Pueanjai Resort and Restaurant

The rooms at Pueanjai Resort and Restaurant measure from 18 m² to 34 m², and the choice runs from standard twin and double rooms to a Pool Villa, a One-Bedroom Bungalow and a Suite Jacuzzi. Several rooms look onto the pool, one onto the garden and one onto a partial lake view. Rooms can have air conditioning, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom, depending on the type.

The Standard Twin and the Standard Double rooms sleep two guests, the Suite Jacuzzi sleeps up to four, and the Pool Villa and the One-Bedroom Bungalow sleep up to three. The Pool Villa, the One-Bedroom Bungalow and the Deluxe Double Air Conditioning room all have a pool view, and the VIP Jacuzzi and the Suite Jacuzzi do as well. Free WiFi is available in all rooms.

The leisure side of Pueanjai Resort and Restaurant starts with an outdoor swimming pool and an indoor one, plus a children's swimming pool. The spa and sauna, massage treatments and a solarium sit alongside a karaoke facility, a shared lounge with a TV area and a garden.

For meals, the resort has a restaurant with Asian and buffet breakfast options, and a coffee shop and room service are also available. Food delivery is offered too.

For getting around there is an airport transfer, a shuttle service and bicycle rental, and the concierge desk and express check-in and check-out add to the service. Free parking is on site, valet parking is also available, and the front desk is open 24 hours.

Pueanjai Resort and Restaurant is in Muang Chumphon, the Muang district of Chumphon province in southern Thailand, where daily life runs around the markets, the temples and the old railway. The streets around the resort are lined with local shops and eateries, and the area suits a stay in a working Thai town, with the everyday rhythm of the place close at hand.

Chumphon train station is 1.3 km away, and several old locomotives are on display in the town, among them Locomotive No.235. The San Chao Mae Nia Keng temple is 1.6 km away, the Chumphon Night Market 1.7 km, and the King Rama V Monument 2 km, all within a short ride. The airport is about a 45-minute drive from the resort, and an airport transfer is offered.

A good way to spend a day is to start with the locomotives and the town's temples, then head to the Chumphon National Museum, about 4 km from the resort, and finish at the night market once the food stalls open in the evening. Chumphon is a provincial town rather than a resort destination, so the pleasures here are the everyday ones: a market supper, a temple visit and a walk past the old railway.