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Find a hotel in Cha-Am
Here is a list of the best hotels in Cha-Am, so you can choose the more appropriate place for your stay. Whether you are looking for a 5 star hotel or for a budget guesthouse, whether you need a hotel in the center of Cha-Am or farther away, we can help you find it. If you have any questions, please ask in our forum or contact us directly by email.
Even if we provide some links to online booking for some of the hotels below, this website is still a non commercial personal page, which tries to provide accurate and objective information. Our goal is to help you make the right choice. Remember, we live in Cha-Am, so feel free to ask us for any information!
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Hotels on North Cha-Am beach
North Cha-Am beach goes from Narathip Road up to the fishing pier, for about 2 km. It is the most popular part of Cha-Am for Westerners, especially Scandinavian people. There are many hotels, restaurants and bars.
Bann Pantai Hotel and Resort
Bann Pantai (sometimes also spelled Baan Pantai) is at the very beginning of North Cha-Am beach, just after soi 1. It's a very nice hotel, a bit expensive by Cha-Am standards but still affordable. There is a large round-shaped swimming pool. The location is perfect, as it is precisely between north Cha-Am beach and south Cha-Am beach. So you can enjoy both the restaurants and activities of Cha-Am north, and the peace and beauty of Cha-Am south.
Rooms with view on the swimming pool |
The swimming pool |
A villa |
The hotel entrance |
The front garden, close to the beach |
The garden viewed from the beachfront |
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The Cha-Am Methavalai Hotel
The Methavalai is just after soi 9 when coming from the Narathip Road junction. It has a very nice swimming pool, and it is a very pleasant hotel overall. They also have villas for rent, but we would recommend a superior room instead (better to be in a room and have a view on the villas, rather than be in a villa and have a view on the rooms!). Let's also mention a very nice restaurant, and a second swimming pool running at the back of the hotel. The location is very convenient, close to the beach and close to many shops, bars and restaurants. The hotel has its own beach chairs, so you don't have to rent them.
The balconies ornated with bougainvillaea |
The large swimming pool |
The villas |
The hotel's white parasols on the beach |
The villas at night |
The swimming pool at the back |
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Long Beach Hotel
The Long Beach hotel is located just before soi 10. Look for the soi where there is a restaurant called Tony's, then go to the end of the soi. It means that the hotel is a bit set back from the beachfront, with its entrance closer to Chaolay road, the second road running parallel to the beachfront. But is is a short walk and through a lively soi (as lively as it gets in Cha-Am, so don't worry about the noise), where there are bars and restaurants. Inside, the hotel can appear a bit old, probably because it is. The swimming pool is nice but not large. There is a terrace on the top floor with a nice view over the coast of Cha-Am and over the mountains.
The entrance on Chaolay road |
The hotel |
The small soi leading to the beach |
The swimming pool |
The terrace on the 11th floor |
View on the mountains from the terrace |
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Golden Beach Hotel
The Golden Beach hotel is located before soi 8, between Max restaurant and Baan Thai restaurant. It is a bit set back from the beachfront, you have to take a small soi (pedestrian area) to reach the hotel. The Golden Beach has a nice and large swimming pool, and the rooms are nice too. People usually say that is good value for money, and it is absolutely true. The only drawback is that it is not directly on the beachfront, and the soi which leads to the hotel is not very lively. But, like in the case of the Long Beach hotel, it is a very short walk.
The Golden Beach |
Its swimming pool |
The impressive hall inside |
The entrance between two restaurants |
The soi leading to the hotel |
View of the soi |
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Kaenchan Beach Hotel
The Kaenchan hotel is a middle size hotel (6 floors) located on the beachfront, between soi 5 and 8 (look for its yellow sign). It is a nice hotel with a nice restaurant, and the rooms are very clean. Make sure you book a room inside the hotel, rather than a bungalow. Bungalows are cheaper, but they are also older and they lack charm. The swimming pool on the 6th floor is not big, but it is quiet and you can enjoy a nice view of the beach.
The Kaenchan Beach hotel |
The swimming pool looking out over the sea |
View from the 6th floor |
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Cha-Am Villa Beach Hotel
This unpretentious hotel is on the beachfront near soi Cha-Am North 4. There are different types of bungalows, prices are in the 800 to 1,000 baht range (including breakfast). There is a swimming pool, not very large and not very charming either, but it's a nice touch considering the price.
Right building |
Left building |
The swimming pool |
The entrance |
The entrance (reception area) |
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Hotels on South Cha-Am beach
South Cha-Am beach goes from Narathip Road down to the end of Ruamchit Road, for about 3 km. This part of the beachfront is very popular among Thai people.
Grand Pacific Sovereign Resort & Spa
The Grand Pacific Sovereign is a luxury hotel on south Cha-Am beach. It's brand new and very beautiful, with no less than 3 swimming pools, Japanese, Chinese and Italian restaurants, and a spa where you can get all sorts of cares and massages. The only drawback, maybe, is the location. The beach itself is rather nice, but around the hotel there is not much. No restaurants, no shops... But of course you can rent a bicycle or a motorbike to get around, or you can just enjoy the hotel and the wonderful swimming pools!
