"Hua Hin is a classic Thai beach resort, a quiet seaside village that took on a glamorous new reputation after the royal family built their summer house here in the 1920s. But if you’re picturing a blissful desert-island paradise, think again. Hua Hin is on the mainland, positioned on the edge of the Gulf of Thailand in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan. Convenient, as you don’t have to board an extra plane to get there. But this is no get-away-from-it-all escape. These days, it’s a proper city, with everything — fine dining and a bustling night market within easy proximity, for instance — that entails." - Tablet Hotels