Ariyasomvilla - Location

Ariyasomvilla is located in the centre of Bangkok. It is located in Sukhumvit Soi 1. The first Soi ( side road ) off Sukhumvit Road. The Hotel can be found at the end of the Soi.

When arriving from the Airport the Soi is just off the down ramp of the Expressway at the Sukhumvit exit - so we are convenient for the Airport. It is also convenient to move out of Bangkok to all regions using the Expressway system.

Pleonchit BTS station is approximately 550 metres from the Hotel and allows easy access to the main shopping and entertainment areas of Bangkok.

The Hotel is within 200 metres of Bumrungrad International Hospital - undoubtedly South East Asia's leading Hospital.

Ariyasomvilla - Hotel near Sukhumvit Road

Ariyasomvilla - Hotel near Bumrungrad Hospital

Ariyasomvilla - Hotel near BTS

Ariyasomvilla - Hotel Thailand

Ariyasomvilla - Hotel Thailand Bangkok

Whether you are visiting for leisure, business or medical services Ariyasomvilla is well located.

Doors@ Ariyasom Villa (1)

Doors are a very important design element here at Ariyasom Villa. We purchased quite  number of doors from various parts of Thailand. As we purchased so many I thought I'd split the blog up. You might not recognize the photo as we spent considerable time and energy stripping the doors back and redoing them.

The entry to any space is important and to install a special door gives added emphasis.

Thai Orchids@ Ariyasom Villa

We've all decided that Thai Orchids work really well in the hotel. The colours and varieties are just magnificent. We have been buying orchids from lots of places but now find that the area just beyond Salaya is one of the best. Quality, variety and price are all good. Actually, because of the price you just keep buying so in the end you spend the same but you have a huge amount of orchids around the hotel.

Burmese Oils @ Ariyasom Villa

At about the same time that I purchased the Burmese water colours I also managed to get hold of some interesting and evocative Burmese Oils. Composition, colour, texture and technical ability are all good in these. But in the end of the day it is just subjective and you either like them or not.

It is a pleasure being able to go to each room and see all the different paintings that I have collected over the years - mostly I can recall something about them and enjoy seeing them all framed and hung on the walls - before I didn't have enough walls for them all.

Come and see the Burmese art at Ariyasom Villa.

A few watercolours.

Several years ago I acquired  a number of Burmese water colours. Most were painted by an artist from Mandalay with the name of Marlar.  Almost all of these are now up on the walls of Ariyasom Villa Hotel. I believe that most of his scenes are taken from daily life in and around Mandalay. 

The paintings are very evocative of the time I spent in Myanmar and bring back happy memories. I am enclosing a few photos .

I also have a number of oils from Burma and will publish them in the blog shortly. Altogether I think we have about 100 original paintings at Ariyasom Villa  

Kalagas@Ariyasom

We just hung most of our Kalagas - it's a sort of Burmese Tapestry. These are still being amde today but the new ones don't compare with the older ones.

I purchased these from a shop at the Oriental about 12 over years ago. The shop was closing down and offering special prices. We had each piece framed with fabric and they have now been hung in various locations around Ariyasom.

Summer Specials at Na Aroon Restaurant

This month we are featuring some very special Thai dishes - Green Papaya Pad Thai, Kanon Jeen Sao Nam, Ma La Gor Nam Dok and of course Kao Chae. These are very delicious traditional Thai sumer dishes and we hope that you can come and enjoy them with us at our Na Aroon Restaurant