Map of Hua Hin, Thailand

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Legend
Accommodation 2: Pattana Guest House 4: All Nations 13: 21 Guest House 14: Memory Guest House 17: Fulay Guest House 18: Sand Inn 19: K Place 20: Mod Guest House 21: Bird Guest House 25: Fresh Inn 26: Hilton Hua Hin 28: Thipurai City Hotel 30: Som Waan Guest House 32: City Beach Hotel 33: Boon Boosarin Guest House 34: Sirin Hotel 35: Central Village 40: Baanjedpeenong Hotel 43: Sofitel Central (Railway Hotel) 45: Hua Hin Marriott Hotel 47: Beach House 48: Leng Guest House 49: A&B Guest House 51: Leng Guest House 52: Thipurai Guest House 53: Sunny Clown 54: Sunshine Guest House 55: Thipurai Guest House 56: Jinnah Guest House	Eat and Meet 3: Cafe Indochine 5: Night market 7: Breakfast spot 10: Chaolay Seafood 11: Chomkluen Seafood 12: Hua Hin Fish Market Restaurant 15: Ship Inn 16: Ketsarin Restaurant 22: Seaside Restaurant 24: World News Cafe 39: Admiral's Pub 41: Burger King	Attractions and Activities 9: Wat Hua Hin 23: Pagoda 29: Sawasdee Massage 50: Pool
Transport 6: Bus to Bangkok 27: Bus Office 57: Train Station	Vital Information 31: Police Station 36: Tourist Police 37: Siam Commercial Bank 38: Post Office 44: San Paulo Hospital	Other 1: Main fishing pier 8: School 42: Public toilets 46: School

Travelfish on Hua Hin

Hua Hin has developed at quite a pace in recent times. Once the preserve of well-to-do Thais and select few foreigners, recent years have seen a major boom in building, both resorts, apartments and houses. The skyline now has a multitude of high rise condominiums, hotels and resorts. However, Hua Hin is one of the oldest, if not the actual oldest, beach resort in Thailand. Still, just because Hua Hin is "Thailand's oldest beach resort" doesn't mean it's Thailand's best -- it's not. It is still popular with Bangkokians and Thailand's royal family, it has been a resort since the beginning of the twentieth century, today the town is popular with foreign retirees, tour groups and Bangkokians escaping the heat and dust of the Thai capital some 200km north of here.

Hua Hin first appeared on the tourist map in the 1920's with the opening of the Thai-Malaysia train line -- the line runs very close to the coastline here, with Hua Hin train station only a couple of hundred metres from the water's edge, and it isdefinitely one of Thailand's finest. The location's beach -- at that time a largely undeveloped stretch of almost white sand -- made for a perfect rest-stop during the long journey south, and once the Railway Hotel (now the Sofitel Central Hua Hin) was constructed, there was a perfect place to stay as well. ... read more about Hua Hin on Travelfish