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This friendly little guesthouse is located in a lush garden on the edge of Mae Yen village, a 10 to 15 minutes' walk from the bridge, so it's not too far and not a bad option if town is full and the riverbank too crowded. Thirteen chalets are a mixture of teak and concrete, and all are individually decorated. They come with en suite hot water shower, fan and soft mattresses that they are very proud of. They are all unfortunately individually priced as well, depending upon size, additional features, location, time of year and so on. It's all so bewilderingly complicated that we're merely going to say that they go from 250B for a basic chalet during low season to 1,300B for the best chalet during high season. Service is friendly as you'd expect from such a small guesthouse and there's a pretty good restaurant specialising in vegetarian dishes.

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28/1 Mae Yen, Pai. T: (053) 699 730, (081) 301 3443
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Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Bungalow fan private b'room	250 THB	1,300 THB	A wide variety of options within this range

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Added to Travelfish on: 10th April, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 13th August, 2009

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Nice place - 24th April, 2008
We stayed in the second most expensive room and paid 550B. Nice rustic room with fan and step down bathroom. Restaurant food was served in small portions and disappointing though. Owner tried to get us to stay longer but Pai has little to offer. We enjoyed our stay mainly because of the great cave and the nice rustic bungalows but I wouldn't return to Pai.

The Sun Hut reviewed by travelrock on 24th April, 2008, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 4/2007
Total reviews submitted: 22.
travelrock also reviewed: Boonsiri Guest House, Chai Chet Bungalows, Coral Bay Resort and Spa, K.B. Resort, K.B. Resort, Kinnaree House, Koh Wai Paradise, Lanta Ilmare Beach Resort, Long Bay Resort, Mangkhon Guesthouse, New Siam II Guest House, O.T's High Life Resort, Phimai Hotel, Phimai Inn, SP Hotel, Tharn Thong Hotel, Thong Tarin Hotel, Tipa Resort, Tubtim resort, Vong Deuan Resort.

Beautiful!
Didn't put enough stars on last comment!

The Sun Hut reviewed by jeanbrad ( total comments: 2 )
Stayed here 2/2006

Beautiful!
Fantastic! Thoroughly recommended, food fabulous, surroundings perfect.

The Sun Hut reviewed by jeanbrad ( total comments: 2 )
Stayed here 2/2006

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