Must-see hotels in Pai

  • Puripai Villa

    Pai

    This architecturally striking hotel feels like it should be in a city, rather than on a hillside overlooking the Pai Valley. Rooms are design-conscious,…

  • Bulunburi

    Pai

    Set in a tiny, secluded valley of rice fields and streams, the seductively bucolic location of this place is as much a reason to stay as the attractive…

  • Pai Island

    Pai

    This stylish and popular resort intertwines Pacific Island and African themes. Accommodation takes the form of 10 free-standing, private-feeling luxury…

  • Common Grounds Pai

    Pai

    The best and most social hostel in Pai, Common Grounds offers well-maintained, comfy, six-bed dorms with lockers and their own bathrooms. The split-level…

  • Rim Pai Cottage

    Pai

    The tastefully decorated bungalows (which include breakfast from October to February) are spread out along a secluded and beautifully wooded section of…

  • Hotel des Artists

    Pai

    This traditional former Shan mansion has been turned into one of the most charming boutiques in town. The 14 slightly crowded rooms mingle pan-Asian and…

  • Pai Vimaan Resort

    Pai

    The highlights here are the five riverside tented bungalows. Huge and equipped with air-con, jacuzzi, big TVs and other modern amenities, this is superior…

  • Pai Treehouse

    Pai

    If you can’t score one of the six cute, compact treehouse rooms here (they’re popular), there are several other attractive and much bigger bungalows, many…

  • Phu Pai

    Pai

    This self-professed ‘art resort’ is an attractive, remote-feeling gathering of 40 locally styled, luxury bungalows. Views are the focus here, with most…

  • Bueng Pai Farm

    Pai

    In a rural setting about 2.5km southeast of Pai, the 12 spacious, fan-cooled, wood and bamboo bungalows here are attractively positioned around a vast…

  • Sipsongpanna

    Pai

    The four adobe-style riverside bungalows here are rustic and quirky, with a mix of bright colours, beds on elevated platforms and sliding-glass doors…

  • Pairadise

    Pai

    This neat resort looks over the Pai Valley from atop a ridge just outside town. The bungalows are spacious and include gold-leaf lotus murals, decent…

  • PuraVida

    Pai

    A friendly Dutch-Thai couple look after these eight cute and comfortable bungalows on a well-manicured hillside in the quiet Wiang Nua area. It's a lovely…

  • Pai Village Boutique Resort & Farm

    Pai

    This well-maintained, efficient place offers a luxury version of the basic backpacker bamboo bungalow. The 38 wooden huts are small but plush, with safety…

  • Pai RiverCorner

    Pai

    The nine rooms here have beautiful Thai furniture, gorgeous colours and lots of deluxe details, although bathrooms are a little small and plain for the…

  • Baantawan Guest House

    Pai

    The big and handsome riverside bungalows made with salvaged teak are the reason to stay here, but there are also spacious (and less expensive) rooms in a…

  • Pripta Boutique Resort

    Pai

    This hillside compound features 12 chic thatched-roof bungalows perched at the edge of the Pai Valley. Rooms are huge, with tall ceilings, and feature…

  • Pai Country Hut

    Pai

    The bamboo bungalows here are basic, but they're tidy and most have en-suite bathrooms and inviting hammocks on their small verandas. While it’s not…

  • Pai River Villa

    Pai

    The 10 air-con bungalows here are spacious and stylish, with decent bathrooms and wide balconies that encourage lazy riverside relaxing and mountain…

  • Spicypai Backpackers

    Pai

    The large, semi-open-air dorms feature beds that are plastic mattresses on bamboo frames, and the whole ramshackle place could be lifted from a Survivor…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Giant Guest House

    Pai

    An old-school backpacker crash pad, Giant has ramshackle and fan-cooled bamboo bungalows stationed around a large riverside garden, as well as a few…

  • Mr Jan’s Guest House

    Pai

    This is one of Pai’s longest-standing guesthouses. Mr Jan's 10 rooms are set around an eccentric garden full of trimmed hedges. Avoid the cheapest ones,…

  • Palm House

    Pai

    Palm House has nine fan-cooled or air-con rooms in a two-storey compound on a quiet lane. The rooms are plain – with white walls and tiled floors – but…

  • Pai Fah

    Pai

    This self-professed ‘boutique house’ has nicely decorated and comfortable rooms in a two-storey villa, but only a few of them have windows. The cheapest…

  • Heart of Pai Resort

    Pai

    The characterless but sizeable and well-maintained rooms here have comfy beds, modern bathrooms and big balconies. All are set in a secluded compound of…

  • TTK

    Pai

    Located in a little forecourt behind the Israeli restaurant of the same name, the nine rooms here are almost mini-apartments, with their own separate…

  • Breeze of Pai Guesthouse

    Pai

    This well-groomed compound near the river features nine plain and parquet-floored rooms and six spacious and simple A-frame bungalows. They're set in an…

  • Villa De Pai

    Pai

    Villa De Pai has 19 unexceptional, compact and sturdy wood-and-bamboo bungalows with hammocks on their terraces. All are fan-cooled. It's in the heart of …

  • Hummingbird Hostel

    Pai

    This friendly new hostel has a couple of eight-bed dorms and three private rooms. Dorms are windowless and a little cramped, but come with their own…

  • Pai Chan

    Pai

    The 10 wooden, thatched-roof bungalows here are simple but spacious and look out on the surrounding rice fields. They lack air-con, though, and the place…

  • Juno Hostel

    Pai

    Like many new hostels, Juno is a shrine to smooth cement walls and floors. There are only dorms here and they have comfy beds and big lockers. All share…

  • Tayai’s Guest House

    Pai

    This place, a quiet, leafy compound just off the main drag, has simple but clean fan and air-con rooms and bungalows. Most have little terraces and the…

  • Baankanoon

    Pai

    Consisting of bright but plain duplex bungalows encircling a 100-year-old kà·nŭn (jackfruit) tree, this family-run place is quiet, clean and cosy. Only…

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