People can make a day-trip from Bangkok to Nakhonyhom. So you don't really need to sleep there. But if you want a slow trip there, all the hotels in Nakhon Pathom are like hotels in most other provincial capitals - designed for Thais, and straight out of the 1970s. At the Nakhon Inn, for example, they haven't changed their brochure since the early 1980s, and the photos of the rooms still match exactly to the rooms you'll stay in. That said, they are comfortable and prices are very reasonable.
The Royal Gems Golf Resort
The Royal Gems Golf & Sports Club, known as "The Crown Jewel" of Thailand's golf course, is one of the best course in South East Asia. The whole estate consists of 250 plots of real estate with some of the most beautiful house in Bangkok, 55 units of super luxurious condo 214 units of deluxe condo and hotel. The Prestige Sports club provides recreation and relaxation for your total well being. Complimenting the sports facilities are business center and banquet hall for 200 people.
Mitsampant Hotel
2/11 rachadamnern road, nakhon pathom, 73000 above the mitsampant electric appliance store, right next to the chedi on the west side and across shell petrol station; tel. +66-34252010. nice and clean, very friendly owners who speak fluent english. rooms from 200 baht a night. a handout of local map in english is available for free for all tourists.
Mitpaisal Hotel
120/30 prayapan road, nakhon pathom, 73000. tel. +66-34242422. six-storey hotel located close to the air-con bus station to bangkok and the fruit market, less than a quarter mile to the north from the chedi. better than mitsampant and nakhon inn, but the price is still very affordable. the room and bathroom are very clean. a handout of the local map in english is available for free with very helpful insight of area of attractions including very descriptive of transportation to other popular provinces.
Nakhon Inn
55 rajivithi road, nakhon pathom, 73000. tel. +66 0 34 251 152. large hotel in a small cul-de-sac off the road which the bangkok buses travel down. very close to the chedi, and a 15 minute walk to sanam chan. an internet cafe is located in a shop outside. opt for a room which overlooks the chedi, as the rooms on the other side sits directly above a school - you'll be woken at the crack of dawn by the screaming chorus of thai children being dropped off by their parents. rooms have clean bathrooms and beds, a fridge, there is a hotel restaurant and the building has a lift. the reception staff have limited english. rooms from 300 baht a night.