Coco View Hotel — a city hotel in Maeklong town with a salt-water pool and gym all in one place
If you want to stay in Maeklong town itself — easy reach to the umbrella market, the Mae Klong floating market and Amphawa — but still want a pool and proper hotel-style rooms rather than a canalside wooden house, Coco View Hotel is a name self-drive visitors keep coming back to. It's a 3-star hotel of around 40 rooms in Mae Klong sub-district, Mueang district, set beside a canal. What guests mention most is the salt-water swimming pool, a gym that reviews call better than expected, a varied breakfast and roomy, clean rooms. Standard rooms start at about THB 1,200/night, rising on weekends and holidays.
Most stays around Samut Songkhram are wooden shophouses or homestays along the Amphawa canal. Coco View Hotel instead sits in Maeklong town itself, in Mae Klong sub-district, Mueang district, beside a small canal, which buys you city-hotel convenience and quick access to all the main sights. It opened around 2014–2015 with roughly 40 rooms in a building that still looks modern — a fit for travellers who want full facilities rather than a vintage wooden-house atmosphere.
What guests talk about most is the outdoor salt-water swimming pool and a gym that many reviews call better than expected for a hotel this size — a few even say it's the best hotel gym they've come across in a provincial town. There's a sauna, plus the Coco Kitchen restaurant serving Thai, Chinese and Western food, with a breakfast praised as varied and decent. Free Wi-Fi, free parking and a 24-hour front desk round it out — features self-drive visitors appreciate, since most canalside stays in this area don't have them.
"Spacious room, comfy bed, the salt-water pool was clean and the gym was great. Breakfast had plenty to choose from, the staff were attentive and even gave us welcome coconut juice — a good place for families."
Rooms range from Superior Twin and Deluxe to Junior Suite and Coco View Suite. Every room has air-conditioning, a fridge, minibar, flat-screen TV, coffee machine and an en-suite bathroom with hot water; some have a balcony with city or canal views. Many guests say the rooms are spacious, the beds comfortable and everything clean. Worth knowing: some reviews note that furniture and bathroom fittings in a few rooms are starting to show their age, and the soundproofing between rooms isn't thick, so you may hear the next room or the hallway.
On location, the hotel is in Maeklong town, about 5–10 minutes' drive to the umbrella market and the Mae Klong floating market. Amphawa floating market is around 10–15 minutes away, and the Don Hoi Lot viewpoint about 15–20 minutes. The upside is being close to every main sight without long drives, with restaurants and convenience stores all around. The trade-off is that the hotel is near the road and an elevated highway, so some rooms catch traffic noise — if you're sensitive to sound, ask for an inner-facing or higher-floor room.
Honestly, from the real-guest reviews — Coco View Hotel suits travellers who want a city hotel with a pool and gym to use as a base for the umbrella market, Maeklong and Amphawa, more than those after a wooden-house, canalside Amphawa feel. Its clear strengths are the salt-water pool, the gym, the breakfast, roomy units and the convenient in-town location. What you accept in return is noise from neighbouring rooms and the road, and some rooms with older fittings. The cross-platform average sits around 8.0 out of 10 (Trip.com about 7.9, Hotels.com as high as 9.0, Tripadvisor 3.6 out of 5) — a good-value city hotel at this price.
A tip from following the reviews here: ask for a higher floor or an inner-facing room away from the road to dodge traffic and hallway noise. Make the most of the salt-water pool and gym, since they're a real edge over other stays in this area. And if you're heading to the umbrella market, check the train timetable first — the highlight is the moment the awnings fold back as the train passes through.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Clean salt-water pool and a gym that's better than expected
- ✓ Spacious, clean rooms with comfortable beds
- ✓ Varied breakfast; the Coco Kitchen restaurant is decent
- ✓ In-town location near the umbrella and Maeklong markets, free parking
- ! Thin soundproofing between rooms — you hear neighbours and the hallway
- ! Near the road and an elevated highway; some rooms catch traffic noise
- ! Furniture and bathroom fittings in a few rooms are dated
- ✓ In-town location with easy access to the main sights
- ✓ Has a pool and gym — rare among stays in this area
- ✓ Attentive staff, welcome coconut juice on arrival
- ✓ Good for families and self-drive travellers
- ! Some rooms are older than others — viewing the room first helps
- ! Noise from the hallway and road in certain rooms
- ! Prices rise noticeably on weekends and holidays
- 💡If you want a wooden-house, canalside Amphawa feel — this is a modern city hotel in Maeklong town, not a vintage shophouse → for the Amphawa vibe, a canalside Amphawa stay fits better.
- 💡If you're sensitive to noise — soundproofing between rooms is thin and the hotel is near a road and elevated highway → ask for a higher floor or inner-facing room away from the road, and pack earplugs.
- 💡If you book the cheapest room — some rooms have dated furniture → check recent room photos in reviews first, or step up to a Deluxe/Suite in newer condition.