PART 1; PALIO IN KHAO YAI IS A FABULOUS, AUTHENTIC RECREATION OF A TYPICAL TUSCANY VILLAGE IN ITALY! NOW YOU CAN VISIT THAILAND AND ENJOY A TASTE OF ITALY! PALIO IS AN ITALIAN THEMED SHOPPING VILLAGE COMPLETE WITH ITALIANATE GARDENS, FOUNTAINS, STATUES, BOUTIQUES, RESTAURANTS AND EVEN A VILLAGE SQUARE, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THAILAND'S WINE PRODUCING REGION AND AT THE BORDER OF WORLD FAMOUS KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK

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PALIO IS TWO AND HALF HOURS DRIVE FROM BANGKOK AND A WORLD APART! 

I LOVE THE AMBIANCE AND CHARM OF PALIO WHICH EVEN HAS A SMALL, 16-ROOM BOUTIQUE HOTEL WITHIN ITS GROUNDS SO YOU CAN SHOP AND LIVE INSIDE PALIO SHOPPING VILLAGE. RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO PALIO IS BALIOS WHICH IS A BIG HOTEL BUT ALSO WITH AN ITALIANATE THEME SINCE BOTH ARE OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY.

THE OWNER OF PALIO THE ITALIAN SHOPPING VILLAGE AND BALIOS THE ITALIAN THEMED HOTEL PLUS PALIO BOUTIQUE HOTEL IS PRAWIT MALINON WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO OWN TV3, THE MOST INFLUENTIAL TV CHANNEL IN THAILAND. HOWEVER, PALIO AND THE OTHER ADJOINING PROPERTIES ARE NOW BEING HANDLED BY HIS SON AND DAUGHTER. SO NICE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER WHAT DADDY STARTED AND THE SIBLINGS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB TOO RUNNING THE PLACE!