Four Seasons Resort | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Four Seasons Resort

Cluster of 2-story Thai pavilions—each with a covered veranda—surrounded by rice paddies in the idyllic Mae Rim Valley.

Score 91.9
Stats 80 rooms; 2 restaurants; 2 bars.
Competitive Edge An unparalleled and up-country experience.
Rooms to Book Rice Terrace Pavilions, for expansive views and water buffalo sightings.
Don't Miss Learning how to prepare traditional Thai dishes at the on-site cooking school.
Cost Doubles from $502.
Contact 502 Mae Rim-Samoeng Old Road
800/332-3442 or 66-53/298-181

www.fourseasons.com

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“My favorite place to stay, though, is the pioneering Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, which opened in 1995 and is set around breeze-rippled rice paddies in the mountains north of town....” MORE»


“Asia's New A-List Destinations” in Food & Wine, Sep 2005

“The demographic of visitors has changed, as well, since the 1995 opening of the Regent resort (now the Four Seasons), which enthralled guests with its own rice paddies and water buffalo, a decade before Dhara Dhevi—though its scale and demeanor were and remain far more intimate....” MORE»

—Peter Jon Lindberg
“Chiang Mai Pleasure Palace” in Travel + Leisure, Apr 2005

“At the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, guests can choose from the Golf Lovers package (including two rounds on the green and massages); Spa Lovers (with a treatment and massage); Pure Romance (champagne, a two-hour treatment, and a three-course, candlelit dinner in a private pavilion); and others, through September 30....” MORE»


“Asia Made Easy” in Travel + Leisure, Sep 2004

“Stylish villas with views of rice fields in the Mae Rim Valley, a 30-minute drive outside Chiang Mai. The spa uses local herbs and aromatic oils....” MORE»

—Alan Brown
“In the Driver's Seat” in Travel + Leisure, Mar 2004