Must-see hotels in Thailand

  • Rumblefish Adventure

    Hat Kata

    This friendly, popular divers' flophouse offers clean, no-frills en suite doubles, hot water and air-con, and is attached to a recommended boutique dive…

  • Hugga Pai

    Pai

    There are good views over Pai from the rooftop terrace here, where the overpriced and compact dorm is located. Rooms are a better deal: sizeable and…

  • Phimai Paradise House

    Nakhon Ratchasima Province

    This renovated wooden house is polished to a gloss and the rooms have a hint of traditional history. The main drawback is that while each room gets its…

  • Koh Lipe Backpackers Hostel

    Ko Lipe

    The only beachfront hostel in Ko Lipe is housed in a contemporary-style concrete block on west Hat Pattaya. Showers are shared, but you get private…

  • Lupta Hostel

    Hat Patong

    Just 100m from Th Bangla, this well-kept budget offering has compact, comfortable four- to eight-bed dorms in light woods and whites (not all have windows…

  • Tint @ Phuket Town

    Phuket Town

    While not Phuket Town's most exciting midrange option, reasonably priced Tint revolves around three coloured-themed floors with hints of boutique style…

  • Andaman Bangtao Bay Resort

    Phuket

    Most bungalows have sea views and you're right on the beach at this pleasant, decent-value little resort at the southern end of Hat Bang Thao. The design…

  • Pala Coffee & Guest House

    Mae Hong Son Province

    Ban Ruam Thai's first guesthouse, Pala consists of several simple and spartan brick bungalows and some newer and more comfortable (but still plain) rooms…

  • Diamond House

    Banglamphu

    Despite sharing real estate with a Chinese temple, there’s no conflict of design at this eccentric hotel. Most rooms have raised-platform beds, and are…

  • Sukorn Cabana

    Trang Beaches & Islands

    Sloping landscaped grounds dotted with papaya, frangipani and bougainvillea hold large, clean and well-managed (if a little old) bungalows sporting…

  • Feel Good Hostel

    Phuket Town

    A relaxed, up-to-date hostel where the look is red-brick and open-concrete with wall art. The two spacious, modern dorms for six or eight have individual…

  • Kata Beach Homestay

    Hat Kata

    This welcoming, rather anonymous hostel-guesthouse offers cheap sleeps in an eight-bed dorm with two bathrooms. Clean, compact doubles (some brighter than…

  • Sino House

    Hat Patong

    This is a sweet, simple guesthouse where Chinese art hangs on the flagstone hallway walls behind sky-blue shutters, a whitewashed facade and a vibrantly…

  • Tropical Garden Bungalows

    Ko Phi-Phi

    If you don’t mind walking 10 minutes to eat, drink or sunbathe, then Tropical Garden offers a little tranquillity (although you're in earshot of the bars)…

  • Baipho

    Hat Patong

    Tucked into a tranquil soi, this artsy, characterful boutique guesthouse is overseen by pleasant staff and overflows with Buddha imagery, paintings of…

  • Pranee Home

    Phang-Nga Province

    This large, modern concrete block has spotless rooms with comfortable beds, nice showers and excellent views of the surrounding mountains. The breakfast…

  • Bed Hostel

    Phuket Town

    The four-bed, concrete-floor dorms at this hangar-like hostel come with good, thick mattresses, big lockers and their own bathrooms, while private rooms…

  • Bodaeng

    Krabi Province

    This place is an old-fashioned hippy vortex with basic bamboo bungalows and a couple of newer wood huts with their own bathrooms, set in the trees behind…

  • Railay Garden View

    Railay

    A steep set of stairs leads to this collection of tin-roofed, fan-cooled, woven-bamboo and shiny-wood bungalows, stilted between tropical gardens high…

  • Funky Box

    Chiang Khong

    Pretty much what the label says: a box-like structure holding 16 fan-cooled dorm beds. There are also five fan-only private rooms that share bathrooms…

  • Prink

    Lampang

    One of Th Talad Gao’s noblest historic buildings has been turned into this relaxed guesthouse. The six rooms, located above a cool cafe and ice-cream shop…

  • PhuKhaoLak

    Hat Khao Lak

    The air-con rooms here have high ceilings, dark-wood furnishings, ceramic-tiled floors, huge bathrooms, and beanbags on verandas. The fan rooms, fronted…

  • Three J Guest House

    Northern Thailand

    The cheapest rooms at this long-standing guesthouse are fan-cooled and share a clean bathroom, while the more expensive ones have air-con. All are set…

  • T&T Hostel

    Kanchanaburi

    The family that owns this little riverside spot lives here, making it almost as much a homestay as a guesthouse, with all the good (friendliness) and bad …

  • Baan Chang Homestay

    Northeastern Thailand

    Not a homestay – this is actually the only proper guesthouse in the area. It's far from fancy, but the simple bungalows are still pretty good; and the two…

  • Lighthouse Bungalows

    Ko Pha-Ngan

    This remote outpost perched on the rocks south of Hat Rin has simple, good-value fan options and air-con bungalows with sweeping views of the sea; plus…

  • Dream Boutique Hotel

    Hua Hin & the Upper Gulf

    There's nothing boutique about it, but the misnomer is the only knock on a very well-run, impeccably clean hotel. Rooms aren't fancy, but they're fully…

  • Woodland Lodge

    Krabi Province

    Tasteful, clean, fan-cooled bamboo huts here have proper thatched roofs, polished wood floors and verandas, and are spaciously laid out in a woodland…

  • Aow Noi Sea View

    Prachuap Khiri Khan

    North of town and close to the fishing pier, this secluded three-storey hotel has Ao Noi Beach (good for strolling, not so much for swimming) on its…

  • Victor Hotel & Residence

    Hua Hin

    Almost like a little village, this hotel by the waterfront has a variety of rooms and while they aren't bad, you can get better elsewhere for the same…

  • LUXX

    Bangkok

    LUXX, the Th Decho branch of the stylish LUXX XL, flaunts the hospitality chain's trademark hip minimalist vibe, along with a vantage location close to…

  • Koh Mook Garden Beach Resort

    Trang Beaches & Islands

    Endearingly ramshackle and very laid-back, Garden Beach Resort stands out for its family feel and very helpful host. Bungalows, both the older and basic…

  • Northwest Guest House

    Mae Hong Son Province

    The cheapest rooms in this cosy wooden house are fan-cooled, share bathrooms and are mattress-on-the-floor basic. The more expensive rooms offer some…

  • Green Park Grand

    Northeastern Thailand

    Though the hotel lacks panache, Green Park’s big, bright and sparkling clean rooms are the best in Yasothon. There are two buildings – the main hotel …

  • Pai Phu Fah

    Pai

    This collection of old A-frame bungalows and some newer ones, all with thatched roofs, is set on the edge of a photogenic rice field. The older ones are a…

  • Panmanee Hotel

    Ko Phi-Phi

    Tucked to the side of the food market and away from the noise of the bars (although the nearby mosque's early morning call to prayer may wake you), the…

  • Paradise Bungalows

    Ko Pha-Ngan

    The world-famous Full Moon Party was first hatched on the plot occupied by this hostel – one of the three properties run by Paradise, and staying here…

  • Armoni Patong Beach Hotel

    Hat Patong

    At the end of a quietish soi, just a few minutes' walk from the beach and Th Bangla, the Armoni has helpful staff and big, bright, clean rooms at…

  • Pott Guesthouse

    Ko Samui

    The big, bright cement rooms all with attached hot-water bathrooms and balcony in this nondescript apartment block are a steal. The Pott's staff is super…

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