Phuket is attractive for its recreational opportunities; the tourist season here lasts from December till March. The Andaman Sea offers the most delicious seafood, has a beautiful coastline with many amazing beaches and is famous for diving sites. Those who wish can go on boat trips to the breathtaking islands.
This place boasts unique natural beauty — visitors can enjoy it from observation decks, or they can get a closer look during walks and tours. There is an excellent tourist infrastructure — an abundance of water and extreme entertainment, attractions, restaurants, bars (nightlife in Phuket is vivid). Excursion program is also diverse – tourists are welcome to visit natural attractions, Thai Village, temples and other interesting places.
It is very nice to have a rest by the sea, but there is a chance that there won’t be a comfortable beach area nearby: there are always crowds of tourists and not entirely clean. So, it is worth considering the possibility of booking a hotel room in one of the best beach hotels in Phuket because in this case you can expect cleanliness, comfort, safe entrance to the water, even for older people and kids.
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- 1 The Village Coconut Island 5*
- 2 Pullman Phuket Panwa Beach Resort 5*
- 3 Island Escape by Burasari 5*
- 4 Cape Panwa Hotel 5*
- 5 Katathani Phuket Beach Resort 5*
- 6 Amatara Welleisure Resort 5*
- 7 My Beach Resort 5*
- 8 SAii Laguna Phuket 5*
- 9 The Naka Phuket 5*
- 10 The Surin Phuket 5*
- 11 Anantara Layan Phuket Resort 5*
- 12 Thavorn Beach Village Resort & Spa Phuket 5*
- 13 The Mangrove by Blu Monkey 4*
- 14 Andaman White Beach Resort 4*
- 15 Novotel Phuket Kamala Beach 4*
The Village Coconut Island 5*
It is located in a picturesque place near the bay of Phang Nga and offers a great, detached from the usual tourist bustle vacation in bungalows. Guests can get to the mainland by a 24-hour «water cab» (a special boat). The beach here is sandy and pebbly, the entrance to the water is shallow. In addition, there is a shuttle service to the neighboring island of Rang Yai.
Accommodation options include grand villas, suites with Jacuzzis, and villas with a pool.
The main restaurant invites guests to a buffet of local and Italian cuisine. Hang out with friends at the Kabang or Koko bars and restaurants — the latter offers a creative cocktail card, traditional Japanese cuisine, Asian fusion dishes. Moreover, it features an impressive design and a freshwater source. There are weekly entertainment programs with live music and dancing.
The fitness center and stunning Kahtor SPA, surrounded by a tropical garden and offering all kinds of famed massages, hydrotherapy and a variety of Thai-style beauty treatments, are also available. Guests enjoy sailing, kayaking, paddle boarding, yoga, Thai boxing, mountain biking, dinghy Topaz and Hobby Cat catamarans, and playing lawn tennis, ping pong and billiards.
Pullman Phuket Panwa Beach Resort 5*
It is nominated for a Travelers’ Choice Award by TripAdvisor. It has 211 spacious, modern rooms of deluxe, junior suite, luxe, family classes, and 29 villas with private pools. The hotel overlooks Maham Bay. The buffet is served in the Aqua Restaurant. Panoramic Tamarind invites guests to enjoy national dishes made with products provided by local farmers and fishermen. Cocktails can be tasted at the Edge Beach Club; coffee and beer at The Junction Lounge.
The guests like to spend their time at the beach with white sand — here they not only swim and get a perfectly smooth tan, but also do water sports and play active games. There are 3 outdoor pools — 2 for adults and 1 for children.
Other attractions are the Pullman Fit Center with all the necessary equipment for an effective workout, and the Tapay Spa, which offers beauty treatments with a Thai flavor, including a famous massage technique.
Young guests can enjoy a variety of fun activities at the Sapparot Mini Club: painting umbrellas, making papier-mâché crafts, learning about Thai nature, doing origami, dancing and making kites — no time to be bored.
Island Escape by Burasari 5*
This a little tropical paradise is located on Mafrao Island, just a 10-minute boat ride to the mainland of Phuket. Accommodation here gives the sense of being at one with nature. Guests are staying in villas with varying numbers of bedrooms, wonderful design and panoramic windows.
