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Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai
€147.70/ Night
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A 44-room wellness retreat in restored Lanna teak at the foot of Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, with a serious spa, private-pool residences and a strong green ethos.
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Need To Know
- 44 rooms and residences, from balcony rooms to one- and two-bedroom pool residences and a four-bedroom golden teak villa, set among restored Lanna teak buildings.
- In the Suthep district at the foot of Doi Suthep, on the western edge of Chiang Mai, a short walk from Wat Umong and about 15 minutes from the airport and Old Town.
- The Ayurah spa and wellness centre, a saltwater pool, The Garden restaurant, the 1892 Bar in a historic teak house, a gym and a library.
- A quiet, wellness-focused retreat rather than a city-centre base; a car or a Grab is useful, and there is no kids' club though children are welcome.
- Our Favourite Rooms: a one-bedroom Pool Residence for the private pool, or the golden teak villa for a family or group.
Check in - Check out
Check in from 14:00; check out before 12:00.
We Love
- The architecture. Centuries-old Lanna teak buildings, restored and dressed with hand-cast ceramics and tribal textiles, including a bar in an 1892 teak house.
- The wellness. A proper spa in a two-storey teak pavilion, with treatments tailored after a personal consultation, and two group classes a day open to all.
- The green ethos. Plastic-free, built low to protect the forest, and rooms cleaned with ozonated water rather than chemicals, unusually thorough for Thailand.
- The setting. A green pocket at the foot of Doi Suthep, a short stroll from the forest temple of Wat Umong, yet only 15 minutes from the Old Town.
- The people. A largely female-led team, owner, architect and staff, whose warm, by-name service is the thing guests single out again and again.
Key Features
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€147.70 for 1 Night
Location
Address
189 Soi Ban Mai Lang Mo 18, Suthep, Muang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Travel Info
Aleenta Retreat is in the Suthep district on the western edge of Chiang Mai, about 15 minutes from the airport and Old Town. The entrance is discreet and easy to miss, so a car, scooter or Grab is useful for getting into town.
Last Updated: 2026-07-07
Expert Review
Origins
Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai opened in 2023, the third and most inland of the independent Thai group's Aleenta properties, after the original on the coast at Hua Hin and its sister near Phuket. It sits in the Suthep district on the western edge of the city, in a green pocket at the foot of Doi Suthep, and is built around a cluster of centuries-old Lanna teak buildings that have been carefully restored, hand-cast ceramics and tribal textiles inside, a historic 1892 teak house given over to a bar.
It is, above all, a wellness retreat. The Ayurah spa and wellness centre, set in a two-storey teak pavilion, runs personalised programmes, recovery, detox, mindfulness, stress and sleep among them, with treatments tailored after a one-to-one consultation and at least two group classes a day, from yoga and qi gong to sound healing, open to every guest. Just 44 rooms and residences, several with their own pools and one a four-bedroom golden teak villa, keep it intimate, and a saltwater pool, The Garden restaurant and a library fill the rest. The retreat is notably green, plastic-free, built low to protect the forest, its rooms cleaned with ozonated water, and notably personal, largely female-led and warmly run. A short walk away is the forest temple of Wat Umong, and the Old Town is fifteen minutes off, but the point of the place is to slow down within it.
Top Secret
The 1892 Bar is the quiet highlight: a restored teak house with a polished plank floor and a raftered roof on old dark-wood tree trunks, a pianist some evenings, and Thai izakaya snacks, pulled wild-boar tacos, khao soi gyoza, to go with the cocktails.
The Review
Aleenta Retreat Chiang Mai is a wellness hotel that gets the setting right: a green pocket at the foot of Doi Suthep on the western edge of the city, quiet and rural-feeling yet only fifteen minutes from the Old Town. Opened in 2023 by the independent Thai group behind the coastal Aleentas, it is built around restored Lanna teak buildings and centred, above all, on its spa.
There are just 44 rooms and residences, which keeps it intimate. They run from balcony rooms to one- and two-bedroom pool residences and a four-bedroom golden teak villa, dressed in natural tones with hand-cast ceramics and tribal textiles; the residences and villa have their own pools, and there is a saltwater pool in the gardens. The wellness programme is the heart of the place: the Ayurah centre, in a two-storey teak pavilion, tailors treatments after a personal consultation and runs at least two group classes a day, yoga, qi gong, sound healing, a memorable bamboo-stretching class, open to all guests.
Two things lift it beyond the usual. The green credentials are genuine: plastic-free, built low to protect the forest, rooms cleaned with ozonated water instead of chemicals, and the place is warmly, largely female-led, with service guests praise repeatedly. Dining is at The Garden, wellness-focused Lanna and Western, with the lovely 1892 Bar in a historic teak house for the evening. A short walk away is the forest temple of Wat Umong, with its lotus ponds and meditation tunnels.
A few honest points. The entrance is discreet, to the point of being easy to miss, and the retreat is not walking-central, so you will want a car or a Grab for town; there is no kids' club, though children are welcome; and the spa books up, so reserve ahead. But for a calm, design-led wellness stay in restored teak, with a serious spa and a real conscience, Aleenta Retreat is among the most appealing places to stay in Chiang Mai.
