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Region: Northern Thailand> Province: Mae Hong Son> Location: Pai
Baan Tawan Guesthouse
A beautiful old teak house and charming bungalows
117 Moo 4, Pai
Mae Hong Son Province
Tel: (053) 698 116, (053) 698 117
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Description
A great garden area, lined with dark teak wood bungalows and a big old teak house, leads down to a quiet riverside sala and lounging area. Accommodation is simple but charming, with a wide choice of bungalow styles and sizes, all with bathrooms with hot showers. Larger bungalows have balconies, the best and largest looking out onto the river, instead of across the garden. The smallest bungalows have private bathrooms underneath sleeping rooms on high stilts. These have mattresses on the floor and are not large but are an interesting shape and design. Bare wooden rooms with shared bathrooms in an old house are for those wanting the atmosphere but not the slightly higher price tag. Shared bathrooms are large, plain but attractive and clean, with hot shower and western toilet. Overall, Baan Tawan is very aesthetically pleasing, but there have been complaints about the upkeep. The staff here are extremely proactive in terms of organising tours and treks, particularly their off-road motorbike tours. If you're the type of person who likes to get out and about, this place is full of ideas, though you may feel pressured to sign up with so many things on offer.
Total rooms: 20
Dbl fan share b'room
200 THB (low season)
300 THB (high season)
in the teak house
Deluxe bungalow
600 THB (low season)
800 THB (high season)
On the river
Bungalow fan private b'room
300 THB (low season)
400 THB (high season)
Upto 500B
Added to Travelfish on: 15th April, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 26th December, 2007
Guest feedback
It's Awesome - 
By beingmyword ( total comments: 1 
) Stayed here 12/2007
The lady owner was so helpful. She did everything she could to make my stay pleasant. The room were clean and comfortable. The location is right on the river and the view is wonderful.
Fantastic -
By macror ( total comments: 3 ) Stayed here 8/2007
we stayed here for 5 nights in one of the riverside bungalows. At 500 baht it was a bargain - spacious inside, dble bed and 2 singles, large clean bathroom and a fantastic balcony with 2 recliners overlooking the river. The owner is very helpfull and will try to accomodate all your needs from booking treks to onward travel and motorbike rental. The food from the kitchen was excellent and ridiculously cheap, highly reccomended!
Loud and dirty - 
By transki ( total comments: 13 ) Stayed here 1/2007
Terrible experience here. A family of 16 stayed next door and water heater was beyond useless. Mosquitos were also a big problem and the garden was more smelly and moldy than pretty. Sorry, but not enjoyable at all!
price magically doubled overnight - 
By nomadettes ( total comments: 1 ) Stayed here 3/2007
This guesthouse could be a lot better place to stay if they didn't double the agreed upon room cost at the end of our stay. The owner of the guesthouse stated clearly that the room cost was 200 baht when showing me the room (I double and triple checked the price before agreeing to stay here). I asked to pay for the night in advance, but the owner refused. Upon checking out the price of the room had magically doubled. (I broke my own cardinal rule of insisting on paying upfront!) Also, there were big holes in the windows and screens letting in more mozzies than air and the blankets were pretty scuzzy (though the shower was ok). Can't recommend this place (though I wish I could as the garden area is really lovely). I ended up feeling a little scammed, and very unwelcome at this place.
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