Benjaphorn Grandview Hotel

The rooms at Benjaphorn Grandview Hotel have air conditioning, a TV, a telephone and a refrigerator, and free Wi-Fi is available in them. Some look out over the city and others over the lagoon. Several rooms have a hair dryer, slippers, free bottled water and a shower, and the lagoon-view rooms look out over the water.

The Exclusive Room measures 39 m² and has a king bed and a lagoon view. Rooms measuring 27 m² have a semi double, king or double bed, depending on the room, and guests can also use the garden and the shared lounge with its large flat-screen TV.

The hotel has a restaurant, a coffee shop and room service, and breakfast is served à la carte, in the Asian style, as a buffet, continental or vegetarian. The hotel also has a garden, a shared lounge with a large flat-screen TV and a karaoke room.

Other services include car hire, a taxi service, a concierge, luggage storage, a laundry service and daily housekeeping, along with a lift and facilities for disabled guests. Meeting facilities are also available, including a projector and LED display for seminars, and parking on site is free. Guests who need a business centre can also use the xerox and fax service, and the hotel has a doctor or nurse on call and a 24-hour security presence.

Benjaphorn Grandview Hotel is in Mueang Songkhla, the district of Songkhla, a provincial town on the Gulf coast of southern Thailand. The town sits between the Gulf of Thailand and Songkhla Lake, a large lagoon, and the hotel's lagoon views face that water. It is a quiet provincial centre, with Thai, Chinese and Muslim traditions visible in its temples, mosques and markets.

Songkhla Old Town, about 5 km away, is the historic part of the town, with old shophouses and buildings, and the Songkhla National Museum and the Nakhon Nai Museum are also nearby. The Songkhla Zoo, 2.7 km away, and the Songkhla Fish Market, 3.9 km away, are other local sights, and Hat Yai International Airport is 31.7 km from the hotel. Taxis and car hire are available through the hotel, and parking on site is free for guests who arrive by car.

A good day can start in the old town, around the clock tower and the national museum, then continue to the fish market and finish at the night market. The zoo and the hill of Khao Samrong make a different kind of outing, with animals on one side of town and a view over the surroundings from the hill.