Betong Merlin Hotel

The rooms at Betong Merlin Hotel can have air conditioning, a desk, a closet and a private bathroom with toiletries and towels, and some also have a minibar or a refrigerator. Rooms come with a queen bed or with single beds, depending on the layout you choose.

The standard double and twin rooms measure 30 m² and overlook the city. Other options sleep up to three guests, some of them with a city view.

The hotel has restaurants, a 24-hour front desk, a massage service and a nightclub on site. Daily housekeeping, laundry service and meeting and banquet facilities are offered, and the hotel has an elevator and is wheelchair accessible.

Staff speak English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Thai. Internet access is available, and free parking is available for guests who come by car. The rooms can have satellite and cable channels, a telephone, a minibar and free bottled water.

Rooms can also have a desk, a closet, linens, towels and a dining table, and a wake-up service is available to guests. The restaurants, the massage service and the nightclub are all on site at the hotel.

Betong is a small town in Yala province in the far south of Thailand, close to the Malaysian border. The hotel is on Chayachaowalit Road in the town itself, a base for exploring the border area of southern Thailand. The Malaysian town of Kroh is close by across the border.

The town's clock tower is 150 m away, and a street art spot is close by. The clock tower is the nearest of these landmarks to the hotel, and the market is next. The Betong District Municipality fresh market is 300 m from the hotel, where local produce and everyday goods are sold, and the Buddhist temple Wat Phutthathiwat is 800 m away.

A day in Betong could begin at the fresh market, continue to the temple and end at the clock tower. Both the market and the temple are less than a kilometre from the hotel, and the OK Batong attraction, 2.7 km away, is the one for a longer trip out of town.