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Top Hotels in Thailand
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White House Resort Pattaya
37 reviews -
Fraser Suites Sukhumvit Bangkok
230 reviews -
Imm Fusion Sukhumvit Bangkok
473 reviews
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The Pavilion Rim Kwai Kanchanaburi
19 reviews -
Long Beach Cha-am Hotel
21 reviews
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Furama Silom Bangkok
326 reviews -
Wangcome Chiang Rai
32 reviews
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Andaman Seaview Hotel Karon
239 reviews
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ibis Bangkok Nana
685 reviews
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Evergreen Laurel Hotel Bangkok
47 reviews
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Grand Diamond Suites Hotel Bangkok
816 reviews
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Pailyn Sukhothai Hotel
77 reviews
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Le Meridien Chiang Rai Resort
330 reviews
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Park Plaza Sukhumvit Bangkok
1011 reviews
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Mercure Chiang Mai
283 reviews
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Metropolitan Bangkok
488 reviews
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Ecotel Bangkok
180 reviews
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Convenient Park Bangkok
179 reviews
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Pearl Hotel Phuket Town
18 reviews
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The Park Hotel Chiang Mai
53 reviews
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Cabana Resort Phitsanulok
2 reviews
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Pinnacle Lumpinee Hotel & Spa Bangkok
665 reviews
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Amari Rincome Chiang Mai
193 reviews
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Swissotel Resort Phuket Kamala
14 reviews
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Rembrandt Towers Serviced Apartments Bangkok
45 reviews
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Royal President Bangkok
489 reviews
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VIE Hotel Bangkok
530 reviews
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Royal Princess Larn Luang Bangkok
102 reviews
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Holiday Garden Hotel Chiang Mai
65 reviews
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Ascott Sathorn Bangkok
223 reviews
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Royal Twins Palace Hotel Pattaya
45 reviews
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Rooks Holiday Hotel & Resort Mae Hong Son
14 reviews
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Thai Garden Resort Pattaya
80 reviews
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First House Bangkok
218 reviews
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Hotel Royal Pacific Bangkok
4 reviews
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Sheraton Pattaya Resort
301 reviews
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Ayutthaya Grand Hotel
27 reviews
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Woraburi Ayothaya Convention Resort Ayutthaya
55 reviews
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Pailyn Phitsanulok Hotel
31 reviews
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Le Fenix Sukhumvit Bangkok
357 reviews
Thailand
Travel Blogs from Thailand
New adventures begin
This is a top pick! We arrived in Bangkok around lunch time and took a taxi to Thanon Khao San (Kho San Road) where all the backpackers head. Bangkok is crazy, busy and noisy as hell. We had only planned to spend a few days here and some how ended up staying a week which is ...
Songkran New Year Festival
This is a top pick! ... travellers flock to Chiang Mai for Songkran because it has the reputation for being the most fun place to be in the whole of Thailand during the festival. Perhaps the city moat has nurtured the festivals growth here, after all you need access to a lot of ...
Finally leaving sunny Koh Tao
This is a top pick! So yesterday we left sunny Koh Tao behind, aaaaawwwwwwwww I hear u all say! We finally crammed everything into our backpacks ready to hit the road - well the ferry actually to Chumpon then take the bus back to Bangkok for just 2 nights. It was ...
North Thailand road trip
This is a top pick! ... onwards we pass through Chiang Rai on our way to the border town Mae Sai. Here we find the border between Myanmar and Thailand. When we arrived the people were preparing for a street market so the streets were about to be blocked. We parked the car a bit ...
Leaving for Laos
This is a top pick! ... van (300B) heading for Chiang Khong, which is a border town in the north of the country about five hours away. My thirty day Thailand VISA is just about to expire so I'm hightailing it to Laos, crossing the border in the morning. By all accounts Laos is ...
Phuket and Phi Phi - After the tsunami...
This is a top pick! ... Bond Island re: "The Man with the Golden Gun" - A Long Boat Ride through the the largest remaining Mangrove forest in Thailand) - Ko Panyi home of a traditional Muslim Fishing Village 9. The Best Thai Massage I've had in Thailand 10. Oh and by ...
Back in Bangkok....who would have thought it?
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE Day : 150 Temperature : 32 degrees Weather : Mostly sunny We had planned on walking to the train station in Singapore to save on a taxi fare to the airport, but our plans went pear shaped when, a) we were woken up by our room mates ...
Move to the Coast
This is a top pick! Time to move to the coast and the beach---this time southeast of Bangkok and about 2 hours drive by taxi ($50) lies Pattaya. Pattaya in the 1960's was just a little fishing village, but during the Vietnam War saw the start of it's big beginning. The ...
Goodbye Chiang Mai
This is a top pick! ... to Chiang Mai. Of course I stopped in at Libra Guesthouse again, but this was only going to be a quick visit as my time in Thailand is coming to an end. I've spent most of the last 4 days here just relaxing and reading, getting a few last things done ...
Leaving the Land of Smiles...Smiling
This is a top pick! It's amazing really how once you're actually free to leave a place you're reminded of why you came in the first place. I've enjoyed my stay here in Bangkok and it was certainly a smooth start to the journey. When I haven't been meandering through the ...
Crazy Ladies and Overtaking Elephants!
