Full Description
Hotel Portofino at Toscana Valley is a dog-friendly hotel with its own dedicated Dog Friendly room type. The room welcomes small dogs up to 15 kilograms, alongside two guests. It measures 48 square metres, with a twin or king bed. From booking onward, the hotel treats the room as pet-equipped rather than pet-tolerant. A dog bed, a food tray, and a pet tray come standard, set up before arrival. Consequently, owners don’t need to bring the basics along for a short Khao Yai trip. It’s a single, purpose-built room type, not a blanket policy across every room in the resort. Booking the right category, therefore, matters here.
A Dog-Friendly Room Inside an Italian Port Town
Hotel Portofino itself is one wing of the larger Toscana Valley resort. Its design mirrors a small fishing village on Italy’s western coast. Brightly colored buildings line a lake at the center of it. Hotel rooms, restaurants, cafés, shops, and a co-working space weave through the same waterfront streets. The Dog Friendly room sits inside that setting. It gives a small dog a proper Italian-village backdrop, not a standard hotel corridor. Meanwhile, the wider Toscana Valley complex spans several more hotels, a golf course, and a spa. The dog-friendly room, in turn, opens onto plenty to explore beyond it.
Setting and Atmosphere
The mountain views set the tone here. Portofino’s rooms and public spaces look out over Khao Yai’s hills. The lake at the center pulls the whole village layout together. In fact, the architecture leans hard into its theme. Vibrant colors and a harbor-style layout give Portofino its name. As a result, a stay feels closer to a European coastal town than a typical countryside resort. Beyond Portofino, the broader Toscana Valley grounds include Castello Della Valle’s castle-style buildings and a Pisa-inspired piazza. So there’s a fair amount of ground to wander between the room and dinner.
Food and Drink
On site, dining spans a long list of cafés and restaurants across the wider resort. Coppia Caffè and Caffè Portofino sit inside Hotel Portofino’s own village streets. Ravello and Club Lago, meanwhile, serve Mediterranean and Thai menus elsewhere on the property. Papa Mama Gelateria and La Tosca round things out with gelato and fresh bakes. That said, none of these venues have a confirmed dog policy of their own. So the Dog Friendly room is the one part of the stay with a confirmed dog policy. For now, it’s worth treating the room, not the restaurants, as the dog-friendly core of a visit.
In short, Hotel Portofino’s dog-friendly offering is narrow but genuine. It’s one dedicated room, equipped and ready, inside a resort built around an Italian village theme. The dog bed, the food and pet trays, and the 15-kilogram weight allowance add up to real planning. The hotel plans for small dogs here rather than squeezing them in. For owners wanting a themed Khao Yai stay with a dog along, this room is the one to book.
Chiang Rai 
