Must-see hotels in Chiang Rai

  • Le Meridien Chiang Rai Resort

    Chiang Rai

    Chiang Rai’s grandest upscale resort is about 2km outside the city centre on a beautiful stretch of the Mae Nam Kok. Rooms are immense and decked out in…

  • Legend of Chiang Rai

    Chiang Rai

    Boasting a tranquil riverside location, this resort is styled like a traditional Lanna village. Rooms are large and luxuriously understated, with…

  • Ben Guesthouse

    Chiang Rai

    This spotless compound has a bit of everything, from fan-cooled cheap rooms to immense suites, not to mention a pool. Rooms are plain and simple but…

  • De Hug

    Chiang Rai

    De Hug is a four-storey hotel complex with vast rooms outfitted with modern amenities and furniture. Bathrooms are a little plain for the price, but there…

  • Happy Nest Hostel

    Chiang Rai

    It's a little more expensive than other hostels in town, but this bright and fresh place compensates with efficient staff, a downstairs cafe and a couple…

  • Moon & Sun Hotel

    Chiang Rai

    It doesn't look like much from the outside, but this place has rooms that are good value, if a little dated. The cheapest rooms don't get a lot of natural…

  • Bed & Bike Poshtel

    Chiang Rai

    There's an industrial theme – metal, wood and stone floors – to the design at this well-kept place. Dorms are windowless but comfortable, with curtains,…

  • Chiangrai Hotel

    Chiang Rai

    Slap in the centre of town, the Chiang Rai is an efficient budget to midrange option with rooms on three floors set around a breezy atrium. The…

  • Baan Bua Guest House

    Chiang Rai

    Set around a peaceful garden, this quiet, friendly guesthouse is a decent budget option. The 17 rooms, the cheapest of which are fan-only, are a little…

  • Wiang Inn

    Chiang Rai

    The 1970s-era exterior is an accurate indicator of this centrally located, business-class hotel’s age, but the stately Wiang is still a solid choice…

  • FUN-D Hostel

    Chiang Rai

    This tidy hostel is located above a restaurant-bar-cafe. Dorms are spacious and bright, ranging from six to eight beds, and share clean bathrooms. The two…

  • Na-Rak-O Resort

    Chiang Rai

    Nâh·rák is Thai for ‘cute’, a spot-on description of this tucked-away hotel that has bright rooms decked out in pastel colours and strewn with beanbags…

  • Sleepy House

    Chiang Rai

    This new place on a residential street is walking distance from the interprovincial bus station. The 12 rooms aren't huge but are spotless, modern and…

  • Nak Nakara Hotel

    Chiang Rai

    A hit-and-miss Lanna theme pervades at this modern and expansive-feeling hotel. Rooms are set around a pleasant pool and shady garden, but have smallish…

  • Hi Chiangrai

    Chiang Rai

    A well-kept hotel that's popular with Chinese travellers, with modern and compact rooms set around an atrium featuring a mini indoor swimming pool, a…

  • Connect Hostel

    Chiang Rai

    This newish place gets good feedback. Dorms are clean and have their own bathrooms; there's decent locker space and beds are curtained off. Free bicycles…

  • Baan Warabordee

    Chiang Rai

    A quiet, good-value hotel has been created from this three-storey Thai villa. Rooms are decked out in dark woods and light fabrics and there's an inviting…

  • Baan Rub Aroon

    Chiang Rai

    The rooms in this handsome villa, located just west of the city centre, aren’t as charming as the exterior suggests, and the cheapest share bathrooms,…

  • Golden Triangle Palace

    Chiang Rai

    Popular with tour groups, the Golden Triangle Palace has old-fashioned rooms with plain bathrooms, but the rooms are an OK size and comfortable enough,…

  • Space Hotel

    Chiang Rai

    There's nothing distinctive about this monolith of a place in a quiet location set back from the road. The rooms are spacious and modern, if a little…

  • North

    Chiang Rai

    This budget option is hidden away behind the interprovincial bus station. The 15 rooms are basic but colourful and are fine for a night or two.

  • Orchids Guest House

    Chiang Rai

    Compact but clean budget digs in a small compound just off Th Jetyod. Treks can be arranged and motorbikes rented also.

  • Chok Dee Guest House

    Chiang Rai

    The fan-cooled rooms with lumpy beds here are basic and beaten up, and they're directly above a popular bar that can get noisy. But it's sociable and the…

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