The One Hotel Surat

The rooms at The One Hotel Surat include superior and deluxe rooms, twin rooms with two single beds, and family rooms with a king bed or a mix of single and double beds. Several rooms look out over the city, and several bathrooms come with toiletries and towels. The Grand Deluxe Room offers 53 m2 of floor space for up to three guests, and the Superior Room sleeps up to five.

Air conditioning, satellite or cable channels, a telephone and on-demand movies are available in some of the rooms, and free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms. Some rooms have a separate shower and bathtub, and one has a street view. The Family Room with a single bed and a queen bed sleeps up to four guests and has a flat-screen TV.

The hotel has a spa and sauna, a garden and a karaoke facility. The business facilities include meetings, seminars, a projector or LED display and a Xerox or fax service in the business centre, and indoor space for special events.

Guests can use laundry service, dry cleaning and ironing service, and luggage storage. Tours can be arranged, a taxi service and car hire are offered, and there is an airport transfer and a shuttle service.

Parking is available on site, and free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms. Wi-Fi is also offered in the public areas, and there is a shrine on the premises. Air conditioning is fitted in the public areas as well as in some rooms.

The hotel is on Tha Thong Road in Surat Thani, the provincial town on the Tapee River in southern Thailand. The area mixes temples, markets and shopping malls, and it is an easy base for travellers who want to explore the town itself. Shops, markets and temples are all within the town, so most outings start from the hotel.

Within 1.3 km of the hotel are the Surat Thani City Pillar Shrine and the Tapee River Viewpoint, which is 1.2 km away. Wat Phothawas, a temple, is 2.1 km away, and the Surat Thani Night Market, with food stalls and local goods, is 2.3 km away. Central Plaza Surat Thani, a shopping centre, is 4.7 km away. Surat Thani is also the usual gateway to the islands of Ko Samui, Ko Phangan and Ko Tao, which are reached by ferry.

A good day could start with the shrine and the temples, then move to the river viewpoint and the shops at Central Plaza, and end at the night market. For a trip to the islands, the ferry piers are the starting point. For trips further afield, the hotel offers car hire and a taxi service, and tours can be arranged. Between outings, the hotel's garden and spa give a quieter place to rest.