The Sukhothai
By: Lila Fox   |   smartflyer.com

WHY: New Year’s Eve in Bangkok    
WHEN: January 2013    
WHO: Me and a best friend

- Details, Details -

TYPE: 5-star luxury for couples of all ages & business travelers

ROOMS: 210 rooms & suites bathed in bronze and teak. Fresh flowers, a bowl of exotic fruit, evening truffles, slippers at the bedside.

SPA:  Spa Botanica uses Thai traditions and practices to heal jet-lagged travelers. It's incredibly zen and peaceful, and it offers the perfect alternative to a day in bustling Bangkok. 

 POOL/GYM: An infinity-edge pool with a lovely sun deck/Full gym along with squash & tennis courts plus Lumpini Park is just a jog away

RESTAURANT: Celadon, overlooking a lotus pond, is one of Bangkok’s finest tables.

YEAR OPENED: 1991, most recently renovated in 2010/2011

VIBE: Elegant, calm, extreme hospitality unlike anything I’ve experienced before.

WIFI: Complementary

KIDS: Not overflowing with children during my visit, though I did notice some little ones immensely enjoying the pool with their parents!

LOCATION: On South Sathorn, a quick tuk-tuk (or air-con taxi) ride to shopping & main sights.

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SmartFlyer Exclusive Amenities:

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Daily buffet breakfast
Complementary Thai Set Lunch or Thai Set Dinner at Celadon Thai Restaurant
for up to two people per room
4pm guaranteed late checkout

- A few things -

As you pull onto the long driveway lined with water features and flowering plants, you feel as though you’re arriving to a proper resort rather than a hotel within the city. Then you’re greeted by sincere faces of folks donned in Thai silk who escort you as they wheel your luggage to your suite. Comfortable beds, spacious baths, picturesque views, quiet nights. An elaborate Spa and the famed Chocolate Buffet in the Salon seal this hotel into my little Black Book of the best hotels in the world.