Bel-Aire Princess Sukhumvit,bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand 

We stayed at this hotel for 2 nights, Check in was fast and friendly, the rooms were clean and spacious, and the breakfast was great serving once again a full english, also a selection of thai food with a great range of fruit. The swimming pool was big enough, very relaxing and just a nice area to hang out, we did not spend too much time in the hotel as we went exploring so many shops to look at that are close to the hotel, oh one more big plus is that hotel is quiet so no noisy bars etc. a short walk from hotel you get the oveground or sky train, choose this as is very cheap and quick to get to all the shopping centers. I definately do recommend do all your shopping in bangkok before going to the island as prices are hiked up tenfold.

I staid in this hotel for 10 days so I got a very good ideas about the extra "facilities" this hotel has. The "Gym" is basically the hallway between the lift and the pool area. It consists of 3 (three) rundown, partially non-operating devices. Dumbells or barbells are non existent as is air conditioning. Best part is they close the "Gym" at 8pm. The pool area is a sad concrete place with no drinks service etc. The guest rooms are o.k. for the price but really nothing special. The ceiling height is pretty low. The bathrooms are new but they are small and there is no extra shower. Service at this hotel is very good nevertheless. Overall it is more a 3 star hotel rather than a 4 star. Room prices at this hotel should not exceed 50 dollars per day.