{"type":"city","city":"Chiang Mai","citySlug":"chiang-mai","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/thailand/chiang-mai","description":"The Ping River has shaped Chiang Mai's best hospitality architecture more than any other single force. The city's colonial trading history survives most legibly along its eastern bank, where teak merchant compounds once lined the water, and that material and spatial logic persists in the hotels that have settled here. Anantara Chiang Mai Resort & Spa occupies the former British Consulate grounds, and the property makes deliberate use of its heritage — the original colonial structures anchor an atmosphere that newer buildings could not manufacture. Nearby, Raya Heritage takes a different approach, drawing on vernacular northern Thai forms to create something that reads as regional rather than colonial, with lan na architectural references woven into the landscape and water-facing rooms that orient guests toward the river as a living thing rather than a backdrop. Cross Chiang Mai Riverside serves the same corridor at a more accessible price point, with contemporary interiors that don't attempt the same level of material specificity but deliver a clean, well-positioned base.\n\nAway from the river, the address that commands the most sustained attention from design travelers is 137 Pillars House in the Chiang Moi district. Built around the surviving teak structure of the original Louis T. Leonowens trading house — the son of Anna Leonowens of The King and I — the property has an authenticity of provenance that most boutique hotels can only approximate. The suites are generous and the gardens precise, but what you are really paying for is the weight of the building's actual history.\n\nFurther out, the geography splits decisively. In Mae Rim Valley north of the city, the Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai remains the benchmark for resort-scale landscape design in northern Thailand — the rice terraces, the open-air pavilions, the studied relationship between structure and cultivation. It is removed from the city's rhythms by design, and that removal is the point. Back within the urban fabric, Nimman — Chiang Mai's arts and café district — offers the Akyra Manor, which pitches itself at a younger, design-forward traveler with a boutique sensibility and rates that reflect the neighborhood's accessibility. In Umong, southwest of the Old City, Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai extends the city's wellness architecture into quieter terrain, with a slower pace that suits travelers who arrive wanting distance from the old town's festival density rather than proximity to it.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. 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Raya Heritage, which opened in 2019, was conceived as a dialogue between Lanna architectural heritage and a spare contemporary sensibility — the terra-cotta hip roofs and teak-railed balconies of the older structures set against crisp rendered concrete colonnades whose rhythm draws as much from monastic cloister as from regional vernacular.\n\nThe interiors, designed with a restrained hand, run two distinct palettes across the property's 38 rooms and villas: one in deep indigo — upholstered headboards in textured indigo weave, woven rattan furniture, pool-villa terraces stepping directly into tropical planting — and one in near-monochrome charcoal and white, where black leather day beds and bamboo roller blinds backlit by warm strip lighting give the guestrooms an atmosphere closer to a considered Tokyo residence than a resort. The communal terrace threads these registers together through rattan armchairs cushioned in natural linen, antique wooden vessels suspended as pendants, and low woven banquettes in slate blue, all open to the garden on three sides. The riverside pool, edged in terracotta tile, looks directly across the Ping toward an unbroken tree line.","snippet":"Chiang Mai riverside compound merging Lanna timber architecture with contemporary concrete colonnades and two distinct interior palettes.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of regional design","vibe":"Minimalist-heritage · serene","highlights":["Lanna timber pavilions paired with rendered concrete colonnades","38 rooms split between indigo and charcoal-white palettes","Riverside pool overlooking unbroken forest across the Ping"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$245","pricePerNightExclTax":"$245","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhe3603zh15xy7d4srmtc1713360948086_9be4548b-225a-4599-a226-ab50bcc2f45c.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Raya Heritage — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Raya Heritage · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Raya Heritage captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhjzi051715xy6ls4oiiu1713360948698_045375f5-b87b-4f26-a2ae-e467ee511fa8.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Raya Heritage — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Raya Heritage · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Raya Heritage, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhppb062x15xypux35ore1713360949391_75763a09-4e9f-47b7-ab8c-386d973e5541.