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48 Oriental Ave.
Bangkok
(800) 526-6566

COST: $$$

In this legendary 1887 hotel and modern tower, many of the 393 rooms now have floor-to-ceiling windows, with spectacular views of the busy Chao Phraya River. Book on of the split-level Garden Wing Rooms, for traditional sophistication or Authors' Suites, for opulent Thai style. The hotel has rich literary history; Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Noël Coward, James Michener all stayed at the Oriental. Take a moment for dim sum in the 1930's-inspired China House, one of the hotel's nine restaurants. The hotel also has a garden pool and a spa located across the water and reachable by ferry. Guests can attend a cooking school or troll the lobby for celebrity sightings. Wander into the Bamboo Bar for perfectly mixed cocktails like the Singapore Sling.

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From Travel + Leisure , JUL 2008

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From Travel + Leisure , JUN 2008

At the Oriental, I always request a room on a high floor overlooking the Chao Phraya River. I am aware that there is a fine garden pool and a spa reachable by ferry across the water and a cooking school and also that the slightly too recognizable person in the lobby is Brad Pitt....MORE>>

– Gary Shteyngart Hotel Paradise: Five Writer’s Stories

From Travel + Leisure , SEP 2006

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From Food & Wine , FEB 2004

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Travel: Thai Luxe | Bangkok hotels

Last updated July 2008

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