Our top 10 places to stay in and around Chumphon
Chumphon’s most luxurious digs
The A-Te does a fine job of filling Chumphon’s midrange price bracket with cushy rooms, polite staff and a large swimming pool.
Accessed by a lift, rooms stretch for some distance behind reception in the four-storey concrete building backed by the pool, a bar and fitness centre. Rooms are spacious, bright and sleek, with hardwood touches, long desks, sloping wood chairs, floor-to-ceiling windows and soft linens on soft beds. Spacious and modern bathrooms have showers partitioned behind glass with a couple of different showerheads.
All rooms come with air-con, LCD TV, WiFi, fridge, safe and coffee/tea facilities, while the higher-end rooms have bathtubs and large pool-view balconies or direct pool access through sliding glass doors. Both the uniformed receptionist and bellhop were very polite to us. The value is pretty standard for the quality -- perhaps a smidge pricey for a town like Chumphon.
A-Te is located about a kilometre south of the train station and an easy walk west of the Municipal Market. A coffee shop fronts the large car park, and Prikhorm Restaurant is located next door. In the centre of town, the Morakot Hotel is larger and older with standard Thai business-style rooms starting at 900 baht. If you have a vehicle, Tanisa Resort and Chalicha Resort are a couple of quiet options with comfortable rooms for around 1,000 baht on the outskirts of town.
Address: 36 Thataphao Rd, Chumphon
T: (077) 503 222; (088) 758 0358; F: (077) 503 618
Web: https://www.facebook.com/atechumphonhotel/
Coordinates (for GPS): 99º10'27.79" E, 10º29'47.17" N
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Room rates: 1,500B to 4,000B
What we were quoted as a walk-in.
| Standard double room | 1,700 baht | 1,700 baht |
| Superior double room | 2,500 baht | 2,500 baht |
Reviewed by
David Luekens
David Luekens first came to Thailand in 2005 when Thai friends from his former home of Burlington, Vermont led him on a life-changing trip. Based in Thailand since 2011, he spends much of his time eating in Bangkok street markets and island hopping the Andaman Sea.
Our top 10 places to stay in and around Chumphon
