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Thailand Travel - Regions of Thailand - Central
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Recommended hotels in Central Thailand
River Kwai Resotel Kanchanaburi 
River Kwai Resotel is mountain resort located in Kanchanaburi, on the banks of the Kwai Noi River. It features air-conditioned chalets with private bathrooms, an outdoor pool and a restaurant.
Surrounded by tropical forests and mountains, River Kwai Resotel offers rooms with a balcony, satellite TV and refrigerator. Free tea/coffee making facilities and bottled water is provided.
Guests can enjoy a relaxing Thai herbal massage or buy a gift from the Resotel Crafts Village. Tours and sightseeing can be arranged by the resort. Laundry services and free parking is available.
Traditional Thai and international cuisine are served at the jungle-styled restaurant. A bar offers beverages including cocktails and beers.
River Kwai Resotel is accessible by a 15-minute boat ride from Resotel Pier in Kanchanaburi city.
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Chalelarn Hotel Hua Hin 
Chalelarn Hotel Hua Hin is located in the city centre and offers rooms with satellite TV and private bathrooms. It has a rooftop pool, restaurant, free Wi-Fi and parking.
Each air-conditioned room comes with a balcony and refrigerator. A telephone and safe is provided. Rooms on the higher floor provide views of the sea.
Guests can relax at the hotel’s jacuzzi. An on-site restaurant serves Thai and Western cuisines.
Chalelarn Hotel Hua Hin is within walking distance of the town’s famous night market.
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Geographically, the Central Region extends from rugged western mountains bordering Burma to the northeast plateau to the east; extends northwards to Nakhon Sawan where the Ping, Wang, Nan and Yom rivers unite to form the Chao Phraya River (River of Kings) which flows southwards to dissect Bangkok before entering the Gulf of Thailand; and southwards to Prachuap Khiri Khan where Thailand compressed to its narrowest point, some 60 kilometers wide between western mountains and the Thai Gulf.
The Central Region is extremely rich in historical sites. These include Nakhon Pathom, Kanchanaburi, Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Lop Buri and, most important of all, Bangkok, Thailand's capital and major point-of-entry.
Bangkok - The City of Angels 
Thai people call their capital "Krung Thep" which means the city of angels. It was founded about 300 years ago to replace the old capital city, Thonburi. Most interesting tourist places in Bangkok are grand and splendid temples and palaces, canals and rivers. Furthermore, Bangkok is also a shopping center of all kinds of goods. The city was founded in 1782 by the first monarch of the present Chakri Dynasty. Today it’s the country's spiritual, commercial and educational hub, home to approximately ten million people or more than 10% of the Thai population.
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Nakhon Pathom, 30 minutes further west (60 kilometres from Bangkok) hosts the world's tallest Buddhist monument, the 380-foot high Phra Pathom Chedi, which marks the spot where Buddhism was introduced, some 2,300 years ago, to the Thailand-to-be.
Damnoensaduak, 40 minutes south of Nakhon Pathom, is Thailand's most vibrant floating market where farmers congregate on canals each morning in produce-laden boats.
Ayutthaya Ayutthaya, a former capital of Thailand from 1350 to 1767, is an interesting historic spot visited by a large number of tourists on a one-day trip from Bangkok. Unlike other tourist centres, Ayutthaya's main attraction is not its beautiful scenery, but its calm atmosphere with the remains resulting from the destruction by the invading Burmese army in 1767. The ruins offer the visitors a glimpse of old Ayutthaya, with once was a prosperous and majestic capital with over 400 magnificent Buddhist monasteries.
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LopBuri - Best known for its sunflower fields and cheeky monkeys, this ancient capital is also rich in architecture. One of Thailand's oldest towns and the second capital of Siam during the Ayutthaya period, LopBuri is a dignified city. Rebuilt in the 17th century by King Narai the Great with the help of French architects, its old palaces and temples make it a must see for anyone interested in history, although today the province is probably better known for its fields of sunflowers and for its monkeys.
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Kanchanaburi
Just little over 150km west of Bangkok, "Muang Kan" is the ideal travel escape from the fast-paced life in the big city!
Surrounded by hills and mountains all the way to the Burmese border, Kanchanaburi is blessed with spectacular scenery. With stunning waterfalls, national parks and some of the friendliest people anywhere in Thailand, visitors generally spend more time here than originally planned!
Kanchanaburi is also world famous among war historians. From the neighboring town of Ban Pong (in Ratchaburi Province), the famous "Death Railway" was constructed all the way into Burma via "Three Pagoda Pass". With the help of Sir Alec Guinness & Co, the most celebrated icon of the railway, the "Bridge On The River Kwai" has pride of place in the heart of Kanchanaburi, remembering the tens of thousands of POW's who suffered during construction!
Hotels Kanchanaburi
Hua Hin/Cha-Am
For those who want to relax in peaceful surroundings, play some wonderful rounds of golf and soak up the tropical sun, Hua Hin, with its numerous water sports activities, 8 world class golf courses (and 4 others nearby) and great seafood dining options, is the ideal place to be.
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Pranburi
Around 30 kilometers south of Hua Hin is Pranburi, the
Thailand's new coastal hip hotel hotspot encapsulates serenity and
tranquility. Set well away from anything that could be described as over
developed, the beaches are lovely and quiet and the water is blue, a
delightful destination for the beautiful boutique resorts of
Praseban,
Evason
Hideaway and
Aleenta to be located. The town of Pranburi is small and charming with a
scattering of houses, a local school and the Na Huam temple making up the
majority of the local infrastructure. If you get restless, visit the Sam Roi
national park, explore the Tham Praya Nakon cave or clime the Khao Kaloke
hill. And if that’s not enough, slightly more upbeat Hua Hin isn’t too far
away to go for the day or at nighttime.
Hotels Pranburi
Sam Roi Yod National Park
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park At just under 100 square km, Khao Sam Roi Yot, or Mountain of Three Hundred Peaks, is one of Thailand's smaller parks, but it still boasts a wide range of scenery and some great activities. Located 63km south of Hua Hin, the park boasts a stunning mountainous backdrop soaring to 600m high, as well as numerous caves, beaches and limestone cliffs. Unfortunately the coastline has ruined by the indiscriminate building of prawn farms, resulting in continued conflict between conservation groups and local industry. Remember that as you tuck into a plate of prawns back in Hua Hin. As far as wildlife goes, the park is best known for its population of Serow, a kind of goat-antelope, which can be seen during the evening a short distance from the park headquarters. Other wildlife supposedly include the langur, macaque, mongoose, squirrel and civet, as well as over 300 species of birds.
Hotels Sam Roi Yod
Bangsaphan
Bangsaphan is the pier for boats going to Koh Talu, a lovely island known for its hole in the wall rock formations and excellent for snorkeling, scuba diving and water sports.
Hotels Bangsaphan