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Top 5 places for a beer
Number 5 |
Thailand
Latitude Bar, Banyan Tree Bangkok
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BEST FOR . . . A BEER WITH A VIEW
For a beer with a view, head to the 51st floor of the Banyan Tree Bangkok, to the Latitude Bar, where a cool Singha beer (our tipple of choice in Thailand!) comes with perhaps the most spectacular view of Bangkok available. The Latitude Bar isn’t quite at the top of the hotel - that honour goes to Vertigo Restaurant, on the roof a few floors higher up - but the open sided bar cuts right through the building from one side to the other, giving stunning views in both directions. If, like Mark in our office, you don’t have a head for heights then avoid the table close to the edge, as the sheer drop to the street below will make you wobbly.
The view to the north side of the bar takes in the bright lights of lively Patpong just beneath you, with Bangkok’s older Ratanakosin district in the distance – this area is home to some of Bangkok’s most interesting sites including the Grand Palace and Wat Po, home to the 43 metre long reclining Buddha. To the south, the view covers the huge sweep of the mighty Chaypraya River as it twists and turns through Bangkok on its way to the sea. Bangkok at night dazzles, and from this high up you really get an idea of just how vast this city is.
If you can’t get enough of the view, head 10 floors up to the roof of the hotel for dinner at Vertigo, one of the highest open air restaurants in the world with a 360 degree view of Bangkok. Book a table in advance if you can as the restaurant is popular (and weather dependent!) but the service is excellent and the appetiser plate that includes scallops, lobster and tuna is just superb. With this kind of setting, that cool bottle of Singha beer really comes in to its own! |
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