This is a top pick! ... watched a bit of footy and I went to send some emails. Monday 29th March Today we decided to make our plans for Northern Thailand. We wanted to go and swim in the waterfalls at Doi Inthanon National Park and visit the town of Mae Sariang on the ...
Following the sun
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 181 Temperature : 29 degrees Weather : Wet, wet, wet We've had a lovely few days here in Ko Yao Noi....in between the rain showers that is. Today, we decided to hire a motorbike again and head around the island as the weather was ...
Waxing Gibbous (not quite Full Moon) Party Beach
This is a top pick! As I continue to island hop up the east coast of Thailand I found myself at Had Rin beach on Koh Pha-Ngan today. The transfer up from Koh Samui was painless enough; 10 minute/50B ride to Big Buddha Pier followed by a 1 hour/100B boat journey to Had Rin ...
Beauteous Bay
This is a top pick! ... and gilt decorations. As I write this, Martin sits behind me at the bar sipping a beer. Internet cafes are all over Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnam, these cafes also serve as travel agents where you can book flights, buses and tours. Certainly ...
The world that is Pattaya
This is a top pick! ... evening we went to show, along with the 3 sisters that my mum worked with. The show was called Alangkarn, which was a history of Thailand. We arrived at the place - which is where the previous week Miss Thailand 2006 was staged. As we walked in we were ...
A little bit of luxury goes a long way.
This is a top pick! After signing off on Monday morning I paced up and down the arrivals hall in Bangkok international airport for what seemed three days before the doors finally opened and my mother emerged. The hug I got from her was much better than the one the guru gave ...
Journey to beautiful La....okay, back to Bangkok!
This is a top pick! ... hit up tourists: I had a cheeky little monster on a full-suspension bike ask if he could have my watch. We passed back into Thailand across the Mekong River, and into the town of Nong Khai. It was only a few hour stop, waiting for our night train ...
Half Moon Festival
This is a top pick! The day of the half moon party! I snag my complimentary breakfast and head to town on Limey to meet up with Nicky, Emma and James and find ourselves signed up for the Reggae Boat Tour with 10 strangers, each more unsuspecting of what was to come ...
Move over Jamie Oliver and other stuff...
This is a top pick! On the 16th we decided to flex our culinary skills and delve into the world of Thai cooking. Sut, our speech inflection challenged host, firstly took us shopping around the local market for loads of weird and wonderful stuff to use based upon the ...
Storms, Scooters and Scams
This is a top pick! ... a sticker on us of a smiley face,which they'd given us in exchange for taking our ticket. This may seem weird but is common in Thailand and we've never had a problem with it before, there's always been someone there in the bus area when we've needed to ...
Heading Home via 5 Star
This is a top pick! Arrived at 8pm at the hotel and got quite a culture shock.. not sure if we actually like staying 5 star... but give me a day and Im sure Ill adjust haha.... Anyway.. hotel is lovely and things worked out exactly as planned. We spent the two days ...
Delay in paradise...
This is a top pick! So remember when I wrote about "Thai time" well we were told today to show up at 2 pm at the Barracuda Bar on the beach to check-in for our 4pm ferry back to Langkawi. Why do you need two hours for check-in? Its only a 5 minute wait at the fold out card ...
Bangkok
This is a top pick! ... steel bridge has been repaired and is still functioning today. Then it was off to visit Hellfire Pass, a section of the Thailand - Burmese railway that was built by allied prisoners and conscripted workers. As many as 15,000 prisoners died because of the ...
Chiang Mai (Rob)
This is a top pick! The story of Chiang Mai is simple: Kim was sickly I hired a bicycle, went Wat crazy and lashed in style...this included: Reliving student days by partaking of lunch in Chiang Mai University's Students' Union Meeting up ...
From Enemas to Anenomes via Nemo
This is a top pick! ... turned thirty decided to take a SCUBA diver instructors course and on qualifying moved to Phi Phi off the west coast of Thailand where he stayed for two years working as an instructor, before meeting his girlfriend, Saffy, also a diver and accomplished ...
Elephant Nature Park
This is a top pick! ... enough drinks when we're home we might demonstrate the genious of it to you! Day 3 Day 3 and the rain started! Rain, in Thailand….it’s not the rainy season! But rain it did. Constantly. Our job for the morning was cutting corn so ...
To Trek is Dreck Though Elephantine is Divine
This is a top pick! ... really riding one in earnest. Yesteday I did just that and this time it was through a stream and up and down hills in northern Thailand. My van arrived to pick me up for the hour long drive to the elephant camp as planned at 8:15 in the morning. We'd ...
I could get used to this...
This is a top pick! ... well maybe I could live here for a few years! I wake up to sunrise coming up over the distant horizon and realize that it would be easy for my family to come visit. I look to the right and see no one. We´re the only ones who ...
The Enema Within
This is a top pick! ... Koh Samui and we were well and truly ready to head for the quieter, less developed island of Ko Lanta off the west coast of Thailand for three weeks of relaxation (as if we haven't had enough). If you've read this far I'm afraid your lunchbreak's over, ...
Peace, Love and Serenity.....
This is a top pick! To say that I have found Paradise would be hard to really understand unless you have seen what Maureen and I see every morning when we wake up on this Island. Our Trip out here from Langkawi was easy, just an 1 hour 45min speed ferry trip ,and a transfer ...