Visit Hua Hin and Relax : To Hotels, Beach Villas, Palace, Golf and More Activities

King Rama VI then built the first royal summer palace outside Hua Hin, at the site where the deer hunting party saw the beach. His successsor, King Rama VII built another one in Hua Hin, naming it Klai Kangwol Palace, which is still in use by the present Royal Family. Thereafter, the royalties and the cream of Bangkok society followed suite, building stately beach villas in a row down the shoreline.

Royal Hua Hin Golf Course flanked by nearly a hundred years old trees

The southern railway was extended to Hua Hin in 1922. A stately Railway Hotel was built in the style of the grand hotels of Europe, serving afternoon tea, champagne dinner, with regular garden party and ballroom dancing. Then, the Royal State Railway Golf Course, the first and some still say the most beautiful in Thailand, was built on a wooded hill estate across the track from Hua Hin Station. The uphill-downhill fairways lead through thickets of 100-year old trees. Glimpses of the blue sea can be seen from several tee offs. After the transition to democratic system in 1932, Hua Hin faded into near oblivion.

Marukathayawan Palace

In the post World War II era, after the economy picked up, the beaches on the eastern coast were discovered, first Bang Saen and then Pattaya which attracied Thai and foreign visitors en mass, more for the promises of having the good times on the beach than peaceful relaxation, which started the Pattaya al estate boom up to now.