Business Traveller (Asia-Pacific)

BUSY IN BANGKOK

Cultural treasures, shopping highlights and leisure hotspots are easy to find in Asia’s City of Angels

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Cultural treasures, shopping highlights and leisure hotspots in the Thai capital

3 DUSIT PALACE

To the north of the Grand Palace on Ratchawith­i Road, the Dusit Palace was built at the turn of the 20th century to be the new residence of King Chulalongk­orn (Rama V). Having just toured Europe and been impressed by its palaces, with their broad boulevards and large parklands, he ordered some of its mansions and throne halls to show European influences, like the Renaissanc­estyle Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. Probably the main attraction is Vimanmek Mansion, the largest teak house in the world, now a museum dedicated to Rama V, with porcelain, glassware, old photograph­s and memorabili­a from that era. Access via Chao Phraya riverboat pier Thewes (N15).

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8 PENTHOUSE BAR & GRILL, PARK HYATT BANGKOK

When it opens on May 12 in the top 24 floors of the Central Embassy building, the city’s latest luxury hotel is bound to be an instant must-visit social, dining and entertainm­ent venue for both the Thai elite and wealthy visitors. Designed by award-winning New York firm Yabu Pushelberg, its signature drinking and dining hotspot is the Penthouse Bar & Grill on the uppermost 34th, 35th and 36th floors. Conceived as the fictional penthouse of a well-travelled British-Thai collector of fine art and vintage motor-racing relics, you can relax with an aperitif in the atmospheri­c speakeasy, enjoy a fine meal in the internatio­nal grill restaurant, or head for the rooftop bar to soak up the panoramic city views, cocktail in hand. Access via Ploen Chit BTS Station.

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