North East Thailand Travel and Stay in the Best Guesthouses with the Secret Boutique Guesthouses Collection
This fascinating region of Thailand is rich in culture, tradition and natural wonders so start planning your north east Thailand travel with stays in Secret Boutique Guesthouses, the perfect bases for you to explore and enjoy the area the locals here call ‘Isan’. The team at Secret Boutique Guesthouses are all based in Thailand and are pleased to share their local knowledge with you in creating this unique collection of boutique resorts, quality guest houses, and homestay accommodations perfectly placed for your Isan travel. The collection is built on local knowledge to share with the traveller or visitor to north east Thailand the best selection of budget friendly quality places to stay. We want to share the best guesthouses and the top Isan boutique resort in each north east Thailand destination so that each traveller sees not only the best of the north east Thailand attractions but also enjoys the best of the accommodations in the region too. The Secret Boutique Guesthouses Collection is designed to share with you the ultimate shortlist of the budget friendly accommodations available in the best destinations in Isan, and with no compromise on quality of service or stay experience.
Properties in Khon Kaen:
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Properties in Nakhon Ratchasima:
From your Nong Khai Guesthouse to the Whole of Isan, North East Thailand is not to be Missed
Often a brief stopover on trips to Laos, a stop in a Nong Khai guesthouse is as far as many travellers get, but what a lot of stunning scenery and fascinating stories they are missing out on. Off the beaten path for mass tourism with only around 2% of tourists to Thailand visiting the region, Isan or north east Thailand, is a place once visited you will want to come back again and again. A vast province of 20provinces over 63,000sq miles, roughly the size of England and Wales, your Isan travels can take you from the banks of the mighty Mekong river in the east, to the heights of the Petchabun Mountains in the west. Rich in natural wonders, north east Thailand attractions include the National Parks, the Mekong river, sticky rice cultivation and silk production on the plains of Isan and the mountain ranges of Petchabun and Phu Phan. From your Udon Thani guesthouse the history of the Ban Chiang people that inhabited the region over 4,000years ago is on your doorstep. Famed for the distinctively decorated red pottery that adorned their grave sites, these communities were also adept at metal working with bronze and iron artifacts also found. The area of the Ban Chiang settlements has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Ever more ancient, take a trip from your Khon Kaen guesthouse and discover the dinosaurs that once roamed Isan. These ancient animals are displayed on your doorstep in the museums and parks near Khon Kaen. Not forgetting culture, from the incredible Ghost Festival, or ‘Phi Ta Khon’ festival, celebrated in the rural town of Dansai. Inspired by stories of the past lives of the Buddha the festival takes place between March and July and is easily enjoyed from your Dansai guesthouse or Loei. And not forgetting taking a stay at a Surin guesthouse to witness the Surin elephant roundup which takes place every November. Be sure to travel Isaan with Secret Boutique Guesthouses where a wealth of wonder awaits you. A unique culture, the wonderful Isan cuisine always eaten with sticky rice, the Lao dialect unique to north east Thailand and their own unique festivals from the Naga Fireball Festival where mysterious glowing balls of light rise up from the depths of the Mekong into the air to be witnessed and wondered at by the waiting crowds at the end of the Buddhist lent (September or October), to the Isan Rocket Festival where locals build their own rockets to compete against each other launching them into the sky heralding the start of the rainy season (usually around April to June). A Yasothon guesthouse or a Roi Et guesthouse would be a recommended base to enjoy this dramatic festival. Start your Isan travel plans for a truly unique and fascinating discovery of a less well known but very beautiful region of Thailand and book your Isan boutique resort or guesthouse with Secret Boutique Guesthouses.