SUhotel Suratthani

Rooms at SUhotel Suratthani have air conditioning, and the choice runs from a king bed for two guests to a pair of single beds for two or a room for up to three. Some rooms have a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and towels, and some have a flat-screen TV.

Rooms can have a hair dryer, satellite channels, a telephone and toiletries, and housekeeping is daily.

Free parking is available, and the hotel offers an airport transfer and a shuttle service. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day, and non-smoking rooms are available. Wi-Fi also covers the public areas, so guests can get online in the lounge as well as in their rooms.

Guests can use luggage storage, laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services, plus daily housekeeping. Car hire and ticket services are available, and the hotel has meeting and banquet facilities as well as a business centre with xerox and fax. Private check-in and check-out are offered.

Food delivery is available, and the shared lounge/TV area and game room give guests places to relax and play.

SUhotel Suratthani sits in the Makhamtai area of Surat Thani, a provincial town on the Tapee River in southern Thailand. The streets around it carry the everyday life of a working town, with local shops, markets and temples nearby, and it is a town for seeing the place itself rather than a resort strip. Many travellers pass through Surat Thani on the way to the islands, so a night before or after a ferry is an easy plan.

The Surat Thani City Pillar Shrine is 2.3 km from the hotel, and Wat Phothawas is another temple within the same few kilometres. Koh Lamphu Public Park, a town park, is also in reach, and the Surat Thani Night Market, which fills the streets with food stalls in the evening, is about 3.2 km away. The town's temples and riverside walks make a good first afternoon, and the market is the place to eat once the sun goes down.

For a longer day out, Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya Worawihan in Chaiya, 32.3 km away, is a historic temple worth the trip. Surat Thani Airport at 21.9 km is the main air gateway, and the hotel offers an airport transfer to reach it. Surat Thani Railway Station, 12.9 km away, is the choice for travellers continuing by train.