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Luxury travel blog » Hotels » Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok blog review

Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok blog review

March 20, 2013 by Carol Perehudoff 5 Comments

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When winter hits, or refuses to go away, I dream of Shangri-La and luxury hotels in Thailand. To help you dream, too, here’s my Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok blog review

Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok blog review pool

Shangri-La

 

Oh, welcome to the first day of spring in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Are the tulips in bloom?

Are the tulips in bloom?

 

Much as I like a good blizzard as much as the next person, I can’t help thinking of mystical places like Shangri-La right now, where the lotus flowers aren’t covered in frost and that steamy air makes you wish for air conditioning, except it’s too exotic and strangely romantic to go inside.

Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok grounds

What snow?

 

So, since I’m trying to think myself warm, let me relive my Shangri-La Bangkok Hotel experience. Was it really just a couple of weeks ago? Maybe three? Time passes slowly when the Snow Queen has taken over the prairies.

Lobby Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok blog review

I should be here

 

Just what is the mystical Shangri-La? 

Shangri-La is a paradise, an earthly heaven, an Eden, a utopia … you get the idea. It comes from the novel Lost Horizon, written by British author James Hilton in 1933. In the book Shangri-La is a hidden haven in the Himalayas where everyone is happy. It’s bewitching and exotic, and a pilgrimage might lead you there.

 


 

Where is Shangri-La?

Several places claim to be the mystical Shangri-La. It could be in Pakistan, or China or Nepal. We all have to find our own Shangri-La, and mine was the exotic Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok, at least for two days.

Shangri-La Bangkok Hotel, paradise by the river

My paradise by the river

 

Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok

Lying by the pool of the Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok made me feel very harmonious indeed.

Pools at Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok

Swim or lounge by the pool? Decisions, decisions.

 

It might not have been in the Himalayas, but it was beside the Chao Phraya River, where I found a hidden haven on a deck chair under a palm tree. With pool boys. Doesn’t every earthly paradise have pool boys?

CHI Spa at Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok Thailand

Find your bliss here

 

I felt even more harmonious when I went to the hotel’s CHI Spa for an oxygenating facial and a massage.

But you can’t stay in Shangri-La forever, and ultimately I knew I would have to leave. So I went on a dinner cruise.

Shangri-La Bangkok Hotel Dinner Cruise

Where is this mystical kingdom?

 

And then I was really harmonious. Shell fish has that effect on me.

Shellfish on Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok dinner cruise

Gluttony in Shangri-La

 

And then I went to bed, in the shadow of the Best. Headboard. Ever.

Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok blog review bedroom

Sweet dreams in Thailand

 

And dreamed of fragrant flowers.

Flowers at Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok Thailand

Ah, my enchanted refuge from the cold cold world

 

And then I woke up.

Hey, who turned up the air conditioning?

Hey, who turned up the air conditioning?

 

Saskatchewan I love you, but get with the thaw already.

Looking for other great places to stay? Read Best Resorts in Thailand

 

Travel tips for Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok

This luxury hotel in Asia has 802 rooms, two towers, two outdoor swimming pools and grounds of palm trees, bougainvillea, orchids and bird of paradise flowers. Prices vary but seem to start from about $230 per night.

Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok offers a Horizon Dinner Cruise. Night views are amazing. An international buffet dinner is served aboard the elegant riverboat as you sail past old colonial buildings and glittering temples. Dinner Cruise goes from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

CHI, The Spa has been voted one of the Top 10 World’s Best Hotel Spas in Asia, one of the World’s Top 10 Sexiest Spas, and one of the Most Luxurious Spas in the World. Need I say more?

Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok location: The hotel has a prime spot on the Chao Phraya River, the “River of Kings.” 89 Soi Wat Suan Plu, New Road, Bangrak, Bangkok, 10500, Thailand. Local Tel: (66 2) 236 7777. Reservations toll free from Canada and the USA 1 866 344 5050

Make a reservation for the Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok on Booking.com

Read more about Luxury Travel in Asia

 

 

Filed Under: Hotels, Thailand

About Carol Perehudoff

A former freelance travel columnist for the Toronto Star, Carol has won more than 20 writing and blogging awards and honours. A spa and luxury travel expert, she's written for top travel publications around the globe.

Comments

  1. molly says

    October 31, 2019 at 11:19 am

    really enjoyed reading your blog about this hotel. Just booked horizon club access room. Can’t wait to explore more.

  2. Carol Perehudoff says

    March 21, 2013 at 8:05 pm

    Michele, I think my Shangri-La Bangkok is your Cancun. Both of them sound good right about now.

  3. Carol Perehudoff says

    March 21, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    Oh, Dane! I miss you! I’m in Saskatoon. Thanks for posting your comment about my father the other day.

  4. Dane Moore says

    March 21, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    I was walking down Basilio Badillo here yesterday and met up with a friend from Calgary who lives in Shangrila in Puerto Vallarta..it too is luxurious and tropical….here in the hood the orchids are erupting into vast hordes….and the fragrance from some is sweetly overpowering…like a good freesia…abrazos Dane

  5. Michele Peterson says

    March 21, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Shangri-La looks amazing –the one with the orchids not the snow. Although I’m sure there must be a tulip there somewhere.

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