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Galare Guest House is a mid-range choice which is very popular with the NGO set and is in a lovely setting on the Ping River, within easy walking distance of the Chiang Mai Night Bazaar. Rooms are clean and well kept and the management here are particularly friendly. There is a pleasant garden area with a restaurant overlooking the river, along with a lawn garden area towards the centre of the guesthouse. Often full in high season, a reservation is a good idea. Popular with families and shoppers. The in-house travel agent is expensive -- it's a good idea to shop around.
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7 Charoenprathet Rd. T: (053) 818 887 F: (053) 279 088
Email them at: galare_gh@hotmail.com
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Added to Travelfish on: 25th November, 2003
Last visited or updated on: 23rd September, 2007
Recommended - 11th October, 2004
Paid only 450B/single, ground floor, air-con, fridge, but they have only a few of these singles. Good location, pleasant yard on river bank. Loud music some nights from Cottage bar across river. Nice enough to let my guest have one of the few parking spots. Happy to do travel agent work for you at reception desk. Internet, but a better net cafe on the corner.
Galare Guest House reviewed by KevinCorr on 11th October, 2004, rated
Stayed here 2/2004
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 39.
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Nice, But no AC in the shower! - 24th March, 2008
As pointed out by so many, this is a good guest house in a good location on the bank of the river Ping and within walking distance to the night bazaar. Rooms are cosy and homely with TV and air con. But, in the room we stayed in the air con did not cool down the bathroom and it got quite humid and in April that can make things a bit uncomfortable!!
Overall a good choice in a good spot!
Galare Guest House reviewed by Jon_Mak_Mak on 24th March, 2008, rated
Stayed here 4/2005
Total reviews submitted: 3.
Jon_Mak_Mak also reviewed: City Lodge, River Kwai Hotel.
Nice guesthouse - 13th September, 2007
The room was large, comfortable, and clean. The staff was very nice and helpful. They chatted up things they offered, such as Muay Thai tickets which we got, but were never pushy.
Galare Guest House reviewed by tareha on 13th September, 2007, rated
Stayed here 8/2007
Total reviews submitted: 5.
tareha also reviewed: Ao Leuk Bungalows, Bow Thong Resort, Paradise Palms, Rambuttri House.
nice but book your own tours - 23rd June, 2007
Galare was very comfortable and clean. The grounds were attractive and the staff were very chatty and friendly. The restaurant served tasty meals. One complaint is - do not let them charm you into booking treks without checking with the companies yourself. We ended up paying 1200 baht intstead of the 800 baht the rest of our group paid for our trek because we booked through Galare not the company.
Galare Guest House reviewed by vbarbic on 23rd June, 2007, rated
Stayed here 5/2007
Total reviews submitted: 4.
vbarbic also reviewed: Buddy Lodge, Paradise Pearl Bungalow, Phnom Penh Hotel.
beware !! - 7th February, 2007
stayed at Galare end of january 2007 and my wallet I left for an hour or so anattended in my room was stolen. Passport, creditcard, ATM card, airline ticket and about US$ 1100,- (stupid me !) all gone ! The wallet was found next day under a tree in a soi clese to the guesthouse without any money in it. Manager said they had a similar case two month ago. so if you want to stay there (it is a nice place, a bit on the expensive side) be very, very careful with your belongings
Galare Guest House reviewed by kiteplayer on 7th February, 2007, rated
Stayed here 1/2007
Total reviews submitted: 3.
kiteplayer also reviewed: Ao Kao Resort, Mae Nam Kong Grand View Hotel.
Very pleasant - 20th December, 2006
Nice setting, large, well-equipped rooms, helpful staff and convenient for the Night Bazaar. Slightly on the expensive side.
Galare Guest House reviewed by joecarter on 20th December, 2006, rated
Stayed here 11/2006
Total reviews submitted: 3.
joecarter also reviewed: Buddy Lodge, Coral Bay Resort.
Great place! - 21st October, 2006
Very nice and confortable for a reasonable price, I stayed in a nice double room with AC, fan, fridge, shower, etc. It was very confortable & clean. The restaurant is worth to try, I was delighted with the ''rice with pineapple'', the best I tried! They arrange for you all kind of tours around, very nice people!
Galare Guest House reviewed by nihaomahenhao on 21st October, 2006, rated
Stayed here 9/2006
Total reviews submitted: 2.
nihaomahenhao also reviewed: Paradise Pearl Bungalow.
Lovely! - 29th December, 2005
I stayed in two different rooms at the Galare. The first was a twin room with air-con, private bath, fridge, TV & phone. The second was a single with all of the above amenities except the TV. The twin room was 950B and the single was 450B. The guesthouse itself is very charming and both rooms were extremely clean. The staff is wonderful and very helpful. They were able to recommend a cooking school for me that was just terrific. If there's one drawback, it's the internet ... the access is great, but it's a little pricey. There's a much cheaper cafe around the corner. I recommend the Galare without hesitation and would stay there again myself in a heartbeat.
Galare Guest House reviewed by wargoddess on 29th December, 2005, rated
Stayed here 12/2005
Total reviews submitted: 3.
wargoddess also reviewed: Phi Phi Hotel, Sugar Cane Guest House 2.
Nice Access to Night Bazaar - 27th January, 2005
I don't remember what we paid, but the staff were friendly and the rooms decent. The only issue was the music at night ... we couldn't ever figure out where it was coming from. The location is ideal for walking to the night bazaar -- which is lots of fun. Galare was also great to hold our stuff while we travelled to other areas of northern Thailand.
Galare Guest House reviewed by rubygates on 27th January, 2005, rated
Stayed here 12/
Total reviews submitted: 4.
rubygates also reviewed: Fern Resort, Palm Island Hotel and Resort, Shambara Boutique Hostel.
Recommended - 21st August, 2004
The prices quoted above are what we paid for a double with an extra bed! 780 + 250 THB. Pleasant room with everything working and clean. Fridge, air-con, fan, shower with hot and cold water. Very attractive restaurant where we ate good breakfasts served by pleasant staff. We were on the ground floor and got the impression that first floor rooms might be larger. They also had little bays with chairs to sit on. We'd go for those rooms if we stayed again. Good location for the centre of Chiang Mai without being crowded and noisy. River setting very attractive.
Galare Guest House reviewed by stevejw on 21st August, 2004, rated
Stayed here 8/2004
Total reviews submitted: 3.
stevejw also reviewed: New Siam II Guest House, Villa Ban Lao.
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