Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River

Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River

Bangkok, Thailand
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Set on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in central Bangkok, the Four Seasons Hotel occupies a stretch of waterfront close to the city's commercial core. Rooms and suites are fitted with flat-screen televisions, multi-line phones, in-room safes, and a stocked mini-bar with small cocktails ready to pour. Many rooms face the river. The water runs brown and busy with long-tail boats below the terraces. Green courtyards break up the grounds between the guest wings and the riverbank, giving the property a run of shaded, planted spaces away from the water's edge.

A spa and wellness centre offers treatments indoors, away from the traffic of the river. Two pools sit outdoors: a lap pool for straightforward swimming and an infinity pool that appears to run straight into the river beyond it. Several restaurants operate on site, covering a range of cuisines and settings, from riverside terraces to enclosed dining rooms. It is a hotel built around the water rather than beside it. You can watch the river traffic from a poolside chair without leaving the property. Bangkok's riverside neighbourhoods, markets, and temples lie a short boat or car ride away, making the hotel a fixed point on the water from which to explore the wider city.