Best Bangkok Hotels Near Sex Districts - A Single Man's Guide

Bangkok has a huge variety of hotels to choose from for every budget. However if you're planning to mainly visit Bangkok's sex districts then it's best to choose a hotel that is considered girl friendly.

Girl friendly hotels don't hassle their guest for a 500 Baht joiner fee whenever they want to bring a lady, who is usually a Thai prostitute back to their rooms. Even if the room was registered for two guests, non guest friendly hotels still require a payment regardless.

So to avoid paying a joiner fee make sure you book a room at a girl friendly hotel. Don't worry if you think these hotels are only meant for short time sex romps.

All girl friendly hotels are legitimate businesses with guests ranging from tourist, couples on a honeymoon and business minded people. Many such hotels are even well known throughout the world such as the Peninsula Bangkok Hotel.

Girl friendly hotels are centrally located in the heart of Bangkok and conveniently near 3 of Bangkok's major sex districts. All of these areas have easy access to Bangkok's efficient city train system.

The sex district of Patpong has the least amount of hotels that don't charge joiner fees. The Montien Hotel, Bally's Suites Silom and Swiss Lodge are the best hotels in that area.

The sex district of Nana has the highest amount of girl friendly hotels with many price ranges. Matter of fact Nana is the area I suggest most to stay. Because Nana has the most nightlife activities in the area such as popular bars and clubs where you can meet freelance ladies. Also because Nana Entertainment Plaza is a very popular sex district, maybe even the best in Bangkok. The best hotels in the are Majestic Grande, Ambassador Hotel and Landmark Bangkok.

The last sex district is Soi Cowboy which is the smallest but have many popular girl friendly hotels in the surrounding area. Such as Admiral Suites, Livingstone's Lodge and Sacha's Hotel Uno.

The hotels I've listed here are really just the tip of the iceberg and there are many more. Just be sure when booking these hotels you register your room for two guests. Normally it doesn't cost any extra and you'll get an extra breakfast voucher which you can give to your lady of the night.

About the Author

For a full list of hotels that do not charge joiner fees visit Bangkok Guest Friendly Hotels where you can find the hotels arranged by price and location to Bangkok's infamous sex districts.

Jim Hunt is an avid traveler and an expat in Thailand. He enjoys spending his time writing for an underground blog about Bangkok's outrageous nightlife.

Hotels in Silom - Bangkok hotels with a legacy of windmills

Hotels in Silom are the Bangkok hotels in the heart of the old Bangrak, a commercial and entertainment area with a long tradition of royal connections and a quaint history.

These Bangkok hotels are located with banks, commercial buildings, moneychangers, shopping centers, restaurants, street vendors, night markets and other entertainment that Silom Road a hive of activity for both tourists and Thais alike.

Silom, or windmill in Thai, used to be an area covered by orchards and yes, windmills to draw water from the canals to water the vast orchards. The area is in a very old part of Bangkok, the Bangrak district, named after a huge Rak tree trunk found in one of the canals.

There're other versions of the origins of this name. Owing to the many hospitals in the area, it's believed the name came from "raksa", as in healthcare. Whatever the reason, the roads in Silom have a long tradition of royal connections.

Silom Road was built by excavating a canal in the middle to allow for canal and land movement. Several of the roads in Silom similarly constructed and named after noblemen who were awarded royal titles for their contributions to road construction.

The Saladaeng area in Silom was originally royal land. Its name, red-roofed pavilion, was derived from the red roof of the train station built in the area by the Danish railway company. The site of a nobleman's mansion in Saladaeng is now the Dusit Thani Hotel, one of the prominent hotels in Silom.

Further on, the Swiss Lodge is nestled in Convent Road, named after the walled convent established by the Carmelite Order of Nuns.

Chao Phraya Surawongse Wattanasak gave his name to Surawongse Road, a road parallel to Silom Road, where the Montien Surawongse and Tawana Ramada are located.

