WAXING LYRICAL

There are a lot of hotels in Bangkok. So, so many. But even though plenty are located in the city, precious few are really a part of the city. Yet far from the skyscraper-set is Raweekanlaya (rahwee-KUN-ly-ah), a boutique hotel whose rather romantic heritage has informed its present-day prettiness and undeniable charm.

This was the original residence of the royal governess of King Rama VI back in the late 1800s;