Chiang Saen River Hill Hotel

This is the best choice for in-town, budget accommodations in Chiang Saen. The River Hill is about 1km (2/3 mile) south of the main drag. Guest rooms are concrete-block rooms with simple tile floors but are dressed in northern finery, with woodcarving details and funky little Lanna-style seating arrangements. The large and colorful coffee shop (in shades of blue and aqua with little star lights from the ceiling) is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with good selections and a relaxed and refreshing atmosphere. A mere 100 meters from the hotel is the pier where boats are available for river cruise to southern China, Burma and Laos offering visitors plenty to explore and making Chiang Saen an ideal transit point for forays into these countries.