Chababaancham Resort — a 12-room canalside boutique within easy walking distance of Amphawa Floating Market
If you want an Amphawa stay you can actually walk from to the floating market, yet still get a quiet canalside feel rather than a shophouse in the middle of the crowd — Chababaancham Resort is a name that comes up often. It's a tiny boutique resort of just 12 rooms on the Amphawa canal, open since 2010 and family-run. What guests remember is the Thai-modern design in a leafy garden, the semi-outdoor bathrooms, and a location about a 5-minute walk from Amphawa Floating Market. Standard rooms start from around ฿1,500/night, climbing noticeably on Friday and Saturday nights.
Amphawa accommodation roughly splits into shophouses in the floating market — walkable but noisy — and resorts out of town that are peaceful but need a car to come and go. Chababaancham Resort sits in the middle ground a lot of people are after: a small boutique resort of only 12 rooms on the Amphawa canal, a 5-minute canalside walk from the market, yet set back into a garden just enough to feel calm. The name "Chababaancham" evokes a blooming hibiscus, and the owners have kept the place green and leafy to match. It's run as a family business, with staff who look after guests themselves, so the overall feel is warmer and more personal than a hotel with a formal front desk.
All 12 rooms blend Thai touches with a modern look, ranging from Standard and Superior up to the VIP rooms set deeper inside. The VIP rooms are the highlight reviewers single out — semi-outdoor bathrooms with open-air rain showers and bamboo doors, plus a small rooftop lounge corner with a hammock. Every room has air-con, a fridge, an LCD TV and its own balcony or sitting area. Many reviews call the rooms clean and prettily styled, with photogenic corners all over the resort. The honest caveat that shows up is poor soundproofing — on some nights you can clearly hear the next room — and hot water in a few rooms has occasionally been temperamental, so flag it with staff if you hit it.
"The VIP room is adorable — showering outdoors under the trees, then just a five-minute walk along the canal to the market, and quiet again when you come back to sleep. You get both sides of Amphawa in one place."
Breakfast is another point of praise in the reviews. It's included in the room rate, cooked to order, and served in the morning roughly from 7:30 to 10:00. There are savoury sets, bread, coffee and tea, and guests describe it as fresh, hot and homely. The resort has a small garden cafe for a coffee, though it keeps limited hours rather than being open all day. For other meals there's no worry: a short walk takes you into Amphawa Floating Market, where grilled seafood, noodles, Thai sweets and canalside snacks are everywhere.
Location is the main selling point here. The resort sits on the Amphawa canal, a roughly 5-minute walk to Amphawa Floating Market, and close to the King Rama II Memorial Park and Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram. The upside is that you can wander the market by day, take a boat to make merit, join a firefly boat tour in the evening, and walk back to bed without driving. The trade-off is that the resort is near the road and a busy area on weekends — some reviews note outside noise — and there's no on-site parking, so you'll use a nearby lot for around 60 baht a night. On scores, Chababaancham has earned consistently good reviews across platforms, with a real-review average around 8.8 out of 10 and a top ranking among specialty lodging in Amphawa on TripAdvisor.
Honestly, as many guests put it, this is a small boutique resort that sells location and atmosphere more than facilities — there's no pool or spa, and the draw is the cute design, the VIP rooms' outdoor bathrooms, friendly owners, and being able to walk to the market. If you're expecting a hotel that's silent and far from crowds, or want a big resort's pool and spa, this isn't it. But if you want an Amphawa stay you can walk to the floating market from, at a starting price of around ฿1,500 with charming rooms and warm hosts, Chababaancham does that job well on a reasonable budget.
A tip from reading plenty of reviews here: if you want the full experience, book a VIP room set deeper inside — it's quieter and gives you the semi-outdoor bathroom and rooftop corner. If you come on a Friday or Saturday when the market is buzzing, book ahead, since there are only 12 rooms and they fill fast while prices climb. And don't skip borrowing one of the resort's bicycles for a morning ride along the canal before the market wakes up — it's when Amphawa is at its prettiest and quietest.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Walkable to Amphawa Floating Market, close to King Rama II Park
- ✓ Cute design; the VIP rooms' outdoor bathrooms are a favourite
- ✓ Friendly, family-style owners who suggest where to eat and go
- ✓ Cooked-to-order breakfast and complimentary bicycles along the canal
- ! Poor soundproofing — you can hear the next room on some nights
- ! No on-site parking; use a nearby lot for around 60 baht/night
- ! No pool or spa, and the cafe keeps limited hours
- ✓ Right on the canal, an easy walk to the floating market
- ✓ Pretty, clean rooms with photogenic corners throughout
- ✓ VIP rooms have semi-outdoor bathrooms and a relaxing rooftop corner
- ✓ Family-run with warm service; helps arrange tours and transport
- ! Near a busy area; some outside noise on weekends
- ! Hot water in a few rooms has been temperamental — flag it with staff
- ! Small property of 12 rooms with limited facilities; fills fast on weekends
- 💡If you're a light sleeper sensitive to noise — soundproofing here is weak, and on weekends you may hear the next room or the busy area outside → ask for an inner VIP room, which is quieter, and pack earplugs just in case.
- 💡If you're driving and worried about parking — the resort has no on-site parking; you'll use a nearby lot for around 60 baht/night → check the parking situation with staff before you arrive, or consider an out-of-town resort with free parking.
- 💡If you want a pool or spa — this is a small boutique with no pool or spa, focused on location and design → if you need full facilities, consider a larger riverside resort in Samut Songkhram instead.