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Hua Hin is the oldest beach resort in the Kingdom of Thailand. Hua Hin
has been transformed from a fishing village in a fashionable beach resort in the
1920's with the construction of the Hua Hin railway station here in the reign of
King Rama VI (1910-1925) and the Klai Kangwon summer palace during the reign of
King Rama VII in 1926.
The beautiful, colonial style Railway Hotel (known now as
Sofitel Central Hua Hin Resort) was built near Hua Hin's famous rocks in 1923 by
the State Railway Authority.
Cha-am, twinned with Hua Hin of Phrachuap Khiri Khan, is located 40
kms. south of the town or 20 kms. north of Hua Hin, and another 2 kms along an
access road. Cha-am was originally a small fishing village.
After a royal palace
was built near Hua Hin in the reign of King Rama VI, the land was occupied by
the royal family and the elite. |
