DADA Massage Kanchanaburi

Proper stretching is the thing here. Plenty of places in Thailand hand you a "Thai massage" that amounts to a lie-down and some polite pressing, so a therapist who'll actually work you through the stretches is worth going out of your way for. Reviewers who clearly know the difference single it out, and one describes the sport-and-Thai combination as rare service. That's the reason I'd send you to this small studio in Tha Makham rather than whatever's nearest your guesthouse.

The other option worth knowing about is the neck, shoulders and back treatment, which people say still takes in the rest of the body rather than leaving you half-done. Good for anyone who's spent a day rattling around on the Death Railway or on a scooter. Feet get looked after too. Dada and her team come up by name again and again, always for being kind, professional and unhurried.

Groups are handled well. Several reviewers turned up as a party of four and were fitted in the same day, which is unusual for a place this size.