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Raya Heritage — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Raya Heritage · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Raya Heritage — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhvmw074n15xy35rsag0j1713360950185_161c8738-b488-433f-b3f1-24c201f6d327.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Raya Heritage — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Raya Heritage · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Raya Heritage, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ui1c4086d15xyxc2915ay1713360950826_054f2fda-abdf-424d-8af1-b7c4a9ff53c3.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Raya Heritage — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Raya Heritage · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Raya Heritage — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Anantara Chiang Mai Resort & Spa","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/thailand/chiang-mai/anantara-chiang-mai-resort-and-spa","city":"Chiang Mai","cityHeader":"Chiang Mai • Ping River • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Ping River","designSummary":"Along the west bank of the Ping River in Chiang Mai, where the old British Consulate once stood, Anantara Chiang Mai Resort took over a site carrying more than a century of diplomatic history and chose to honour that layering rather than erase it. The resort's low-rise contemporary buildings — white rendered facades clipped with deep teak timber screens and broad overhanging eaves — step down toward the river in a composition that keeps the mature canopy trees intact, their presence visible in almost every image here, framing the long lap pool and softening the geometry of the architecture into something closer to a private estate than a hotel compound.\n\nInside, the 84 rooms and suites establish a consistent material language: wide-plank ebonised timber floors, full-height teak wall panelling, rattan lounge chairs, and dark slate soaking tubs positioned beside the bed as if bathroom and bedroom were always one continuous space. Terracotta scatter cushions pull warmth from the otherwise restrained palette. The dining pavilion carries a different register entirely — an open-sided sala structure with exposed timber trusses, woven rattan chairs, and latticed screens filtering the last of the evening light, the Ping River visible through the treeline. 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That original building, raised on its forest of dark timber columns and topped with a steeply pitched roof, anchors the property's eleven-acre gardens in Chiang Mai's Chiang Moi neighbourhood, and gives the whole enterprise its architectural authority in a way no new construction could replicate.\n\nThe interiors, designed by Bill Bensley's studio, work the colonial planter register with genuine precision rather than nostalgic sentimentality — dark-stained four-poster beds with woven rattan headboards, herringbone-laid hardwood floors, brass bar trolleys, and ceiling fans turning slowly above tray ceilings edged in white plaster moulding. Accent colours shift between cobalt blue, crimson, and ochre across the property's thirty suites, each one hung with archival photographs of Chiang Mai and the Borneo Company's trading operations. The dining room set within the original teak structure draws on the building's own fabric for atmosphere — carved fretwork panels filtering garden light, louvred shutters, and a patterned carpet that echoes the ornamental woodwork above. Along the pool deck, a towering living green wall closes the garden off from the city entirely.","snippet":"A restored 1890s teak trading post with original timber architecture, Bensley-designed suites, and eleven acres of gardens.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and colonial history collectors","vibe":"Colonial-authentic · garden-immersed","highlights":["Original 1890s Borneo Company teak headquarters with 137 timber columns","Bill Bensley interiors: four-poster beds, herringbone floors, archival photographs","Dining room carved from the original structure's fretwork and shutters"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$366","pricePerNightExclTax":"$366","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhe9q03zz15xy9xh4grom1713357746301_569223e0-b705-41fd-8cce-ea8e83eac149.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"137 Pillars House — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · 137 Pillars House · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of 137 Pillars House captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhk0u051n15xys4ji66j81713357746973_a9191962-bd99-4356-91d2-57ffcce48253.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"137 Pillars House — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · 137 Pillars House · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at 137 Pillars House, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhprw063b15xyeld7xc5h1713357747629_188af1a1-5eb7-4be3-92cb-75530c55df39.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"137 Pillars House — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · 137 Pillars House · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at 137 Pillars House — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhvnf074z15xy0lqaas301713357748425_59cbcdd7-61c9-43ef-aaf5-403c170023ca.