Heritage trail · Bangkok
Bangkok: Yaowarat and a chef's family home
Walk Yaowarat, Bangkok's Chinatown, where women have run family shops and kitchens for generations, then eat at a Michelin starred table set in one of those family buildings.
Heritage stays
Sleep in a piece of history
Hotels in conserved buildings with a story to tell. Book directly on each hotel's own website.
Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
$$$$Building from 1876
The Oriental traces its history to 1876; the two-storey Authors' Wing is the surviving original hotel building, with suites named for writers who stayed there such as Conrad, Maugham and Coward.
Bang Rak, Chao Phraya riverside · 48 Oriental Avenue, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
The Siam
$$$$Riverside hotel set in three acres of gardens, filled with art and antiques, next to historic and cultural sites. Heritage here is curated style rather than a conserved old building; the site gives no build year.
Dusit, Chao Phraya riverside · 3/2 Thanon Khao, Vachirapayabal, Dusit, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Praya Palazzo
$$$$Building from 1923
Riverside mansion dating to 1923, built as a noble family's residence, later a school, restored in 2009 and reopened as a hotel and restaurant.
Bangyeekhan, Chao Phraya riverside · 757/1 Somdej Prapinklao Soi 2, Bangyeekhan, Bangplad, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
Loy La Long
$$Small teak-wood house hotel floating on the Chao Phraya within a temple compound at the edge of Chinatown. The site says it has stood about 30 years, so it is a traditional-style stay rather than a historic building.
Chinatown (Songwat Road), Chao Phraya riverside · 1620/2 Songwat Road (inside Patumkongka Temple), Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand
Details from each hotel's official website, checked 4 Nov 2026.