Fresh Oranges from the Garden in Chiang Mai

Set up by the Chiang Mai YMCA as a handicrafs producer and exporter for skills development.

Nice, clean building and good rooms at good rates (currently under 200 bucks a month, Jan. 2015) in a leafy area. Popular with long-term expats.

Dominating an entire area, the YMCA has done a lot over the past decades to put Chiang Mai on the map. Alas, as with so many other places in Chiang Mai, the YMCA looks a bit worn and outdated inside. But it still works as budget accommodation in a good location with many acitivies. The YMCA Chiang Mai also houses a prominent language school where Thai is taught at bargain rates.

Just seven rooms in the Santhitham/YMCA area, cozy and well located with friendly host and staff.

Newly built boutique hotel with just ten rooms which enables more attention to individual guests. Location is leafy and cozy near the YMCA. Taxi drivers should also be directed to the YMCA, as it will take hours to explain the name of this hotel. As a side note, guest house and hotel names in Chiang Mai get ever more, well, interesting. At least this one could be dead last alphabetical lists for a while, until someone comes up with "Zzzzorie Full".