Thailand Guide
Southern Thailand: the Gulf coast
Accommodation
1 Fame 188/20-21 Thanon Sala Daeng 
077 51077 www.chumphon-kohtao.com Above the restaurant and tour agency of the same name, this place has good sized and very clean rooms with mattresses on the floor and fans; some have attached bathrooms. Price: B250
2 Chumphon Guest House (aka Kae House) Soi 1, Thanon Komluang Chumphon 077 502900 Sociable place with 24hr check-in, hosted by the effervescent Kae, on a quiet, residential soi with a pleasant outdoor bar-restaurant. Motorcycle rental, boat tickets, internet and informal cooking classes and day-trips around Chumphon. Accommodation ranges from small rooms out front with mattresses on the floor to en-suites with beds in the main wooden house. Price: B250
3 Paradorn Inn 180/12 Thanon Paradorm, east off Thanon Sala Daeng 077 511598 
www.chumphon-paradorn.com . The best value of the town's mid-range hotels, though not particularly welcoming, a shining, white block where all rooms have air-con, hot water and TV. There's a restaurant too. Price: B250
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Suda Guest House Thanon Sala Daeng Soi 3 (aka Soi Bangkok Bank), 30m off Thanon Tha Tapao 077 504366 or 085 571 2229 Chumphon's most genuine and welcoming home-stay, offering just four clean and well-maintained fan and air-con rooms with shared bathroom in the owner‘s own modern house. Plenty of info available, B20 showers for passers-through, motorbikes for rent, jungle treks, boat tickets and day-trips. Phone for free transport from train or bus station. Price: B200