Five-star Wireless Road, Bangkok
The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok
A hotel on Wireless Road raised on the grounds of Kandhavas, the palace where Princess Valaya Alongkorn, a daughter of King Chulalongkorn, lived and died.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- Rooms
- 374 rooms and suites
- Reopened
- 2017, as a Luxury Collection hotel
- Restaurants and bars
- Eight
- From the airport
- About 26 km from Don Mueang, 27 km from Suvarnabhumi
The hotel
On the grounds of a royal palace.
The land on Wireless Road once held Kandhavas, the palace of Princess Valaya Alongkorn, a daughter of King Chulalongkorn, Rama V. She lived there until her death in 1938. The hotel that now stands on the site takes its look from the Thai-colonial style of her era, which the hotel calls Thai Transitional Luxury. There are 374 rooms and suites.
For years the building traded as the Plaza Athenee Bangkok. Its owner, Asset World Corporation, then paid for a complete renovation, and in late 2017 it reopened as The Athenee, a Luxury Collection hotel. Vekhin Interior and Bangkok Dec-Con drew on royal ceremonies, Thai colours and artwork, with a European hand in the detail. The pool was remade too, as a lagoon in a rooftop garden planted with native trees.
- The lagoon pool A free-form pool in a rooftop garden of native trees and flowers, with The View bar beside it on the fourth floor.
- Spa Athénée On the fifth floor, listed as Recommended by Forbes Travel Guide. Therapists shape each treatment around the guest's blood type.
- Embassy row Wireless Road runs through Bangkok's embassy and business district, and the hotel stands on it in Pathumwan.
Dining
Eight places to eat and drink.
Venues as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- Hashiri Modern Japanese In the hotel
- The Silk Road Cantonese In the hotel
- The House of Smooth Curry Thai Curries and Thai classics
- The Allium Bangkok Mediterranean In the hotel
- Rain Tree Café International and Thai Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- The View Cocktails Open-air bar by the pool on the fourth floor
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon. The guest checking in must be 18 or over.
- Pets Accepted for a fee. The hotel's own pages differ on the limit, one small pet or two per room, so we confirm before booking.
- Transfers There is no shuttle. A hotel limousine to either airport can be booked.
Getting there
Flying to Bangkok.
Suvarnabhumi, for scheduled flights, is about 27 kilometres away, and Don Mueang, where private jets land at the MJets terminal, about 26 kilometres. Allow 40 minutes to an hour for either, our estimate, more at rush hour.
- Phuket 1 h 15
- Singapore 2 h 15
- Hong Kong 2 h 35
- Dubai 6 h 45 long-range jet
- London 12 h 55 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Does The Athenee have a MICHELIN Key?
- No. The hotel holds no MICHELIN Key.
- What was on the site of The Athenee?
- Kandhavas, the palace of Princess Valaya Alongkorn, a daughter of King Chulalongkorn. She died there in 1938.
- Can I bring my dog to The Athenee?
- Pets are accepted for a fee. The size and number allowed vary between the hotel's pages, so we check the current rule first.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Bangkok?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Bangkok, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Bangkok
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok Almost 150 years on the riverbank, twelve restaurants, and Anne-Sophie Pic’s two-star Le Normandie on the fifth floor.
- Capella Bangkok Suites and villas along the river, a Presidential Villa with its own plunge pool, and Côte by Mauro Colagreco with two stars.
- The Siam Thai antiques and Art Deco by the river, with Connie’s Cottage, a century-old teak house with a private pool.
- Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River Riverside grounds with several infinity pools and Yu Ting Yuan for Cantonese cooking.
- The Sukhothai Bangkok Two wings, Club and Main, a hammam and an infinity pool, ten minutes on foot from Lumpini Park.
- Rosewood Bangkok Two MICHELIN Keys in 2026 and a Forbes Four-Star rating in Pathumwan.
- Aman Nai Lert Bangkok Aman in the city, holding two Keys in the 2026 selection.
- Park Hyatt Bangkok Two Keys and a Forbes Four-Star rating, in the same district as Rosewood and Aman.
- Dusit Thani Bangkok The Thai name among the two-Key hotels, in Bang Rak near the river.
- The Peninsula Bangkok On the Thonburi side of the river, with one Key and a Forbes Five-Star rating.
- The Okura Prestige Bangkok Two hundred and forty rooms, a 25-metre infinity pool cantilevered out from the 25th floor, and Elements with one MICHELIN star.
- Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok One MICHELIN Key in 2026; 360 rooms, 97 of them serviced residences, set around gardens and an elevated infinity pool.
- 137 Pillars Suites & Residences Bangkok An all-suite house where the pool and the Nimitr restaurant share the 27th floor.
- COMO Metropolitan Bangkok On South Sathorn Road with 137 rooms, COMO Shambhala hydropools, and nahm for Thai cooking.
- The St. Regis Bangkok Butlers for every room, views across the Royal Bangkok Sports Club, and IGNIV Bangkok on site.
- Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok A resort-style hotel in the shopping heart of the city, with ALATi, Rotunda and the 1897 Lounge.
- Sindhorn Kempinski Hotel Bangkok Part of the Sindhorn Village development, with Flourish for all-day dining and Ki Izakaya for Japanese food.
- Shangri-La Bangkok Its 802 rooms fill two towers on the Chao Phraya, the Shangri-La Wing and the Krungthep Wing.
- Banyan Tree Bangkok Vertigo and the Moon Bar on the 61st floor, a pool on the 21st, and Lumphini station a short walk away.
Staying at The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Bangkok, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.