The Richy Place guest house

28/10/2025

With deepest respect and heartfelt gratitude to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, The Queen Mother — a true symbol of love, strength, and devotion.

Respectfully yours,
Management and Team Members of The Richy Place

22/02/2024

Where to Celebrate Songkran Festival in 2024

Songkran Festival is celebrated all over Thailand. Big cities like Bangkok and Chiang Mai hold bigger celebrations than other small towns or villages. Northern areas of Thailand have much longer celebrations than southern parts do.

Here are some popular destinations that most tourists like to visit to experience the Songkran Festival.

Songkran in Bangkok
The capital of Thailand is a unique place if you wish to enjoy Thai New Year. On Silom, a 5-kilometer-long (3-mile long) street in the center of the city, thousands of people gather to splash water on everyone with anything they can find, from buckets to water guns..

Songkran in Chiang Mai
This beautiful town in the north of Thailand hosts the biggest Songkran celebrations in the world. There are water fights all over the city: if you find yourself near the Ping River, or near canals or lakes, be prepared to be soaked from head to toe! On 12th April, you can participate in a parade with Buddha images from all over the city, accompanied by minstrels and local people.
Buddhists spend the 13th and 14th going to a wat (a Buddhist monastery) to pray and offer food to monks. They wash the statues of Buddha in their houses with perfumed water.

Songkran in Pattaya
Known as the party city of Thailand, Pattaya has the longest festival celebrations in Thailand. Water splashing "fights" begin from the morning of 13 April on every beach road in Pattaya. Live music stages and foam machines are set up to attract crowds to join in the great party. Moving pick-up trucks are used as mobile stages on the road with loud music playing all day. All tourists and locals enjoy Songkran's happiness.

Songkran in Phuket
Patong Beach area is the most popular place to celebrate Songkran Festival in Phuket. Tourists and local people splash water at everyone and enjoying a big party. There are live music shows and traditional Thai dancing performances around Saphan Hin Park in Phuket Town. In the streets along Bangla Road, there are many pickups employed to provide water to throw at everyone during Songkran Festival.

***Credit by https://www.asiahighlights.com/thailand/songkran-festival

20/11/2023

Thailand waives tourist visas for Russia, India, and Taiwan
From 1 November 2023 to 30 April 2024 for Russian tourists, and from 10 November 2023 until 10 May 2024 for Indian and Taiwanese tourists.

Bangkok, 1 November 2023 – Thailand is extending a temporary visa exemption for tourists from Russia, India, and Taiwan as part of the government’s quick-win policy to boost tourism during the high season.

From today until 30 April 2024, holders of Russian passports or travel documents will be entitled to a tourist visa exemption for a 90-day stay in Thailand, up from the original 30 days.
For Indian and Taiwanese citizens, they will be granted a temporary visa exemption for a 30-day stay on tourism purpose in Thailand, effective from 10 November 2023 until 10 May 2024.
The latest stimulus visa schemes for tourists from Russia, India and Taiwan followed the temporary tourist visa exemption implemented for tourists from China and Kazakhstan, effective from 25 September 2023 to 29 February 2024.

Credit by

https://www.tatnews.org/2023/11/thailand-waives-tourist-visas-for-russia-india-and-taiwan/

12/04/2020

welcome in the Thai New Year on 13 April, 2020.

Traditionally most people who work outside their hometown usually travel home to make merit at temples and to politely pour water on the hands of their elders, asking for blessings of prosperity and a healthy life. This has added significance during 2020, as we take care to ensure everyone remains healthy during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

Because of social distancing, we understand that many traditions are on hold this year while the Songkran spirit remains strong in everyone’s heart.

TAT would like to remind all of you to stay safe this holiday season, prepare for the time when travel and tourism returns, and we can all celebrate Songkran in style with our beloved family and friends.

Happy Songkran!

23/03/2020

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Thailand as of 23 March 2020, 11.00 Hrs.

23/03/2020