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Bow Chiang Mai House

Quite a nice guesthouse

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Despite the odd name, Bow Chiang Mai is quite a nice guesthouse come hotel with a decent lobby and efficient staff. A small fifth floor rooftop balcony has a good view across Chiang Mai to the mountains when the air quality allows. Rooms are decently sized, clean with a choice of fan or air-con, and a TV with English-language channels, and private balconies. A small sign in rooms announces that sheets and towels are changed every three days. Downstairs is a slightly dark common seating area where daily papers and internet access are offered.

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15 Soi 9 Moon Muang Road. T: (053) 211 707 F: (053) 418 890  
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What we were quoted*

Type of room Low season High season Notes
Dbl fan private b'room 300 THB 300 THB
Dbl air-con private b'room 400 THB 400 THB

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Added to Travelfish on: 10th April, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 24th September, 2007

Bow Chiang Mai House reviews

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The best on Soi 9 - 6th December, 2007
This place is so clean it looks like it just opened even though they've been open for 3 years. They close up the front in the evenings which is a major plus for safety minded folks. The common area is celan and quiet. If you want to hang out with other unshaven backpackers go across the street to SK or Lana and then come back to your nice clean affordable room. Staff are also very friendly and helpful.

Bow Chiang Mai House reviewed by brendonscholtz on 6th December, 2007, rated 5 out of 5.
Stayed here 11/2007
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 12.
brendonscholtz also reviewed: Baan Lotus, Krung Kasem Srikrung Hotel, Orchid Guesthouse, Rambuttri Village, Sawasdee Guesthouse, Shin Sane Guest House and Bungalows, SK House, suk 11, The Atlanta, Vayakorn Guesthouse, Villa Senesouk.

Great place! - 13th December, 2009
Awesome, clean room for only 400 B. The building is really quiet and fairly central. Absolutely no complaints, staff were really friendly, no pressure for going on tours and it wasn't a cockroach infested dive like some places nearby.

Bow Chiang Mai House reviewed by backpacker123 on 13th December, 2009, rated 5 out of 5.
Stayed here 10/2009
Total reviews submitted: 8.
backpacker123 also reviewed: Auberge Mont-Royal d'Angkor, Babel Guesthouse, P.U. Guesthouse, Pon's Guesthouse and Restaurant, Ruan Thai Guesthouse, SK House, TR Guesthouse.

Great place. Nice, quiet and clean! - 5th February, 2007
Bow House is a nice GH, although it is more of an Hotel than anything else. The rooms are big, they come with spotless bathrooms, cable TV, a small balcony and some nice decorations. The prices have changed, the rooms now costing 400 and 500 for AC. The AC in itself being kind of useless, since it's not at all as warm up in the northern parts of Thailand as in the South. The warm showers are super!

Bow Chiang Mai House reviewed by galvmaster on 5th February, 2007, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 1/2007
Total reviews submitted: 8.
galvmaster also reviewed: BAP Guesthouse, Four Sons Inn, Four Sons Inn, Hadthong Hotel, Mountain View Resort, Rambuttri Village.

Great Place, Clean, Honest, Friendly - 2nd August, 2006
We stayed there for 4 nights in July '06. The place is great - really clean (exceptionally clean in fact), friendly staff. Definitely recommend. A/C is good and new, which is not what I heard about other places in Chiang Mai. No pressure to buy any tours or anything like that, so you can explore Chiang Mai at your leisure.

Bow Chiang Mai House reviewed by willsmiff on 2nd August, 2006, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 7/2006
Total reviews submitted: 4.
willsmiff also reviewed: Ao Toh Ko Bungalows, Papillon Resort, Sand Sea Resort.


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