ORIENTAL HOTEL
The opening of the country in the reign of king Rama IV led to important changes to Bangkok with the visits of foreign diplomats, traveIlers, traders and missionaries, and it brought to the city its first hotel in 1865.
At that time, two Danish seamen, Captains Jarck and Salje, got together to found the Oriental Hotel on the banks of the Chao Phraya River .
Old Building: S. Cardu, an Italian architect, designed this first building, and its facade is the original symbol of the hotel. The suites in this wing of the hotel are named after writers who haves stayed there, such as Somerset Maugham and Joseph Conrad.
Oriental Hoteliers' School: The school building on the opposite bank of the river was once the house of Phraya Mahaisawan, the first mayer of Thonburi. He played a major role in developing the Thonburi side of the the city.
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Police emergency: 191 
