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 Before the city was named "Huahin" , a story was told that around 1834, in the reign of king Nang Klao, some of the agricultural areas in Petchburi were afficted by a severe drought. Some of citizens moved south until they found "Samoh Rieng village", up from Kao Takieb and Nong Kae or Ban Nong Sakae. In Samoh Rieng, the seashore is very unusual. The rocks on the shore were beautifully spread out and the land was right for farming and fishing, and was originally called "Samoh Rieng" village.
Prince Nares Worarit (Prince Krisadaphiniham, an ancestor of the family "Kridakorn) was the first member of the royal family to build a palace here, the big palace nere the southem part of Moo Hin (Now next to the Sofitel Hotel) and which he called "San Samran Suk Vesna" Later he built another palace caqlled "San Samran" and "Suk Vesna" to receive other members of the royal family. He also ordered the building of many small houses with high vaults the houses, which later became "Suk Vesna bungalow", and he called the beach next to the palace and the other southern beaches "Huahin" to distinguish them from "Ban Lam Hin", with the sea rock as the mark of the separation. The old Ban Lam Hin border to the south came as far as the Kade tree (This tree is now in front of the Sofitel Hotel and shekters a large shrine) not quite reaching the prince,s land. All this area is now called Huahin.
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