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48 Oriental Avenue
Bangkok
Thailand

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Expert Review of The Oriental Hotel and Spa

Gay and Lesbian Review of The Oriental Hotel and Spa

By Travel Expert: Matt Link
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LGBT Expert Rating 5.0 out of 5
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This is the over 100-year-old hotel that was the famed favorite Asian residence of gay writers, Somerset Maugham and Noel Coward. Author suites are named after Maugham, Coward, Joseph Conrad, and James Michener and even if you don't stay in one of these pricey rooms, you must take high tea in the Author's Wing—you'll feel as if you've died and woken up in a Bette Davis movie (see The Letter first!). If tea is not your drink of choice, have a Singapore Sling on the verandah overlooking the Chao Praya river. You can just imagine Somerset, dressed in his best white linen, scanning the vista for the latest talent as he penned one of his "exotic" Asian-themed stories. The spa is another hedonist not-to-be-missed indulgence and guests get free access to the vintage-style dragon boats, which ferries to the other side of the river—a short trip, but a stylish one. Everyone should stay here at least once, just to say you did it. The Oriental is a classic, redolent of the Golden Age of gay travel.

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