บ้านติดน้ำ (Baan Tid Nam)

Baan Tid Nam is not a Chiang Mai stay in the way most travellers mean it — this is a five-star, whole-house rental sitting 33.5 km from the Old City centre and 30.5 km from Chiang Mai International Airport, rated 9.1 out of 10 across sixteen reviews. That distance is the whole point of the place rather than a downside to work around. This is a house for people who've already done the temples and the night markets on a previous trip, or who simply want a few days somewhere the loudest sound is the river.

Getting to Baan Tid Nam

Be honest with yourself about the drive before booking: 33.5 km from the Old City and 30.5 km from the airport is a genuine trip each way, not a short hop. Renting a car or arranging transport in advance is worth doing here, since this isn't a neighbourhood where taxis pass by on their own schedule. Once you've made the drive, though, Baan Tid Nam turns that distance into the actual appeal — a house set apart from the city rather than squeezed into it.

Arriving late in the day changes the calculation too. A drive of this length after a long flight can feel like a second leg of the journey rather than the last stretch of it, so it's worth planning arrival for daylight hours if you can, both for the driving itself and for the first sight of the river once you get there.

Rooms & What to Expect

There's one configuration on file: a home at 200 square metres, with a genuinely large bed spread — a king bed, two single beds, another king bed, a third king bed, and two mattresses — plus a river view. That combination of bed types means this single house can comfortably sleep an extended family or a mixed group of couples and singles without anyone doubling up who doesn't want to. A river view is a specific and confirmed feature here, not a vague garden outlook — worth asking about which rooms actually face the water if you're booking with that view in mind.

Uncle Kham's take: 200 square metres and a river view for one group is a genuinely different kind of trip than a hotel room in the Old City. If what you want is quiet water and room to spread across several beds, this delivers something a city-centre stay simply can't.

Amenities & Facilities

The guest-loved highlights here are practical rather than resort-style: free Wi-Fi in every room, a balcony, a minibar, and daily housekeeping — the last one worth noting for a whole-house rental, since it means you're not entirely on your own for the length of the stay. No on-site restaurant is confirmed, which for a countryside house like this is exactly what you'd expect; you're renting a home, not booking a hotel.

What's Nearby — Temples, Markets & Local Life

Everything genuinely famous in Chiang Mai sits a real drive from here. Chiang Mai Night Safari is the closest of the well-known attractions at 26.24 km, followed by Wat Phra That Doi Kham (วัดพระธาตุดอยคำ) at 28.3 km — both doable as a half-day outing rather than a casual stroll. Wua Lai Walking Street, the Art in Paradise 3D museum, and Wat Phra Singh (วัดพระสิงห์) all sit in the 32.84 to 33.38 km range — essentially the same trip back into the city as the Old City centre itself.

Closer to the house, the picture is quieter and more local: a clinic at 6.62 km, a museum dedicated to Ganesh at 6.71 km, and a temple, Wat Ko Muang, at 8.26 km. This is the actual neighbourhood the house sits in — small, rural, and not built around tourism at all.

Dining

No on-site restaurant is confirmed, and given how far this house sits from the city's dining scene, it's worth planning meals in advance rather than assuming you'll find somewhere nearby on short notice. A breakfast-included room plan is available, which takes at least one meal a day off the planning list.

Other Hotels Nearby

The closest genuine comparison is The Elephant House and Pool Villas, 3.5 km away and matching Baan Tid Nam's five-star tier with an even stronger 9.6-out-of-10 score — worth cross-checking if a pool matters more to you than river frontage. Further out, at 6.7 km, Green Tree Resort drops to four stars and a 7.9-out-of-10 score, a noticeably different tier. Homerent @ Sariam Lake Chiang Mai, 11.4 km off, is also four stars but scores 9.5 out of 10 — another lake-and-nature-focused option if you're already committed to staying well outside the city.

Guest Reviews

Sixteen reviews land at 9.1 out of 10 overall, and the strongest category by far is facilities, at 9.9 against a city average of just 7.5 — an unusually wide gap that says something genuine about how well-equipped this house is compared to typical Chiang Mai stays. Value for money follows at 9.7 against 8.1, and staff service scores 9.3 against 8.2. Cleanliness sits at 8.7 against 8.2, and location — which the scoring system measures against the whole city, not against what a countryside retreat is actually trying to be — still comes in at 8.7 against a city average of 7.9, ahead of par despite the distance involved.

Good to Know

Free Wi-Fi is confirmed throughout, and a breakfast-included room plan is available. The nightly rate found for this listing was 7153 THB. There's no confirmed check-in or check-out time on file, so it's worth confirming those details directly with the property before you plan your travel day around them, especially given the drive involved.

Baan Tid Nam isn't for a first trip built around temple-hopping and night markets — the distance alone rules that out. But for a group that wants one very large, very private riverside house and doesn't mind a real drive to get there, the numbers back up the appeal: a near-perfect facilities score, strong value, and a house built at a scale most in-town rentals can't match. It's the kind of place that rewards planning the trip around it rather than treating it as a base for somewhere else — book it as the destination, not the accommodation, and the distance stops being a downside at all.

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Baan Tid Nam from central Chiang Mai? It's 33.5 km from the Old City centre and 30.5 km from Chiang Mai International Airport — plan for a real drive each way.

What's the room like? One house-wide configuration: 200 square metres, with three king beds, two single beds, and two mattresses across the property, plus a river view.

Is there an on-site restaurant? No on-site dining is confirmed, though a breakfast-included room plan is available.

Is this a good base for sightseeing? Not really — most of Chiang Mai's well-known temples and markets sit 26.24 km away or further. This house suits a stay built around the property itself rather than day-tripping into the city.

Written by Terra Lanna from verified data — star rating, guest review scores, real coordinates and distances, and Agoda's own facility and location data. Master English version; other languages are translated from this.