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Ban To Guest House
one of the newest and one of the best
22/6 Chao Fa Rd, Krabi
Krabi Province
Tel: (075) 612 950, (089) 729 3546
Description
This place is just down the alley from the Chao Fah Guest House, but a spring running down the alley makes it mossy and hard to navigate, so it's better to arrive by going around the block. The guesthouse is brand new, bright orange, and the rooms are clean and colourful with good furnishings and very decent balconies. All the rooms have private baths with hot water. Downstairs there's an area for eating and hanging out that gives it a good guesthouse feel. Ban To is set in a peaceful spot, close to the edge of Krabi where things are still green. It may be one of the newest, but it's already one of the best guesthouses in Krabi.
Total rooms: 20
Dbl fan private b'room
250 THB (low season)
300 THB (high season)
Dbl A/C private b'room
500 THB (low season)
500 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 10th September, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 1st February, 2007
Guest feedback
great place - 
By GillianB ( total comments: 4 
) Stayed here 1/2008
Bright, clean, airy rooms of a hotel standard, but with the friendly staff and relaxed common area you'd expect at a good guest house. Great value. The staff did provide information on tours, but we didn't find them pushy. We booked one trip through the guest house, and found it excellent, and the price was lower than we would have paid if we'd gone to a travel agent in town.
A good spot - 
By simonfg ( total comments: 5 ) Stayed here 12/2007
Cute place, spotlessly clean so maybe they've cleaned up their act. Staff are nutty but nice, and very helpful - they will pick you up from the bus if you call ahead. My only criticism would be that the fan rooms don't have nets on the doors so you either sleep with the doors open (not so secure with three rooms on one balcony) or roast. We opted for the former, and strung our mosquito net up to the fan...
Ban To - No rating given
By bicyclefish ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 10/2006
Stayed here three nights. Liked the location, our room was fine, everything worked, but they never cleaned it (we didn't ask for fresh towels, maybe that's what you had to do). We liked the food well enough, the cook was a nice guy. Didn't see or hear about anyone getting sick. They got us transportation to the bus station with our bicycles no problem. Not 'wow' great, but not a bad place to stay, either.
Ignore Martha and Davis, this place is great -
By barrytheblade ( total comments: 8 ) Stayed here 10/2006
I've stayed at Ban To a few times heading to and from the islands and thoroughly enjoyed it. Friendly staff, clean rooms and good location. Regarding the two comments below, I'd suggest they're not authentic. David says he stayed there for 1.5 weeks yet didn't like it and thought the food was bad - why didn't you move David? Martha, leaving $350 in your room is just stupid.
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