The entrance on the beach road |
View of the hotel and the main swimming pool |
The beach in front of the hotel |
The main swimming pool |
The second swimming pool, overviewing the hotel |
The third swimming pool with a nice "overflowing" effect |
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Ban Lan Suan Resort
Ban Lan Suan (or Bann Lann Suan) is a nice hotel on South Cha-Am beach, after the junction with Narathip road and before soi 1. There is no swimming pool and no breakfast included, but it's cheap (price is around 1,000 baht) and the garden is charming. The rooms, or rather bungalows, are very clean and the service is excellent. It's a brand new hotel, owned by the same people who own the Ban Pantai hotel a few hundred meters north. For 300 baht per day you can also use the large swimming pool of the Pantai.
The rooms |
The garden and private balconies |
The hotel as seen from the beach road |
Hotels outside Cha-Am, in the South
Many hotels are located at the south of Cha-Am town, in the direction of Hua Hin. The beach is very quiet there, but some would say it lacks animation. If you simply like to enjoy a nice hotel and a quiet beach, it's a perfect location. Cha-Am and Hua Hin can easily be reached by taxi or if you rent a motorbike. Unlike hotels in Cha-Am town, all hotels we describe below have direct access to the beach.
Veranda Resort & Spa
A beautiful hotel not too far from Cha-Am (6 km from the center of the town and 3 km from the end of south beach). The decoration was carefully and tastefully done, the result being a relaxing and inspiring place.
The welcoming sign. |
The rooms overlooking a large pond |
The lobby |
The swimming pool |
The "showers" in the pool |
The access to the beach |
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Springfield Beach Resort
In the same area as Veranda Resort & Spa, that is 6 km from the center of Cha-Am and 3 km from the end of south Cha-Am beach. From what we read in the reviews, people seem to appreciate the fact that you can also enjoy the swimming pool from Springfield Village Golf & Spa for free (a shuttle can take you there).
The high rise hotel |
The swimming pool |
The beach |
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Regent Chalet
The Regent Chalet is about 1 km south of the Veranda and Springfield area. Guests are accommodated in small wooden cottages, and they enjoy a large and quiet swimming pool. It's a peaceful and pleasant place.
The swimming pool |
The chalets |
Wooden bungalows in a quiet setting |
Holiday Inn (Regent Beach Cha-Am)
Formerly known as the Regent Beach, and now a Holiday Inn, this hotel is very popular and usually gets positive travel reviews. Like all hotels between Cha-Am and Hua Hin, the surroundings lack animation, but the hotel is nice enough to keep you busy (busy relaxing, that is). It is located close to the Regent Chalet, so that's about 7 km from Cha-Am main intersection.
The main building |
The swimming pool |
Outdoor restaurant overlooking the beach |
Hotels outside Cha-Am, in the North
A few other hotels are located north of Cha-Am, in the direction of Puek Tian and Hat Chao Samran. To go in this direction, go to Narathip road and turn (left when coming from Phetkasem road, or right when coming from the beach) at the Family Mart. Follow the road until you pass the hospital and the bascule bridge, then take the third road on your right just after the bridge (make sure you follow the direction of Puek Tian, Hat Chao Samran, Alila hotel, etc.).
Alila Cha-Am
Alila often makes the front page of the home and design magazines, due to its spectacular and original architecture. It is indeed impressive as soon as you climb the marble steps to the large lobby. You then discover the big pond separating the two wings of the hotels and reaching to the swimming pool and the beach. There is another swimming pool literally inside the pond, and there two restaurants, one at the ground level and another one upstairs.
The marbled entrance |
The pond dividing the hotel |
The upstairs restaurant |
The swimming pool close to the beach |
The private beach in front of the hotel |
The second swimming pool |
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Bungalows and guesthouses
If you are on a budget or if you simply don't want to spend too much on lodging, you will easily find some cheap accomodation in Cha-Am. There are many guesthouses, and there are also bungalows, which we call "Thai bungalows" because they are more for the Thai tourists.
Thai bungalows
Typically, Thai tourists arrive from Bangkok in a pick-up or mini-van, and rent a bungalow for the whole family or the group of friends they are travelling with. If you choose a Thai bungalow, don't expect the staff to speak English! Usually there won't be any sign in English at the entrance anyway. ;-)
Simple bungalows on South Cha-Am beach |
A more comfortable bungalow in soi North 1 |
A sign in Thai indicates bungalows for rent |
Guesthouses
Guesthouses can be found everywhere, but a good starting point if you are looking for a budget guesthouse could be the end of Narathip road, on the beachfront. You can either turn left and look for a guesthouse between soi Cha-Am North 1 and 5, for instance. Or turn right and explore soi "Cha-Am Plaza" (the soi just before soi 1), and the soi 1 itself, or the other sois. Guesthouses on the beachfront are not always cheaper than hotels, but the closer you are to Chaolay road (the farther from the beach), the cheaper the price should be.
Scandy Resort |
Cha-inn |
Dee Lek |