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"137 Pillars House — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · 137 Pillars House · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at 137 Pillars House, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ui1d3086p15xy8jb482s51713357749017_4f578642-0470-48e6-8ef1-5136001c98c3.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"137 Pillars House — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · 137 Pillars House · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at 137 Pillars House — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/thailand/chiang-mai/four-seasons-resort-chiang-mai","city":"Chiang Mai","cityHeader":"Chiang Mai • Mae Rim Valley • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Mae Rim Valley","designSummary":"Working rice paddies stretch across the foreground of the Mae Rim Valley, water buffalo grazing at their edge, the dark timber gables of Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai rising through tropical canopy behind them — an arrangement that feels less like hotel landscaping than an actual agricultural community that happens to offer exceptionally comfortable rooms. Opened in 1995 and set across twenty acres of valley floor north of Chiang Mai, the resort was conceived around Lanna Kingdom architectural traditions, its pavilions and villas built with steeply pitched roofs clad in clay tile, darkened teak framing, and open-sided sala structures that blur the boundary between interior and garden. The 98 pavilions and residences are arranged across terraced grounds, each oriented toward the paddies or the encircling Doi Suthep mountain range.\n\nInside, the interiors carry the warmth of a well-curated northern Thai household — exposed king post trusses overhead, carved dark timber bed frames with woven textile headboards depicting rice fronds in gold thread, paired plantation chairs in celadon velvet beside iron floor lamps. The open-sided restaurant pavilion anchors the property culturally as much as spatially, its walls hung with large-scale Lanna-style murals in ochre and gold leaf depicting ceremonial scenes, teak dining chairs set against a canopy of forest. 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The building's most arresting gesture is its facade: a spiralling tower of stacked timber louvres rises through several floors at the street corner, the warm-toned slats curving outward like a compressed helix against dark grey cladding. At rooftop level, horizontal timber brise-soleil wrap the uppermost volume, and the Doi Suthep mountains — visible from the bar terrace at dusk — frame the whole composition in a way no architect could have planned but every good architect anticipates.\n\nInside, the property operates in two registers that sit in productive tension. The guestrooms favour restraint: pale oak floors, upholstered headboards in grey linen, brass pendant lights, and floor-to-ceiling glazing opening onto planted balconies give the standard rooms a composed, almost Scandinavian calm. The suites shift registers entirely — dark lacquered panelling, ribbed gold-toned screens behind the bed, freestanding stone soaking tubs set on beds of smooth river pebbles behind full-height glass, toile de Jouy bed runners cutting against the darkness. The restaurant below carries this theatrical streak further still, its branching brass candelabra-trees rising from wicker bases toward a mirrored ceiling, the effect closer to stage design than dining room convention.","snippet":"Nimman hotel with a sculptural timber facade, theatrical suites, and mountain views from the rooftop bar.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts visiting Chiang Mai's creative quarter","vibe":"Contemporary-theatrical","highlights":["Spiraling timber-louver tower facade curves at street corner","Suites feature dark lacquered panels and freestanding stone soaking tubs","Rooftop bar overlooks Doi Suthep mountains at dusk"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$130","pricePerNightExclTax":"$130","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uheai040515xylsmt48nz1713359862735_f086aae4-b574-4c8a-bf19-508f782b2b0b.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Akyra Manor Chiang Mai — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Akyra Manor Chiang Mai · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Akyra Manor Chiang Mai captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhk2j051t15xy5gacsd0s1713359863304_9a32edbf-dbb0-41b2-b438-dd2093220150.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Akyra Manor Chiang Mai — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Akyra Manor Chiang Mai · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Akyra Manor Chiang Mai, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhpud063j15xyr64ywrln1713359864003_d7856eb5-a0d7-4211-9a72-1a116b2a02dc.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Akyra Manor Chiang Mai — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Akyra Manor Chiang Mai · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Akyra Manor Chiang Mai — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhvrx075f15xygkgkyndi1713359864634_0c99fc18-4cd7-4a51-8b8c-0158eee56ffa.