"The Chann Bangkok Noi is a collection of small teakwood homes along the Chao Phraya River. Boutique bolthole Chann sits right across the Chao Phraya River from Bangkok’s postcard sights Wat Pho and the Grand Palace, but its low-slung neighborhood feels like a different city altogether. Hidden at the end of a labyrinthine jumble of banana groves and residential alleys, the hotel is built as a small enclave of teakwood homes on a half-acre plot on the confluence of the Chao Phraya and the Bangkok Noi canal. Thai restaurant IMM (try the chef’s nine-course tasting menu) and specialty coffee shop Arch take over the breezy ground floor of one of the structures, while the upstairs area and other structures are reserved for Chann’s 18 pared-back but cozy guest rooms furnished with natural-hued textiles and midcentury modern–inspired furniture of leather and teak." - Chris Schalkx
