Luxury holidays in Hua Hin

When to go

Although it’s drier than much of the country during monsoon season (June–October), this region is best visited from November to March, when it’s sunny by day and often cool at night. Hua Hin, like Bangkok, gets horribly hot between April and May. Even worse than the heat, though, are the traffic jams on Fridays and Saturdays; head to Hua Hin on a weekday and you’ll have the whole place to yourself.

Getting there

• Planes

  Fly into Bangkok’s International Suvarnabhumi Airport (www.bangkokairportonline.com), 25km east of the capital. Hua Hin airport only has flights to and from Chiang Mai, so Bangkok’s is effectively the closest airport to town, and you’ll have to complete the rest of the journey overland.

• Trains

  Rail travel is one of the easiest, albeit slowest, ways to get to Hua Hin. Trains leave from Bangkok’s Hualamphong station several times a day, and express trains can cut the journey time to three-and-a-quarter hours (www.railway.co.th).

• Automobiles

  Hua Hin Limousine Services (www.huahin-limousine.com) ferry folk from Bangkok airport or the city centre to Hua Hin and back, and can also arrange day trips around the region. The drive takes two to three hours, but be warned: at times the traffic between Bangkok and Hua Hin gets thundercloud-thick.