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We give details of better airconditioned accommodation choices below; for ratings, click "stay" above. You can call to reserve at listed numbers, but except for Sichang View and Tiew Pai you'll need to speak Thai or do it by e-mail through Pan & David. Allow at least 48 hours for a response to your e-mail: since we don't ask for any money from you or the operators, we aren't always on the ball... so you should definitely confirm room rates before you move in.

Reservations aren't necessary except on long weekends and major holidays (New Year, Chinese New Year, Songkran), but if you want a shot at the best rooms, don't leave it till Saturday afternoon. You should plan on paying cash for your room at check-in. There is an ATM on the island, but the only place you can use a credit card is Pan & David, where we take Visa and Mastercard. Immigration authorities on the island are generally pretty relaxed, but it's still a good idea to have at least a photocopy of your passport on hand. Prices are going up for year-end! Telephone to check!

TV Double Bed
Guests at rate listed
Hot
Water
Single
Bed
Fridge Bathtub
Rim Talay Resort Sichang View Resort House of Dreams Sichang Palace Hotel Tiew Pai Park Resort Sichang Shine Khao Resort
Samphao Ngoen converted  barge
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View over bow of converted barge
 
Interior, Samphao Ngoen
 
Saengprateep exterior
 
Saengprateep bedroom
 
Room 19 interior
 

About 250 meters north of the entrance to Rama V Palace (number 7 on the map page), Rim Talay surrounds Pan & David Restaurant on three sides. There is good bed linen available if you ask in advance. Rooms 15 - 22 in the new "Tuk Mai" building are comfortable and clean, with very firm mattresses. The converted barges have lots of charm, but show their years here and there. They have pretty soft mattresses. Tel. (Thai only) 038 216 116.

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Room Double beds Single beds Television Room
Size
Level Sea View Balcony Rate
Samphao Ngoen Barge, Room 7 1 1 Y - Y 14" L 7 Ground Good 2
B1500
Samphao Thong Barge, Room 8 1 1 Y - Y 14" L 7 Ground Good 2
B1500
Saengprateep Barge, Room 9 1 - Y - Y 14" L 3 Ground Good 2
B900
Room 15 - 18 1 - Y - Y 14" M 2 Ground - -
B800
Room 19 - 22 1 - Y - Y 14" M 2 1st Storey Slight Shared
B800
Room 1 - 6 1 - - - Y 14" s 2 Ground - -
B600
•The barges do not have beds for all the allowable occuants. Limited folding bedding to spread on floor is available; it can also be used for up to
2 additional guests in other rooms, at B100 per person surcharge.
Rim Talay Resort Sichang View Resort House of Dreams Sichang Palace Hotel Tiew Pai Park Resort Sichang Shine Khao Resort
View from garden Inside Room 204
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On the west coast of the island, a ten-minute samlor ride from the Rama V palace anchorage and five minutes from the town center (location 2 on the map page), Sichang View offers well-maintained, spacious and comfortable rooms in a beautifully kept garden. Immediately adjoining is the Khao Khaad clifftop park with spectacular sunset vistas of the sea and many good corners for a late-night beer. Sichang View's restaurant produces first-class Chinese and Thai food. Breakfast here is for guests only, by advance order. Tel. 038 216 210.

Room Double beds Single beds Television Room
Size
Level Sea View Balcony Rate
VIP1, VIP2 1 - Y - Y 19" M 2 Ground - Y B1410
204, 203 1 - Y - Y 19" M 2 1st Storey Slight Y B1210
103, 104 1 - Y - - 19" M 2 Ground - - B1010
201, 202 1 - - - - 19" M 2 1st Storey Slight Y B910
101, 102 1 - - - - 19" M 2 Ground - - B910
• Folding bedding to spread on floor is available for up to 2 additional guests per room, at B100 per person.

 

Rim Talay Resort Sichang View Resort House of Dreams Sichang Palace Hotel Tiew Pai Park Resort Sichang Shine Khao Resort
House of Dreams from the entrance
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Inside the spacious north bedroom
 
Tub, shower and plenty of space in the north bath
 
Shaded deck upstairs overlooks Ko Khaam Yai and the mainland
 
South bedroom
 
South bathroom
 

Hidden away on a wooded hillside lane 200 meters before Pan & David Restaurant (letter A on the map page), our friends Tik and Hartley at House of Dreams offer visitors two air-conditioned rooms in their own brand-new house--one large, one very large, both opening on a spacious porch with a wonderful view of the harbor and distant mainland. Internet access on Tik's laptop is available in the afternoon and evening via GPRS. Tel. 084 348 8317 .

