Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin

Hua Hin, Thailand. Located on the beach of Hua Hin, about 400 m from the town centre, on land leased from the State Railway of Thailand.

Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua HinHua Hin, Thailand

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Address: Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas Hua Hin
1 Damnernkasem Road
Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan 77110
Thailand
Telephone: +66 32 512 021
Official website: www.centarahotelsresorts.com
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249 rooms, suites and villas, up to the 170 m² Royal Suite with ocean view.
Restaurants including the Railway Restaurant, the Japanese Hagi and the COAST Beach Club & Bistro, plus The Museum lounge.
Famous topiary garden, four swimming pools, SPA Cenvaree and event spaces.
Located on the beach of Hua Hin, about 400 m from the town centre, on land leased from the State Railway of Thailand.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1909
Engineers surveying the southern railway route notice the beauty of Hua Hin; land is set aside for a station.
1911
The first section of the line opens and wealthy Bangkok families begin building holiday homes in Hua Hin.
1922
Italian architect Alfredo Rigazzi designs, by royal command, a two-storey brick and timber hotel with 14 bedrooms, wrapped in deep verandas.
26 Oct. 1922
The Railway Hotel welcomes its first guests; King Rama VI’s nine-hole Royal Hua-Hin Golf Course opens opposite the station in time.
1 January 1923
Grand opening of the Railway Hotel, the jewel of Thailand’s first beach resort.
1928
With its fame now international, the hotel gains a 13-room wing built to the original design; it is later renamed the Hua Hin Hotel.
After 1945
After the Second World War, two more rooms, three restaurants, a bar and a lobby overlooking the bay are added.
1984
The hotel plays the Hotel Le Phnom in the film The Killing Fields.
1988
Sofitel takes over management; the hotel becomes the Hotel Sofitel Central Hua Hin.
2012
At the end of the Sofitel contract, it is renamed Centara Grand Beach Resort Hua Hin under Central Plaza Hotel (CENTEL).