Fantasy Resort Chainat — Candy-Coloured Cottages in a Row off the Chai Nat Highway
Drive the northern highway through Chai Nat and you pass a row of little pink, yellow and sky-blue cottages lined up beside the rice fields — plenty of people brake to take a photo before they realise it's Fantasy Resort Chainat, a themed stay built to look like a European cottage village. What guests mention most is that every cabin has its own parking space right at the door, plus the sailboat fountain courtyard in the middle that has become the resort's signature photo spot. One thing to flag up front: it still has only a handful of online reviews, but the ones that exist agree it's clean and good value.
Fantasy Resort sits right on Phahonyothin Road, in the Khao Tha Phra area just before you reach Chai Nat town. The property is laid out as a village of small gable-roofed cottages painted pink, yellow, mint green, blue and orange, arranged around a central courtyard — from the air it reads as one long row straight out of a cartoon. The detail that wins over long-distance drivers is simple: each cabin has parking right at its own door, so you lift your bags out and walk straight in, with no long lobby to drag a suitcase through.
Rooms are split across several zones — standard cottages with single or double beds, a newer building block, and a wooden-house zone. The photos show bright interiors with laminate wood floors, blue or yellow feature walls, a TV, air-conditioning, a small fridge and a hot shower. Guests consistently say the rooms are clean with no musty smell, which is the thing many people worry about with budget upcountry resorts. The honest gripe from reviews is that some rooms don't include a hair dryer, so it's worth packing your own.
One guest recalls passing the coloured cottages, deciding to pull in on a whim, and finding "a room cleaner than the price suggested, parking at the door, and a pool the kids could jump into" — a genuine value find for a stopover.
The shared facilities centre on an indoor swimming pool under a roof, so it works all day without worrying about the sun, alongside a separate children's pool and a small playground — which is why families with young kids take to it. In the middle of the resort, a fountain holds a full-size sailboat with a model lighthouse behind it, and almost every guest stops there for a photo. The grounds around it are tidily landscaped, with statues and flowering plants dotted along the paths.
On location, Fantasy Resort suits drivers more than anyone relying on public transport — it's right on Phahonyothin Road, which is convenient by car, but the nearest train station is a fair distance away. From the resort it's a short drive to Chai Nat's best-known sights: Chai Nat Bird Park at around 6 minutes, Wat Tha Chang about 4 minutes, and Khao Khayai and the Luang Pu Suk shrine both within an easy hop. It makes a sensible base for one night before touring the area.
The Trip.com score sits at 9.7/10, but from just 5 reviews. The number looks lovely, but in all honesty the sample is still small, so read it as a positive signal rather than a settled rating. The points that draw consistent praise are cleanliness (9.7), location (9.8) and service (9.8), with facilities at 9.5. If you want more certainty, cross-check the Agoda reviews and the resort's own page alongside it.
Pricing starts at around ฿835/night for a standard room, which is very cheap for the cleanliness and the theme you get. Suites and the wooden-house zone climb a little higher but stay in the low thousands of baht. On long weekends and holidays the rooms fill quickly because the number of cabins is limited, so book a week or two ahead and compare Agoda, Booking and Trip.com before you commit.
The bottom line: Fantasy Resort Chainat works best for families or couples driving through Chai Nat who want a clean, fun-to-photograph stay on a budget. It isn't luxury and there's no big on-site restaurant, but you get a theme you won't find easily, easy parking, and a pool for the kids. If you're after a quiet field-side setting with an unusual photo backdrop, it's genuinely good value — just go in knowing the online reviews are still thin, and look through the real photos before booking.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Rooms clean with no musty smell, hot water runs well
- ✓ Parking at the door is very handy for drivers
- ✓ Cottage-village theme is photogenic from every angle
- ✓ Budget price — great value for a stopover
- ! Some rooms have no hair dryer
- ! No large on-site restaurant
- ! Best with a car — public transport is not convenient
- ✓ Detached cabins feel private, not wall-to-wall with neighbours
- ✓ Indoor pool and playground go down well with kids
- ✓ Friendly staff and quick check-in
- ✓ Sailboat fountain courtyard is a real highlight
- ! Online reviews still few — small sample size
- ! Right on a main road, so some cabins may catch traffic noise
- ! Facilities are basic rather than upscale
- 💡If reviews matter to you — the 9.7 comes from only 5 Trip.com reviews → treat it as a positive signal, but cross-check the resort's page and Agoda before booking
- 💡If you don't have a car — the resort is on Phahonyothin Road and suits drivers more than public transport → the nearest train station is a fair way off, so plan your onward travel
- 💡If you need a hair dryer — some rooms don't provide one → pack your own, or call the resort ahead to confirm the room you've booked has one