Mae Hong Son Province
On the main road through town, this long-standing place has simple, fan-cooled rooms, as well as more sizeable and comfortable wood-panelled air-con rooms…
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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…
Tak Province
This is the most comfortable and best-run accommodation in Um Phang. The attractive collection of brick-and-stone cottages is surrounded by flowers and…
Mae Hong Son Province
This place has nine decent-sized, comfortable rooms on two levels decked out in an industrial-chic-artsy style, including one large 'family room' with a…
Chiang Rai Province
Located near the morning-market intersection is this large yellow building backed by a handful of attractive bungalows. Rooms are a reasonable size – the…
Chiang Rai Province
Tucked down an alley off Soi 8, Baan Sabai Maesai has individually decorated rooms that are big, bright and modern, with furniture designed by the helpful…
Mae Sot
Phan Nu is a decent budget option, with 20 rooms spread over two buildings set back from the road. The more expensive rooms share communal balconies, the…
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…
Phitsanulok
The ’90s-era pastels, fake fireplaces and relentless flower theme of this hotel give it an undeniably cheesy feel. But it's an efficient place and the…
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,…
Nan
In a quiet residential area a short stroll from Nan’s most famous temples, this long-standing and well-maintained place has 10 old-fashioned but…
Mae Hong Son Province
Ban Farang is off the main road towards the northern end of town (look for the signs near the minivan stop), with exceedingly tidy bungalows set on a…
Chiang Khong
This inviting wooden house has six rooms in the main structure with air-con and en-suite bathrooms, while the cheaper rooms are fan-only and share…
Lampang
'Post-modern barn' is the self-professed theme at this design-conscious, minimalist-chic outpost. The eight rooms are lofty and decked out in exposed wood…
Mae Hong Son Province
Located close to the Riverhouse Hotel, and efficiently run by the same people, this place backs onto the river and has a pool. The wood-floored rooms are…
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…
Northern Thailand
There are 12 compact but comfortable rooms – some with exposed brick walls – in this industrial-chic block, one of the few contemporary hotels in central…
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…
Gin’s Maekhong View Resort & Spa
Chiang Rai Province
There's a choice here of spacious, comfortable and attractive rooms or three rather tight riverside bungalows. There’s a pool and vast sunflower field, as…
Chiang Rai Province
Set amid lovingly manicured gardens – a monument to flower-based landscaping – the bungalows here come in a variety of sizes, and all have balconies and…
Chiang Rai Province
Boasting a ground-floor cafe and comfortable rooms with a stone-walled, minimalist feel, Afterglow is probably the hippest place to stay in Mae Sai. There…
Phitsanulok
This seven-storey monolith is just about the only choice for river views in Phitsanulok, although only the most expensive rooms offer them. It's all…
Nan
Everything is spotless at this newish hostel that mostly sees Thai travellers. The six- and 10-bed dorms come with decent mattresses and their own…
Chiang Rai Province
The older rooms in the original building of Mae Salong’s oldest hotel are bare, with shared bathrooms, while those in the newer annexe and the bungalows…
Mae Hong Son
The 22 rooms here are split between those in a stylish new block, with exposed brick walls and modern fittings, and others in the plainer and more dated…
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…
Mae Hong Son
Hidden behind both the lakeside temples and a bland-looking reception area, this place has a variety of accommodation ranging from plain but spacious and…
Phayao
Rooms at this quiet, family-run place are spacious, clean and decked out in handsome wood, but only the top-floor ones with balconies offer lake views. It…
Mae Hong Son Province
Rooms in this attractive riverfront house are decked out in hardwood and have terraces. It’s worth shelling out 200B more for the rooms on the upper…
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…
Phayao
This is a sleek and modern hotel with spotless and sizeable rooms that come with decent bathrooms, comfy beds and small balconies. The staff are efficient…
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…
Northern Thailand
This efficient, provincial Thai business-class hotel is rather faded and looks its age, with carpeted corridors, but the rooms are big, if uninspired in…
Mae Hong Son Province
Located near the bridge, about 750m west of Soppong’s minivan stop, this place combines spotless, fan-cooled rooms and modern bungalows in a park-like…
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…
Sukhothai
This cheerful compound has flowering trees, a gingerbread Thai villa, wood bungalows, statues, resort-like A-frames and a restaurant. The rooms are…
Phitsanulok
There are two open-plan dorms at this cosy hostel, as well as one private room, topped by a hammock-strewn rooftop terrace. Run by an English-Thai couple,…
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…
Mae Sot
The Irawadee has gaudy, fun and comfortable modern rooms decked out in a vague Thai Lanna theme, with beds raised off the floor on platforms in the…
Phitsanulok
Located along a quiet stretch of the Mae Nam Nan is this retro-themed boutique place. Rooms feel rather overpriced, but they're all comfortable and come…