Chao Phraya is also the highest title in ancient Thai nobility, similar to the Duke in British nobility. The title is no longer in use. The other titles in descending order, with their British equivalents in brackets, are Phraya, (Marquis) Phra, (Earl) Luang, (Viscount) and Khun (Baron).

Patpong, the night entertainment area between Silom and Surawongse Roads, was originally the family estate of Luang Patpong Panich, a title awarded to a rich Chinese immigrant. The raunchy activities in the area have somewhat eclipsed its regal origins.

For those who wish to have hotels in Silom within a staggering distance from their watering holes, the Silom Serene and Wall Street Inn would be ideal.

Decho Road, further down Silom Road, got its name from another nobleman, Phraya Siharaj Decho. The Bangkok hotels around this area are Narai Hotel, Silom City Inn, Sofitel Silom, Tower and Triple Two Silom.

The other hotels in Silom closer to the Chao Phraya River are Centre Point Silom, Holiday Inn Silom and Manohra The Lebua at State Tower Hotel (former Meritus Suites State Tower) stands above them all, towering over the Chao Phraya.

What's Silom like today?

Across the road from the Dusit Thani Hotel, a large tract of Saladaeng became Lumphini Park, a gift from King Rama VI to the people in 1925. Up-market high-rise apartments are sprouting up in Soi Saladaeng, the area behind the hotel.

The subway runs under Rama IV Road, which used to be a canal as well, stopping at the Silom Station below the busy Saladaeng junction, under the benign eye of the King Rama VI Monument.

The subway continues on passing under the Pan Pacific Bangkok and Mandarin Hotel Bangkok.

The red-roofed railway station that gave its name to Saladaeng is no longer there, its place taken by the Saladaeng skytrain station, less the red roof.

In the early 1960s, the canal along Silom Road was filled up for road expansion. So were the canals in the neighboring roads like Surawongse Road.

In Patpong, it's business as usual. The windmills, of course, are gone.

But the hotels in Silom, the commercial areas and the pavements in Silom Road are still bustling with life.

Hotels in Silom provide a historical background to the areas in which Bangkok Hotels are located. It is hoped that visitors to Bangkok will be acquainted with the rich history of some of the places they will be passing through.

About the Author

The author Eric Lim lives in Bangkok, Thailand and writes for the historical travel website Tour Bangkok Legacies a do-it-yourself tour guide for independent travelers.

Where to Find Guest Friendly Hotels in Patpong Bangkok

Patpong in Bangkok is the original red light district which started back in the 60's during the Vietnam War. Back then it was mostly visited by US soldiers who were taking a break from the war.

Today the streets of Patpong are filled with sandal wearing backpackers and tourists mingling with single males searching for sex for sale.

The red light district of Patpong is located in two streets, Patpong 1 and Patpong 2 which run parallel to each other.

Both of these streets are filled to the brim with go go bars and live sex shows, but Patpong 1 is easily the busiest and most crowded because of the Night Market that runs right in the streets of Patpong 1.

Though the Night Market is just a distraction it is the famous go go bars of Patpong 1 that attract men from all over the world. Go go bars with such names as King's Castle and Queen's Castle are extremely popular and have been in business way back.

Make no mistake, as commercialized as Patpong may be, prostitution remains the sole enterprise and attracts men from all over the world.

So it's not uncommon that men bring bar girls back to their hotels for an overnight stay. But what most men don't realize is that if they don't book a guest friendly hotel, then they'll inevitably get charged a 500THB joiner fee for taking a companion back to the hotel. Sometimes the fee is higher, depending on the hotel's policy.

So what do you do to avoid paying a joiner fee?

Look for a hotel that is guest friendly. There are only a handful in Patpong but you can find more in the Sukhumvit area. But my advice is to book early and make sure you keep second hotel choices in mind because guest friendly hotels in Bangkok are very popular.

About the Author

For helpful tips and information with maps about Patpong please visit Patpong Bangkok Red Light District Guide. You'll also find a list of guest friendly Patpong hotels in that website.

Jim Hunt is an expat in Thailand and enjoys sharing information about the nightlife experience in Bangkok.