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Phuket Luxury Hotels

Twinpalms Phuket Resort and Spa
This is in the northern part of the island, and so nearer the airport. Surin Beach is smaller and thus a bit more exclusive. Twinplams Phuket Hotel is about 300 metres from the beach and has an arrangement with the beach operators for their guests.

Twinpalms Phuket hotel is very different in that it is independent, is uniquely designed with a mix of North European and Thai architecture and is a haven of peace. It has top quality genuine spa facilities, beautiful rooms equipped with CD/DVD players; so for anyone looking for total relaxation, this could be the one for you.
Address: Surin Beach Raod, Chernag Talay, Phuket

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JW Marriot Hotel Phuket
JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa is set in lush tropical gardens, with 17 kms of natural beachfront. Fifteen minutes north of the airport, the resort comprises 265 spacious rooms, including 13 suites, all facing towards the Andaman Sea. Facilities include eleven restaurants and bars, Thai cooking school, three magnificent pools, a Mandara Spa, shopping arcade and an activities-packed kids club. The fitness center includes two tennis courts, yoga sala. Golf available nearby.
Address: 231 Moo 3, Mai Khao, Talang Phuket 83110, Thailand

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Mom Tri’s Villa Royale
Mom Tri’s Villa Royale is set atop the headland of Kata Bay between two of the most beautiful sandy beaches on Phuket, Kata Noi and Kata Yai. Twenty-seven Villa Suites offer the highest standard of privacy and comfort. Mom Tri’s Villa Royale offers a rare and unforgettable opportunity to experience the splendor of graceful living in Phuket’s last hideaway.
Address: 12 Kata Noi Road, Kata Noi Beach, Phuket, 83100 Thailand

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Good Value Phuket Hotels

Holiday Inn Phuket Hotel
Splendidly set amid this island paradise is the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket, conveniently located just 15 minutes from Phuket town and standing in its own secluded grounds just a step away from the island’s most popular beach, Patong.
Choose your style of resort comfort with accommodation either in the hotel’s 265-rooms Main Wing or in the Busakorn Wing, which offers 140 Studio and Villa rooms centered around two magnificently themed and landscaped pools. Twenty-five well-appointed suites include Family Suites and Kidsuites. Non-smoking rooms and rooms designed with special features to facilitate handicap access are available.
Address: 52 Thaweewong Road, Patong Beach, Phuket, 83150 Thailand

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Marina Phuket Resort Hotel
Perched on a headland at southern end of Karon, among the finest of Phuket’s famous west-coast beaches. The deluxe villas overlook the beach and the Andaman Sea. All guests have direct access to Karon Beach and can enjoy snorkeling right out front of the resort.
Address: 47 Karon Road, Karon Beach, Phuket 83100, Thailand

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Pacific Club Resort Phuket
Pacific Club is a kind of low cost boutique resort set in a relaxing jungle beach atmosphere surrounded by panoramic ocean and jungle mountain views only 10 minutes walk from Karon Beach. The Rooftop swimming pool, gym, spa, herbal steam sauna w/Jacuzzi, are all reasonably priced and fine dining insure satisfaction for most all travelers. Cable TV and Wi-Fi internet in your room provide the high tech connection.
Address: 16 Soi 24, Patak Road, Phuket 83100, Thailand

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Phuket Travel Guide

Population:
200,000

Currency:
Thai Baht, 1 Baht = 100 satang

Opening hours:
Most shops in Phuket are open from 09.00 to 22.00 in the evening, and are often open 7 days a week.

Phuket Banking hours are strictly 08.30 to 15.30, Monday to Friday.

Phuket Supermarket times may differ depending on neighbourhood. Sundays close 20.00, 21.00 or 22.00.

Tourist information:
Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT)
73-73 Phuket Road, Muang District, Phuket Town 83000
Open 08.30 to 16.30 Monday to Friday.
Closed weekends and public holidays
Tel; +66 (0)76 212213, +66 (0)76 211036

Phuket

Welcome to paradise! Phuket has all the right ingredients; surrounded by clear blue water, its palm fringed beaches are of soft, clean sand, it has a vibrant nightlife and you can enjoy the most wide ranging cuisine – you name it, you can at it in Phuket. For several years Phuket has topped the polls as a holiday paradise, and in the most recent survey, readers of a top travel magazine voted for it ahead of Bali and Cebu. Add all this to the most welcoming people in the world, and you can see why travellers love it.

