]

Centerpoint beside glow ah dede

 

[hwaa]

Centerpoint gd? Haven try maybe try for my July trip

centrepoint ish good. my number one choice. room is huge.

 

[Allladin]

Near which hotel ah

 

[Erwinlow]

centrepoint/glow, location is good. come down got any street food? or the street food mostly around the baiyoke sky area only?

saw this hotel seems quite good also - the 93 hotel. beside baiyoke sky? The 93 Hotel (Bangkok, Thailand) - Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor

 

[Whisper]

How to pronounce the international airport name? I scare the taxi driver send me to the DM airport..