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Originally Posted by planter
June will be my first time in bangkok, using the search feature it seems magestic suites might be the place to stay (plenty of recomendations) but my question is where is this hotel in relation to nana plaza and cowboy? is it walking distance or do you need to take a cab? is there a better choice closer to the action? I guess as a newbie to bangkok it all looks quite confusing at the moment not having a good grasp of the distances involved. thanks
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where is this hotel in relation to nana plaza? Put it this way Planter, first time I stayed at Majestic Suites if I had jumped out of my window I would have landed in Nana Plaza. That said, the hotel entrance is on Sukhumvit (Suk) and Nana Plaza entrance is on Soi 4.
where is this hotel in relation to soi cowboy?
Soi Cowboy is on the other side of Sukhumvit an interesting 20 minute walk - you can see the Soi Cowboy entrance from your side of Suk when you get to the intersection of Asoke (Soi 21) and Suk - it is also visible from the skytrain on your left hand side as you pull into Asoke from Nana.
If you get a girl from Cowboy, walk her across Asoke (yeah, always a bit like playing "Frogger") and cross over to the over side of Suk (same side as your hotel) using the Skytrain station stairs and flag down a taxi there to get back to your hotel - I always avoid the taxis waiting at the entry to Cowboy.
is there a better choice closer to the action? Majestic Suites is a very good hotel and very close to the action - drawbacks? For me, no pool and first time arrival can be fun as it is right on Suk with no driveway or car access - the taxi will probably pull onto the sidewalk between a couple of vendors - Majestic Tailors is right next door and both entries look the same - well, that is my defence for the number of times I have walked into the tailor shop.
This map might help -
Sukhumvit Area Map Enjoy.