Phuket City

Phuket and its surrounding islands are some of the most beautiful and intriguing in the world. Tall outcrops of limestone rise vertically from the sea, and probably the most famous of these was used as a location for one of the James Bond films. It’s now known as “James Bond Island”, but its real name is Phang-nga.

Set just off the west coast of Thailand, in the Andaman Sea, Phuket is about the same size as Singapore. The main town is Phuket Town, but many visitors stay in the beach resorts of Surin, Katu, Karon and the most famous (and busy) Patong Beach area. To get from Phuket to Patong takes about 20 minutes. Phuket Town has all the administration offices, bigger business hotels and department stores, whilst the beach resorts cater more to the holiday maker. However, excursions to the islands off Phuket go from the port at Phuket Town.

Things to See and Do in Phuket

A Day Visit By Boat To Phi Phi Island
This is one of the best excursions from Phuket, and takes in a whole day. Leaving in the morning; the excursion includes a visit to island caves, a glass bottomed boat/submarine trip, snorkelling off the island and some time on Phi Phi island, where some organizers go to Maya, a location for the film “The Beach”.
Address: Leisure 4 20/13 Moo2 Lagoon Marina, Phuket Town 83200
Phone: +66 (0)76 352090

Phang-nga
Take the speedboat to Phang-nga and Khai Nai islands. Discover the flora and fauna at Panak Island, and the amazing limestone mountains at Hong Island. This trip also offers you a visit to Tapu Island (James Bond Island), Talu Cave, the fishing village called Ban Tak Dad and the landscape of mangrove forests.
Address: Phang-nga Eco Tourism
Phone: +66 (0)76 219042
Internet: www.phuket-boat.com

Adventurer Rafting
Rafting and elephant trekking in Phang-nga. You will never forget it!
Address: Sutin, 100 RatU-Thit Rd, Patong, Phuket 83150
Phone: +66 (0)76 342918

Scuba Diving
‘Have a go’ under the guidance of a PADI instructor. A day course includes simple instruction in breathing techniques, signals and safety before taking a dive into the clear waters.
Address: Dive Asia, 24 Karon Rd, Kata Beach, Phuket 83100
Phone: +66 (0)76 330598
Internet: www.diveasia.com

Health Spas And Wellness Centres
Make sure you are going to a genuine health treatment centre, and not a Phuket hotel which has just decided to add ‘spa’ to their name. Treatment costs range from Thai massage for about 900 baht per hour to full treatment packages which are priced according to the number of chosen options. The best on the Phuket island has to be The Hideaway, where options include a package of sauna, Jacuzzi, oil massage and Thai massage. You will be floating on air for days afterwards.

Hideaway Day Spas
Phone: +66 (0)76 271549 +66 (0)76 340591 +66 (0) 76280649
Internet: www.phuket-hideaway.com

Phuket Fantasea
This a cultural theme park with a very extravagant show. A stunning 140-acre theme complex, packed with activities, such as carnivals and a Las Vegas-styled theatrical show. The show begins at 21.00. If booked for the dinner and show, then arrive before 18.30.
Address: Phuket FantaSea, 93 Moo 3 Kamala Beach, Phuket
Phone: +66 (0) 76 385111
Internet: www.phuket-fantasea.com

Elephant Trekking
Elephant treks out in the jungle. Takesome mosquito protection or cream to avert the various flying insects, many of whom enjoy taking a nip at a passing Phuket traveler.
Address: Phuket Elephant Ride, 25/19 Moo 1, Viset Rd Rawai.
(Just on the road out of Katu, heading towards Phuket, left side of road)
Phone: +66 (0)76 289099 Mobile +66(0)7 2787239

Eating in Phuket

The Thai kitchen in itself has become one of the country’s biggest exports, and naturally nothing can compare to the genuine thing! Why not sample a bowl of Tom Yam Goong (spicy prawn soup), or perhaps the Gaeng Phed Yang (roast duck in red curry) is more to your liking? Many Phuket restaurants in the resort towns such as Patong Beach area, will have a mix of Thai and ‘western’ food. Chinese dishes are readily available at the many restaurants in the resorts, and there are a fair number of Indian and Arabic places catering to those particular types of cuisine.

