Le Pure Hotel Chiangmai SHA

The taxi driver found the hotel OK and we managed to check in OK. The staff don't speak English, so you can have very limited interaction with them.The decor in the reception area is traditional Thai and looks pretty reasonable. However when we checked in there was a foul smell in the air at reception. We where glad to get out and to the room. As we where going through the hotel to the room the general appearance was quite tired. The carpets where stained, the general smell wasn't nice. When we got to the room, we where hugely disappointed. The extra large bed looked great! However it was on the floor which looked like it was ready for replacement and just generally dirty or mouldy. The air con worked quite well in the room so that was a positive. Our safe didn't work, but the reception staff came up to fix it, it took a long time but they eventually managed to replace the batteries and get it working. We where really hoping to change room at this point. We'd actually booked the hotel as part of our honey moon, which as you can imagine, we absolutely gutted when we where lead through the hotel.

Over all its the decoration that lets this place down and smells and stains going through the hotel. If the shower didn't have mould, the wallpaper wasn't peeling and the floors where replaced through out, it would be a good hotel for back packers. This is not a romantic break for the girlfriend or wife.

The location isn't great, it's on the opposite side to the old town and is about 30+ minutes walk to Nimman. I'd recommend staying in one of those 2 areas instead, else you'll be spending a bit of money on travel! There's literally nothing near by.