Located an easy three-hour drive from Bangkok, the resorts of Cha-Am and Hua Hin are just 25 km. apart and present a choice of beach option. Characterised by the broad sweep of a casuarina-fringed shore, Cha-Am is the smaller of the two but it is nearly all beach. Facing the sea is a wide choice of hotel accommodation, ranging from deluxe resorts, with full recreational and entertainment amenities, to inexpensive but comfortable bungalows.

Lager and more luxuriously developed, Hua Hin is similarly renowned for a magnificent beach which, separated at one end from a still active fishing village by a rocky headland, curves gently for some 3 km. to its southernmost point where Buddhist temples cling to the cliffs. Beyond lies another, more secluded beach, Hat Khao Tao.

Hua Hin is further distinguished as Thailand’s oldest beach resort, coming into vogue in the 1920s as the retreat for the elite of Bangkok society, a status that was enhanced when King Rama VII chose the site for a summer palace, which he named Klai Kangwon, meaning “Far From Worries” . A fine hotel and Thailand’s first 18-hold golf course, both still in existence, further established Hua Hin’s reputation.

In spite of moving with the times to offer all modern amenities, Cha-am and Hua Hin have retained their own enduring Thai identity, thus offering an appealing sense of peace. Ideal for families, the main attraction of both resorts is a peaceful time lazing on the beach soaking up the tropical sunshine.

However, there is also plenty to do away from the beach, like golfing at a number of course, shopping at Hua Hin’s renowned Night Bazaar, sightseeing in the nearby historic town of Phetchaburi, and exploring Khao Sam Roi Yot (“Mountain of 300 Peaks”) National Park. All have their own unique attraction.

Recommended attractive programme
hua hin - cha am – pranburi
“timeless & trendy”
2 days 1 night
Day 1
08.00  - Leave Bangkok for Hua Hin by car
10.00  - Arrive Phetchaburi
          - Visit Phra Nakhon Khiri summer palace of King Rama 4
11.00  - Leave Phetchaburi for Hua Hin
12.00  - Lunch at a restaurant beside Cha-am beach
13.00  - Visit Mrigadayavan – seaside summer palace of King Rama 6
               / Take a round of Golf
               / Take a cooking course
19.00  - Seafood dinner
          - Visit Hua Hin night market
          - Spend a night at a hotel in Hua Hin/ Cha-am or Pranburi

Day 2
07.00  - Breakfast at the hotel
08.00  - Set off for Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, traveling along the coast road through Mooban Phu Noi
          - Visit Tham Phraya NaKhon cave (Unseen in Thailand) and sample the splendour of the symbolic Phra Thi Nang Khuha
             Kharuhat pavilion
12.00  - Enjoy Lunch at Pak Nam Pran
14.00  - Enjoy Shopping at the Outlets
15.00  - Return to Bangkok

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