Mid December I spent three nights at this hotel, I had chosen the standard room (double superior studio). I was attracted by this hotel by the beauty of its exterior aspect like the view on the Mae Kok river (we arrived by boat from Thaton directly at the pier of the hotel). When I discovered my bedroom, I was a bit disappointed because there was a slight smell of humidity and I didn't like the floor which seems dirty... It was a kind of a block cement. The furniture is basic but the terrace is very nice with a table and a wooden bench. As toiletries, you receive insect repellent (+ mosquito net in the bedroom), a soap, shower gel, shampoo, body lotion (only in this hotel during my all trip in Thailand), a sewing kit In the North of Thailand, it is "cold" ....I mean ... If you have your breakfast at 7:30 am, you have only 16 degrees at this time of the year (22-25° in the morning in the South of Thailand) and you need to eat in an open space. When we get up, the temperature is 18 degrees in our bedroom and the water of the swimming pool is 23 degrees with 21 chairs and 8 sunbeds with 2 tables in front of the river. At their restaurants, they prepare a lot of Italian food but also Thai food (a bit too spicy for me). If you want to use internet, you need to buy a card of 50 baths for 30 minutes, 100 baths for 70 minutes (that was the only hotel of this category which they asked me to pay for Internet). The night bazaar is 20 minutes walk (2 km) but you can take the shuttle bus of the hotel: you need to pay 50 baths/person/way. They rent bikes at the price of 50 baths/hour or 150 baths for 4 hours. Unfortunately, I had many problems to book my bedroom ... I sent three e-mails between 29th October and 8th November before getting a reply!!! You have a buffet for your breakfast (pineapple, orange juice, carrot or cucumber juice, pancake, waffle, eggs, yoghurt, six jams, bread and pastries, three creels, fresh fruit : passion fruit, pineapple, watermelon, cheese, muesli, fried flat rice noodle or fried rice with pork, chicken or beef with vegetable, pea nuts, cashew nuts, raisin. They welcome large group of people who come with a bus. I will recommend this hotel.
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20 February 2012
Dear Guest,
Many thanks for staying with us and for commenting on our Resort. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay with us so much and reading your rather detailed observation will certainly be helpful to many other travelers.
Your descriptions of the usual climate in the north during December and January is very correct. During the day the temperature is raising up to about 30C and in the night it falls down to about 15C. Since the Resort is situated directly on the wide open river bank, there is always a light breeze which is during the hotter temperature very welcome, however due to the humidity, it feels quite chilly during the “winter nights”. We therefore add windows (kind of windshields) as well as little fire oven pots under the tables in our Open-Air Restaurant which usually makes it quite pleasant.
Since we are Operating the Resort year around and the occupancy drops down to 30% during the low season, we are depending on some travel groups which usually range from 10-20 persons. It is quite understandable that such Tour Operators who support us with guests year around do have groups in the high season as well. However they are usually only at the Resort in the late Afternoon and leave in the early morning. Therefore the resort is quite during the day and Individual guest can benefit from the resorts great grounds very much.
I will post a copy of it on the staff’s board since such compliments are a great motivator for our collaborators. I hope that we shall be able to welcome you and maybe your family and friends one day to the Legend Chiang Rai as well and are looking forward to such favorable occasion.
With kind Regards and Thanks again,
Marc Dumur and Team
General Manager
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