Grand Mandarin Betong Hotel

Each room at Grand Mandarin Betong Hotel measures 35 m², and the beds include singles, queen and king beds. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and air conditioning is one of the features many of the rooms include. Rooms are arranged for two or three guests, and several have a telephone and a wake-up service.

Some rooms have a city view and others a mountain view. Bathtubs and showers are fitted in several rooms, while blackout curtains, a flat-screen TV and a mini bar are found in some rooms. Carpeting, a desk, a sofa and a refrigerator are also in some rooms.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool and an indoor swimming pool, with a garden and lounge chairs and umbrellas around the pool area. Massage treatments are offered on site, and there is a shared lounge and TV area.

For the evening, there is a bar, a nightclub, a karaoke room and on-site entertainment. Restaurants, room service, buffet breakfast and continental breakfast are available, and the hotel also offers a shuttle service, luggage storage, laundry, dry cleaning and ironing.

Free parking is on site, and free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms. Meeting and banquet facilities and a business centre with Xerox and fax are also available, and the languages spoken include English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Thai.

Betong is a small town in Yala province, in the far south of Thailand close to the Malaysian border. The hotel stands on Pakdeedumrong Road, near the town's clock tower, which is 100 m away. The town is small enough to explore on foot, and its position at the edge of the country gives the area a character of its own, shaped by the nearby border.

Several of the nearby sights are a short walk away, including a street art spot and the Betong District Municipality Fresh Market, which is 350 m from the hotel. Wat Phutthathiwat is also nearby. Further out, OK Batong is 2.7 km away, and the Historical Siam's Southernmost sign, at 5.5 km, is a reminder of how far south the country reaches.

A simple day could start with the clock tower and the street art, continue to the fresh market for local produce, and end with a trip out to OK Batong or the southernmost sign.