Metropolitan Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand 

Metropolitan Bangkok details:  Location. The Metropolitan Hotel is tucked within Bangkok, Thailand's business district, an area popular for shopping, clubbing and dining. The Suan Lim Night Bazaar and the Patpong Night Market stand less than one kilometer away.
Hotel Features. Cy'an is the hotel's headline restaurant that offers veranda seating and serves Mediterranean fare with Moorish influences. Met Bar offers sophisticated ambience, serves Thai fare and morphs into a sultry, after hours lounge. Three function rooms accommodate groups of up to 90 people. A business center offers courier services and fax, photocopy and print services. Wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel. The Como Shambhala Urban Retreat is a spa and health club that features a gym, steam rooms, a hydro pool, an outdoor lap pool, a yoga studio and 10 treatment areas where Asian inspired, holistic therapies are offered. Private yoga instruction and personal trainers are available. Additional hotel amenities include the services of a concierge and transportation to and from Bangkok International Airport.

Guestrooms. This hotel offers 171 guestrooms that include four penthouse suites and a two bedroom presidential suite. Kathryn King, a Singapore based interior design firm, conceived the guestroom style and decor. Lighting was designed by London's distinguished Isometrix firm. Natural materials include Makha wood from Thailand combined with oxidized brass paneling. Paintings by Natee Utarit, a burgeoning Asian artist, are hung throughout the guestrooms. Beds are draped with Egyptian cotton linens, and goose down duvets and hypoallergenic pillows are available on request. Bathrooms, composed of mosaic and limestone, include Como Shambhala toiletries, bathrobes, slippers and telephones. Room amenities include refrigerators, minibars and complimentary bottled water.

Expert Tip. Lumphini Park, located two blocks away, boasts Thailand's first public library, and provides a location where visitors can witness uniformed Thais practicing Tai Chi, rent paddle boats or catch the sky train.