#ChiangMai Staycation - Baan Canna Country Resort

Hello there, Happy Labour Day! It seems like I take forever to finish my travel posts (talking about efficiency of sorting of thousands of photos and editing!), I guess this would be my second last post before I wrap up my Chiang Mai & Chiang Rai trip posts! 

Our style of travel is always like this - budget hotels on the first few days and tour around as many tourist attractions as we could and then indulge ourselves on a fine resort/ hotel on the last day.

Check out our budget 1st & 2nd day stay!:

(1st day) Chiang Mai hotel - http://emmz-s.blogspot.my/2015/10/chiangmai-arrival.html

(2nd day) Chiang Rai resort - http://emmz-s.blogspot.my/2016/02/amarin-resort-chiang-rai-more-than-just.html

For our 3rd day stay in Chiang Mai, we picked this resort called Baan Canna Country Resort.

We booked the room via Agoda at RM 274.74 (tax included) for our stay on Oct, 2015. This is a very decent resort with reasonable price, the only down side is its location, it's located in a distant area from the city. We basically needed to take about half and hour to drive to the city.

This is how the entrance looks like, I'm amazed by the unique design!

It feels different entering the resort like this!

Reception with antique wood furniture!

Our resort room!

Fell in love at first sight for this room!!! 💕💕

We were not only impressed by the coziness of the room, we were satisfied with the service too! The air-conditioner was turned on before we check in! 

#roomgoal

The wooden wardrobe with bathrobes, room slippers, safety box, and...

hair dryer!

This is the corner I love the most! 

A mini sofa with a lovely coffee table, love the perfect lightning which is suitable for doing some work when travelling!  

and a small TV set for some entertainment too.

I wish I could wake up to room like this every morning! ♥♥

Moving to their spacious bathroom!

Shower area

There's a glass window in the shower area.

Felt very insecure at first when I showered in a ''see-through'' space, but it's covered by fences and plants. Tons of inspirational ideas flowing in when I took a shower in a space like this by staring out the window at those beautiful greenery.

Then the toilet bowl.

Only 1 little thing I couldn't comprehend, why the coffee set has to be right next to the toilet? #weird

My #bathroomgoal! 💕

How it looks like from the inside of our resort room.

Our stay was very pleasant, there are ONLY 6 rooms in Baan Canna Country Resort, which makes this place very tranquil and peaceful. A perfect get away staycation from the hustle and bustle from the city! Waking up to the insects orchestra in the morning is the best feeling ever! 

The pool.

The swimming pool was rather small sized compare to the usual hotels/ resorts, but good thing is the pool will not get crowded. :)

Our complimentary breakfast!

A little space for the guests to chill outside the room.

Wished I could stay a few more days to deeply immerse myself into the beauty of nature!

Pros:

1. Spacious room (54 s.q.m)

2. Clean, comfortable bed and cozy

3. Free wifi

4. Very quiet, relaxing, and peaceful atmosphere

5. You get to experience a stay closer to mother nature as the resort rooms are surrounded by greenery

6. Good customer service although the are only a few staffs on standby

7. Cheaper price for a more luxury stay

Cons:

1. Location is in a rural area, very inconvenient for travellers who're not driving (at least half an hour drive to the city)

2. Breakfast choice is limited

3. Swimming pool is a smaller and not as luxury

Address:

133/8 Moo 6, Tambol Mae Raem, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50180

Map:

Amarin Resort Chiang Rai - More Than Just A Budget Hotel

Since our stay in Chiang Rai is very short, we picked our hotel stay with a lower budget. After days of research and reading reviews in agoda web (the only website I love reading hotel review!), I finally chose this hotel - Amarin Resort.

In my opinion, I think Amarin Resort is between a regular hotel and resort, not exactly a hotel, not exactly a resort.

Its location is considered a little isolated, and hard to search with GPS. It looked like residence houses from the outside. 

Ample of parking space!

Where we parked our rented car

Love the tranquility of how the rooms are surrounded by trees

The reception counter

The hotel lobby

I love the concept of Amarin Resort! Their cottage-style room give some extra privacy with the small distance between houses. Not as crowded as in the hotels and we get more space for ourselves. 

Xiang opening the door. 

Tons of pics of his because he wasn't willing to be a photographer of mine! :P Well see the bench outside each rooms, very thoughtful. Perfect to chill in the morning/ evening but sadly we didn't have the time with our less than 24-hour schedule.

The Room:

Very cozy and spacious

The reason why I picked this is the cleanliness and big space of the room. Many of the reviews from agoda mentioned the room is clean, cozy and quiet. In fact, most of the reviews are "there are only tress and rooms", but that is more than enough for me. 

Cozy bed

The comfort level is way beyond my expectation for the price we've paid! I'm more than satisfied. :)

The snack area

Immediately bought snacks and cup noodles from convenient store because we try not to spend extra for food in the hotel room. Thailand snacks and instant noodles are irresistible!

Two complimentary drinking water

Tea & Coffee

The room is very spacious (32 s.q.m.) ! 

Bathroom is simple. No bath tub, floor is a little slippery after shower in the shower area and the toilet bowl is too low. Not too suitable for elderly. 

The only weird thing is the wardrobe, it's in the bathroom! Things provided are bath robe, a small safety box, 

and room slipper.

Our stay comes with the complimentary breakfast.

 

Those are all the foods provided

Fruits

Tea & Coffee

Toast

Very basic breakfast with limited choice

Pros:

1. Cheap

- we booked via Asia Travel at the price of RM 122.11 with complimentary breakfast, tax inclusive (MYR currency wasn't good during Oct/Nov 2015). 

2. Spacious

3. Clean, comfortable bed and quiet

4. Free wifi
- internet speed wasn't stable


Cons:
1. Location isn't great for those travellers who're not driving

2. Breakfast choice is very limited

3. No swimming pool and facilities like gym etc.

Address:

179/1 Moo 20, Koktoong Road, T. Robwieng, A.Muang, City Center, Chiang Rai, Thailand 57000

 Map: