Karon Beach, Phuket

A nice long beach if you like walking. The waves can be rather big on this beach, not so good small children. Plenty of Bars/Restaurants around which are good value. A main road runs between the beach and most hotels.

Advantages: The surround sights are spectacular
Disadvantages: Rather touristy and more expensive

...Part two of my Thailand adventure took the guise of 7 nights staying at the Phuket Arcadia Beach & Spa Resort, Karon Beach, Phuket Island. Located off the West Coast of the Thai mainland in the Andaman Sea. This was to be the beach bumming, working on my tan part of the trip. Well it didn’t exactly work out like this! We got hit with the start of the rainy season – though l was lead to believe the beginning of June shouldn’t be too bad for rain it wasn’t the case! From being in Bangkok, where the weather was blistering, Phuket whilst humid and warm rained and rained and rained! I though we were gonna have to call on Noah and his ark! We did get a couple of good days – though it rained at night! At first l was totally pee’d off – but soon started to think hey stuff it lm thousands... Read review

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Advantages: Clear signs, difficult to get lost
Disadvantages: Transport to and from the airport is not great

...are domestic ones from within Thailand but there are a growing number of International ones from within Asia and one that is due to start to London this year with Phuket Airlines. Transport The airport itself is about 32km north-east of Phuket Town and north of the main beaches such as Patong and Karon. It is easily reached by car, taxi or minibus – there are no trains on Phuket. Although officially there are buses that going to the airport, in reality they are not worth bothering about and you have to rely on some sort of private transport to and from the airport. Coming from the airport If you have not already arranged a transfer with your hotel, there are a variety of ways to get out of the airport. There are a couple of multinational car hire companies – Avis & Budget if you wish to go down that route. Just outside the doors... Read review

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Advantages: great facilities, great rooms, good view
Disadvantages: Food and services a bit expensive, standard for a Hilton

...(Pineapple rice and Singha beer are my favourite). The room I stayed in had a double bed, TV with on-demand channels, very nice bathroom with a wooden part that opens up to one side, so you can see out of the balcony. I can remember that the Salmon sandwich from the room service menu was very good, around 200 baht. Every day, the room service cleans the room immaculately, also leaving some orchids on the bed table and complementary mineral water. What I also liked was that the shop close to the court yard swimming pool stocked a variety of imported English books at a reasonable price. The only problem I can think of is getting into other places on Phuket, as well as the fact that ripping off foreigners is still wide spread throughout Thailand. Tuk Tuks from Karon beach to Patong are quite expensive, so haggle. Compared to similar resorts... Read review

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