Some are set amidst tropical vegetation and have a mini-pool. There are also 2 large swimming pools — the first one is in the form of a natural pond and the second one is amazingly beautiful and has the shape of a shell. And that’s besides the wonderful sandy beach, located a stone’s throw away from the resort. This beach is perfect for sunbathing and swimming, doing water sports, and beach volleyball.
Tourists love to go canoeing and snorkeling – this is an extremely exciting experience thanks to the transparent water. There is also an option to go sea fishing. The It’s Everything restaurant serves Thai and international dishes, The EAT offers grilled seafood, and there’s also a cocktail bar and pool bar.
Spa Burasari invites you to 8 private treatment rooms, male and female forest steam rooms, SPA gallery and «living» bamboo pavilion for relaxation.
Cape Panwa Hotel 5*
According to the administration, this place is visited by royalty and celebrities of Thailand. Accommodations include a standard room, junior suite, suite or a villa with a pool.
Panwa House, the beachfront restaurant that has been used as a movie set offers an unusual combination of Thai and Portuguese cuisine. Top of the Reef serves a variety of fresh sea food and Bamboo Beach Bar is a great place to enjoy refreshments and snacks (no need to leave the beautiful, secluded beach to get a snack — barbecue, sandwiches and salads are conveniently available right beside the sea).
Guests are sunbathing by the sea, swimming, going on underwater trips (it’s great location for diving and snorkeling), kayaking, and sailing. Cape Spa is a stylish and comfortable facility where you’ll find all sorts of SPA services, from traditional massage, Indian head massage and reflexology to body scrubs and wraps.
This center offers excellent service, highly qualified professionals, the finest beauty products and treatments, whirlpools, steam baths and saunas, and a luxurious relaxation area.
Katathani Phuket Beach Resort 5*
It consists of seven 3-story buildings and 2 wings and is located on the southwestern coast of Phuket in the secluded bay Kata Noi. Thani Wing is on the beachfront, 2 steps away from the long sandy beach. Bhuri Wing is also very close to the sea, you just need to cross the road.
It’s immense premises are covered with greenery and well maintained. Travelers who have already been here joke that the complex looks empty — though it is full of guests — because of its huge territory. Close by there is an excellent infrastructure for tourists: cafes and restaurants, stores, exchange office.
Guests may choose to stay in deluxe rooms, grand deluxe, junior suites, family suites, and royal suite, a grand suite with spectacular sea views. The Chom Talay serves a buffet menu, while Chanadda Royal Thai Cuisine (local cuisine), La Scala (Italian cuisine), Seacret (Thai and international cuisine), Fisherman’s Wharf (seafood) and Seaside (pizzeria) are also available.
The hotel offers a fitness room and a SPA-center, tennis courts, ping-pong and billiard tables, mini-golf course, daily animators service. Guests admire the number and variety of pools — there are both 18+, and kids pools, as well as a water park. They also praise the amenities for children: excellent programs in the mini-club, a playroom and an outdoor playground.
Amatara Welleisure Resort 5*
This hotel is located on the majestic Panwa Cape, which offers the best views of the Phuket coastline in Asia. It has been designed to optimize a secluded vacation. Tall walls and trees protect guests from the hustle and bustle of the world outside.
The buildings have comfortable rooms with balconies that offer spectacular views, the villas feature infinity-edge mini-pools. The Siri and Thai Sala and The Grill serve Thai and national dishes, Scene specializes in fresh seafood and charcuterie, and Senses offers exceptionally healthy meals. Romantically-minded people are invited to spend private time enjoying the Andaman Sea at Sun & Moon. This is a rooftop terrace serving exquisite wines, cocktails and appetizers.
This resort is focused on well-being — it offers all-inclusive wellness programs combining accommodation, healthy meals, carefully designed and personalized wellness and recreational activities, and classes: detox, weight management, Amatara Yoga, SPA programs, fitness with professional coaching team, physiotherapy sessions and massages.