Aloha Villa
A Phuket hotel and restaurant, on the Rat-U-Thit road. A very clean and well run establishment serving Thai, Western, and Chinese food.
Address: 142/2 Rat-U-Thit Road, Patong
Phone: +66 (0)76 345733
Internet: www.phuket-aloha.com

Molly Malone’s
A typical re-created Irish Pub in the middle of Phuket. Comfy sofas and Guinness make this a favourite for those westerners wanting a break from rice and noodles, or for anyone looking for traditional English/Irish food. Live music starts at 22.00 every night.
Address: 94 Thaweewong Road, (the beach front road), Patong
Phone: +66 (0)76292 7711

Phuket Town
Kan Eang Seafood Restaurant
This specialist seafood restaurant is nearer Phuket Town at Chalang Bay, and serves Thai cuisine.
Address: 9/3 Chaofa Rd, Chalong Bay, Phuket
Phone: +66 (0)76 381323
Internet: www.phuket-seafood.com

PATONG
Night Food Market
For simple, freshly cooked Thai food, a good place to go is the Patong Night Food Market on Rat-U-Thit. It’s out in the open and offers plenty of choice. Look at each menu to see what appeals to you! The ‘sales’ team on the street will all tempt you into their ‘restaurant’ but perhaps it’s best to look at each one and go back to the one you like. Fish is the main ingredient at the market.
Address: Rat-U-Thit Road, opposite the Paradise Complex

JASMINE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
Kata
This is a full restaurant version of the street market in the centre of Patong Beach area. You choose your baskets of fish, and these will include prawns, squid, rock lobster and mussels to be cooked.
Address: Sugar Palm Resort, 20/10 Kata Rd, Kata Beach, (about
30 minutes drive from Patong)
Phone: +66 (0)76 284404
Internet: www.sugarpalmphuket.com

Phuket Cafes

All the resorts from Surin to Chalong Bay have a beach front road packed with cafés and simple eating places. Some are part of the hotel; some are just simple cafés on the roadside. Too numerous to mention, just have a stroll and see what appeals to your taste buds!

Phuket Bars and Nightlife

Equally, Patong bars run into the hundreds. The main Patong bar areas are gathered around Bang La Square and Bang La Road. The road is traffic free in the evening, so you can wander along without the worries of the motorbikes. Off Bang La Road are some “Soi’, which are lanes, but again without traffic. In these Sois , such as Soi Eric, Soi Cayote, Soi Gonzo and Soi Easy there are even more Patong bars. To name a few, but names change rapidly, as do the owners and the staff!

Kangaroobar
An Australian bar serving good cocktails, with sports TV and good atmosphere.
Address: Bang La Road, left side coming from Thaweewong Rd

Freedom Bar
In the middle of the Soi Eric complex, a very lively bar.
Address: Soi Eric, Bangla Rd, Patong

Buffalo Bar
Attracts American and Australian visitors, playing western music
Address: Soi Eric, right side.

Club Rio
Club Rio has food, dancing, pool and TV. Situated on the corner of Bang La, it’s a good place to watch the world from the corner terrace tables
Address: 53 Bangla Rd, Patong
Phone: +66(0)76 294191
Internet: www.riophuket.net

Dragon Disco
Large entertainment complex with music, lasers, and the most hi tech club in Patong. Also pool and Go Go dancers. Regarded by many as the best club in Patong.
Address: 33 Thawaweewong Rd, Patong
Phone: +66 (0) 76 949297
Internet: www.dragonclub.com

Banana Disco
The most established disco in Patong, this is one of the best meeting places in Patong. Large TV screen and lasers. Entrance is 100 baht, but includes the first drink
Address: 124 Thaweewong Road, Patong
Phone: +66(0)76 340306

Two Black Sheep
Live music every night from country to rock to Thai. A good place if you are into live music.
Address: On Rat U Thit Road, Patong, next to the Night Food Market.

Shopping in Phuket

Thailand has excellent shopping, both modern malls with all the regular brands, as well as plenty of traditional crafts. The Central Festival in Phuket Town is the biggest shopping centre and has 300 shops, with branded goods, Thai crafts and electronics. Situated on the outskirts of Phuket Town, you will more than likely need a tuk tuk, or taxi to get there.

For traditional Thai crafts, there is an organisation which is government supported called One Tambon, One Product. The idea is to encourage rural and tribal people from the Phuket villages to produce traditional goods and take the benefits directly. The store is located at the south end of Patong, behind the Holiday Inn Hotel.

All the Phuket resorts have a night market, but the biggest is in Patong Beach area. The vendors begin to set up their stalls around 18.30, and then they are open for business until about 23.00. All the best bargains are here: clothes, sports equipment, watches, souvenirs, luggage and some of the best copies you can find.

For designer ceramics this company uses the local clay for their work, and produces some very fine pieces. They are at Baan Kathu, on the outskirts of Phuket Town.