Room Double beds Single beds Television Room
Size
Level Sea View Balcony Rate
North bedroom 1 1
Y Y - 21" XL 2 1st Storey Y L B1200
South
bedroom
1 1 Y - - 21" L 2 1st Storey Y L B1000
Rim Talay Resort Sichang View Resort House of Dreams Sichang Palace Hotel Tiew Pai Park Resort Sichang Shine Khao Resort
Sichang Palace Hotel
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Bedroom at Sichang Palace Hotel
 
Sichang Palace bathroom
 

Right in the center of town (number 5 on the map page), this is the only hostelry with a swimming pool, airconditioned coffeeshop, and billiards hall. Sea view rooms have a good to great view of the lively harbor and Ko Khaam Yai. They are not large, but well appointed and generally very well maintained. All rooms have TV, fridge, hot water and bathtub; rates shown are for double occupancy without breakfast. Telephone 038 216 277 - 8, Thai only.

Room Double beds Single beds Television
Satellite
Room
Size
Level Sea View Balcony Rate
204, 206 1 - Y Y Y 14" S   1st Storey Y Y B1050
203, 205, 207 - 2 Y Y Y 14" S   1st Storey Y Y B1050
201, 209, 211, 212, 213, 215, 217, 219, 222 1 - Y Y Y 14" S   1st Storey - - B850
202, 555, 210, 214, 216, 218, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 - 2 Y Y Y 14" S   1st Storey - - B850
302, 304, 306, 777, 888 1 - Y Y Y 14" S   2nd Storey Y Y B1050
303, 305 - 2 Y Y Y 14" S   2nd Storey Y Y B1050
301, 307, 308, 317, 318, 320, 322, 666, 999 1 - Y Y Y 14" S   2nd Storey - - B850
309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 315, 315, 316, 319, 321, 323, 324, 325 - 2 Y Y Y 14" S   2nd Storey - - B850

 

Rim Talay Resort Sichang View Resort House of Dreams Sichang Palace Hotel Tiew Pai Park Resort Sichang Shine Khao Resort
A cottage at Tiew Pai Park
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Cottage interior, Tiew Pai Park
 

Ko Sichang's first tourist establishment was the Tiew Pai Guesthouse, where we spent many a pleasant weekend in the early 1980's. The bungalows in a wooded park are newer, and offer a good bargain, plus seclusion surprisingly accessible to the center of town. Number 6 on the map page. Telephone 038 216 084 or 081 947 0573 in English or Thai. Rooms with numbers ending in A or B are half a duplex bungalow; the others are detached cottages.

Room Double beds Single beds Television Room
Size
Level Sea View Balcony Rate
B25, B30A, B30B 1 1 - - Y 14" L   ground floor - porch B850
B21A 1 1 - - Y 21"
cable
L   ground floor - porch B850
B21B 1 1 - - Y 14"
cable
L   ground floor - porch B850
B25 1 1 Y - Y 14" L   ground floor - porch B850
B26 1 - y - Y 21" L   ground floor - porch B850
B22 1 - - - Y 14" L   ground floor - porch B650
V9 1 2 - - Y 2 x 14" L   ground floor - porch B1300

 

Rim Talay Resort Sichang View Resort House of Dreams Sichang Palace Hotel Tiew Pai Park Resort Sichang Shine Khao Resort
Room 407, Sichang Shine Khao
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Bathroom 407  Bathroom 407 
tel 038 216 216-7 (Thai only)

In a quiet inland corner away from all the hustle and bustle, the Sichang Shine Khao Resort is the newest operation in our list, and has the biggest rooms of any establishment on the island. Number 4 on the map page.

Room Double beds Single beds Television Room
Size
Level Sea View Balcony Rate
407 1 1 Y Y Y 21" L   3rd Storey distant - B1600
401 - 406 1 1 Y Y Y 21" L   3rd Storey partial - B1500
301 - 307 1 1 Y Y Y 21" L   2nd Storey - - B1200
201 - 207 1 1 Y - Y 21" L   1st Storey - - B900
102 - 106 1 1 - - Y 21" L   Ground Floor - - B800

 


   
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