Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
0 3253 2576; 222 Th Phetkasem)
Just south of town with emergency facilit-
Hospital San Paolo
(
ies.
MONEY
There are exchange booths and ATMs on Th Naresdamri and banks on Th Phetkasem.
POST & TELEPHONE
Main Post Office
(Th Damnoen Kasem)
TOURIST INFORMATION
Municipal Tourist Information Office
( 0 3251 1047; cnr Th Phetkasem & Th Damnoen Kasem;
8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri)
Provides maps and information about Hua Hin. There's another
branch
(
9am-7.30pm Mon-Fri, 9.30am-5pm Sat & Sun)
near the clock
0 3252 2797; Th Naebkehardt;
tower.
Tourism Authority of Thailand
(TAT; 0 3251 3885; 39/4 Th Phetkasem; 8.30am-4.30pm)
Staff here
speak English and are quite helpful; the office is north of town near Soi Hua Hin 70.
TRAVEL AGENCIES
Tuk Tours
( 0 3251 4281;
www.tuktours.com
; 2/1 Th Chomsin)
Helpful, no-pressure place that can
book activities and transport all around Thailand.
WEBSITES
Hua Hin Observer
(
www.observergroup.net
)
An online expat-published magazine.
Tourism Hua Hin
(
www.tourismhuahin.com
)
A cursory intro to the city with a good rundown on
the outlying area.
Getting There & Away
Nok Mini
( 0 2641 4190;
www.nokair.com
)
.
Hua Hin's
long-distance bus station
(Th Phetkasem btwn Soi Hua Hin 94 & 98)
is south of town and
goes to Chiang Mai, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phuket, Surat Thani and Ubon Ratchathani.
Buses to Bangkok leave from a bus company's in-town
office
(Th Sasong)
, near the night
market. Buses to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport leave from the long-dis-
tance bus station.
Ordinary buses depart from north of the market on Th Phetkasem, and destinations in-
clude Cha-am and Phetchaburi.
