Thailand Guide
The central plains
Accommodation
1 Ayutthaya Guest House 12/34 Thanon Naresuan 
035 232658 Large, modern, friendly establishment, with all manner of useful services including Internet access, bike and motorbike rental, and minibuses and tours to Kanchanaburi. Accommodation is in clean, wooden-floored rooms with hot showers available, either shared or en suite, fan-cooled or air-con. Price: B350
2 Baan Lotus Guest House Thanon Pamaphrao 035 251988 Large, tranquil traditional house with polished teak floorboards and balconies, at the end of a long garden with a lotus pond at the back; rooms are clean, simple and en suite. Price: B400
3 Baan Suan Guest House 23/1 Thanon Chakrapat 035 242394 
www.baansuanguesthouse.com Quiet, homely, balconied house with bright, clean and simple rooms, some with air-con, sharing cold-water bathrooms. In the garden, sturdy wooden bungalows with hot showers, some with air-con. Good rates for singles. Price: B250
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Bann Kun Pra Thanon U Thong, just north of Pridi Damrong Bridge 035 241978 www.bannkunpra.com Airy, attractive rooms spread across two buildings: a rambling, hundred-year-old riverside teak house with a large, comfy chillout terrace, where some rooms have river-view balconies; and a newer, noisier, block near the road, where all rooms have en-suite cold-water bathrooms and some have air-con; all have access to smart, shared, hot showers. The dorm has mattresses on the teak floor and individual lockable tin trunks. Internet access, bike rental, river tours and a warm welcome. Price: B250
5 Chantana House 12/22 Thanon Naresuan 035 323200 
chantanahouse@yahoo.com At the quieter end of the travellers' soi, this low-key guest house offers large, spotlessly clean, en-suite fan and air-con rooms, though not all have outward facing windows. Friendly, but not much English spoken. Price: B350
6 Krung Sri River 27/2 Moo 11, Thanon Rojana 035 244333–7 www.krungsririver.com Ayutthaya's best hotel occupies nine stories in a prime if noisy position beside the Pridi Damrong Bridge, with some standard and all suite rooms enjoying river views. Furnishings fall some way short of contemporary chic but there's air-con and TVs throughout, an attractive third-floor pool and a car park. Standard rooms are good value. Price: B1500