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Akyra Manor Chiang Mai — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Akyra Manor Chiang Mai · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Akyra Manor Chiang Mai, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ui1g0087715xyoxchdzqz1713359865297_025f4408-bd47-4aac-b0be-c4ba2555f0ef.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Akyra Manor Chiang Mai — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Akyra Manor Chiang Mai · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Akyra Manor Chiang Mai — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Cross Chiang Mai Riverside","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/thailand/chiang-mai/cross-chiang-mai-riverside","city":"Chiang Mai","cityHeader":"Chiang Mai • Ping River • OPTIMIZE","neighborhood":"Ping River","designSummary":"Warm terracotta brick laid in a running bond, pointed Gothic arches rendered in white against dark steel frames, and low-pitched roofs with deep overhangs — the entrance facade of X2 (Cross) Chiang Mai Riverside Resort carries an architectural syntax that feels simultaneously Lanna and Mediterranean, a deliberate hybrid that sets the tone for everything inside. Positioned on the eastern bank of the Ping River on the southern fringe of Chiang Mai's old city, the property was developed by the Thai hospitality group Cross Hotels and Resorts and draws its design language from the region's craft traditions filtered through a contemporary resort sensibility.\n\nThe guest rooms favour oak-toned timber flooring and floor-to-ceiling black-framed glazing that dissolves the boundary between room and the tree canopy beyond, furnished with dark rattan peacock chairs and bed runners woven in the striped textile patterns of northern Thai hill tribes. Headboard walls carry embossed geometric motifs drawn from traditional Lanna silverwork, picked out in low relief against pale plaster. The rooftop pool terrace sharpens the property's most striking architectural gesture — a loggia clad in veined dark marble whose sequence of horseshoe arches mirrors the brick arcade at the entrance, the arches framing private cabanas that reflect in the blue mosaic water below. The restaurant pavilion takes a different approach entirely: a glass-and-steel greenhouse structure, folding open on all sides to let the surrounding dipterocarp trees become the dominant interior element.","snippet":"A Ping River resort blending Lanna craft traditions with Mediterranean arches, dark marble, and tree-framed rooms.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts exploring northern Thailand","vibe":"Architectural-hybrid · riverside","highlights":["Lanna-Mediterranean hybrid design with Gothic arches and terracotta brick","Rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows framing tree canopy views","Rooftop pool loggia with horseshoe arches and dark marble cladding"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$167","pricePerNightExclTax":"$167","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhe4y03zp15xy89qp2j3c1713358305307_ac0f8a5a-de20-4310-ab45-70e767e5f88b.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Cross Chiang Mai Riverside — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Cross Chiang Mai Riverside · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Cross Chiang Mai Riverside captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhjzv051f15xy6bbpyeuj1713358305929_db87e334-8ecb-4089-9cdd-c52977665c1e.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Cross Chiang Mai Riverside — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Cross Chiang Mai Riverside · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Cross Chiang Mai Riverside, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhprj063515xy6ika9tr41713358306609_af48b57c-6780-46ec-be6a-5b6ba994ecb7.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Cross Chiang Mai Riverside — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Cross Chiang Mai Riverside · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Cross Chiang Mai Riverside — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uhvn2074x15xypyr5iilf1713358307296_c2d1b4ec-e791-4da6-a2bc-154fe3a5a392.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Cross Chiang Mai Riverside — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Cross Chiang Mai Riverside · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Cross Chiang Mai Riverside, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ui1cp086l15xygisa255i1713358307812_0ea219de-55c5-4f68-8630-59685d07ddde.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Cross Chiang Mai Riverside — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Cross Chiang Mai Riverside · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Cross Chiang Mai Riverside — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/thailand/chiang-mai/aleenta-retreat-chiang-mai","city":"Chiang Mai","cityHeader":"Chiang Mai • Umong • OPTIMIZE","neighborhood":"Umong","loyaltyProgram":"LHW Leaders Club","designSummary":"Tucked into the wooded fringes of Chiang Mai's Umong neighbourhood, where ancient temple paths wind beneath a canopy of mature trees, Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai draws its architectural identity from the Lanna vernacular — the distinctive pitched rooflines, tiered gables, and dark-stained teak structures of northern Thailand's historic kingdom. 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