From the grande dames to the mod boutiques, the city’s best hotels are rooted in history.
“AKYRA MANOR – This new boutique has a dreamy rooftop pool bar and an angular and undulating facade inspired by the Old City wall. Each of the 28 suites has its own light-filled courtyard. 22/2 Nimmanhemin Rd., Soi 9; 66-53/214-351; theakyra.com; Bt7,700.”
(Source: Travel + Leisure, Southeast Asia | T+L Decoder, Chiang Mai | Page 114)
“Even in the city center, hotels are going for the intimate and unusual. Urban resort Akyra is scheduled to open the Akyra Manor Chiang Mai (theakyra.com/chiang-mai) in April and if its facade, a funky modern take on Chiang Mai’s Old City wall, is anything to go by, the space is going to be a showstopper.
Founder Anchalika Kijkanakorn is particularly proud of the stylish rooftop pool bar where she says the sunsets will be “a religious experience.” We’d expect no less in this town of 300 temples.”
(Source: Travel + Leisure, Southeast Asia | Radar, Hotels | Page 24)
