We selected this place to 'get away' and that's what we did. Unless you want to pay, you're not getting back to town soon (although the hotel did pick us up and take us back to the railway station for free). It is beautiful as it's set in a botanical garden. The room we were in was a bit old and tired, but had a good bed and once we adjusted to the totally Thai decor, learned to enjoy it. The balcony overlooked some maintenance shed and waterfowl housing so it wasn't too beautiful to gaze on, but I found myself watching the ducks! The pool was almost private as there were few guests and right outside our door. Breakfast was good and varied. If we need to 'escape' again, we'll head here!! Oh, the evening restaurant we thought was very untasty, a surprise in Thailand. We learned to take our lives into our hands and run across the highway to a local shack that served delicious food for 1/3 the price. There were mosquitos so I would suggest taking spray or something. The desk tried to help by giving us some creme in an individual packet, but it didn't help.