Guests highly appreciate outdoor workouts, including those on the local sandy beach, where they engage in both active exercise and meditative recovery from stress.
My Beach Resort 5*
It is located on a gentle hillside. This is the east coast of Phuket. The rooms offer stunning views of the sea with access to the pool, Cape Panwa beach and mountains. There are 5 three-story buildings with 82 comfortable rooms of deluxe and premium class and private mini-pool.
As for swimming facilities — there are too endless freshwater pools, with a total area of 290 m2. And, of course, an excellent sandy beach with comfortable entrance to the warm sea water and a children’s playground.
The Dine at My Cafe is a panoramic view restaurant with a wide variety of seasonal Thai and international specialties. Drinks and snacks await you in the beautifully furnished lounge with an amazing 270° panoramic view of the sea, where it is so nice to watch the magnificent sunsets.
Guests have access to a well-equipped fitness center and can enjoy water activities such as kayaking and paddleboarding. It is also possible to do snorkeling and diving. The tour service is excellent. Many guests take the daily shuttle to the center of Phuket — depart at noon and return by a flight at 4 p.m.
SAii Laguna Phuket 5*
This hotel is located in the heart of Phuket’s Laguna district which offers numerous natural, cultural and culinary attractions. It is close to the airport, the city center and Nang She Lookout.
Bangtao beach with the purest white sand is available to holidaymakers. Here guests can go kayaking, windsurfing, and sailing. It is also worth visiting the three great swimming pools. The Kids’ Pool is ideal for younger guests. Tranquility offers a serene sense of zen, and the main pool has a 55-meter water slide for the whole family.
Accommodation options include comfortable rooms and suites with bright, cheerful interiors and access to a terrace with sun loungers. Culinary treats are offered in Mr. Tomyam restaurant (Thai exotica and international classic dishes) and Miss Olive Oyl (Mediterranean cuisine), bean/coffee house and Lovacore snack bar where you can have hot or cold breakfast.
The gym features cutting-edge equipment for daily workouts, with professional trainers leading classes in pilates, yoga, zumba and Thai boxing. There are tennis courts (3 outdoor, 1 indoor), a squash court and an archery range.
The Mini Club Mafeung & Mafai invites VIPs aged 4 to 12 years. Children master cooking, drawing, tie-dyeing and batik. With individual activities for each age group, each child learns new skills, makes friends, and has lots of fun. Babies under the age of 4 are accompanied by their dads, moms, or babysitters.
The Naka Phuket 5*
This vacation retreat has an interesting landscape feature: it is located on a gentle hillside descending directly to the magnificent white sand beach of Nal Yae and coral reefs. The Naka welcomes its guests in 95 distinctive 1, 2 and 3-bedroom villas with the must-see pool.
The Wiwa restaurant serves Thai and international dishes prepared by a highly skilled chef. The Meka Panoramic Lounge, The Nana cocktail bar and pool bar also welcome guests. If you like Asian food in general or local food in particular, you can attend exciting and rewarding cooking classes led by a chef.
There is a spacious swimming pool. Vacationers are happy to swim in it and engage in water sports at the seashore.
The unique Napa Spa, which is located in a 5-story tower with the most outstanding modern design is very popular among guests. The artificial waterfall, flowing non-stop from the top of the structure, creates a stunning visual effect — it can be seen from anywhere on Nak Phuket.
The services at the SPA are based on a fundamental concept. According to it, well-being is a gradual natural healing process, grounded in the knowledge of the universal secrets of nature and its four Thai elements: earth, water, wind and fire.
The Surin Phuket 5*
This spot is a part of the prestigious TM chain of designer hotels. It is surrounded by tall coconut palms and hills on the west coast of Phuket. The hotel is located on a hillside overlooking the exclusive Pansy Beach. Vacationers enjoy this secluded little paradise with no crowds, no vendors, no noise and no garbage. But they also note the difficulty of having to go up and down the hill to get to the beach.
The guests live here in villas with a pool, luxe suites on the beach, one-bedroom cottages, and family cottages with 2 bedrooms. The Lomtalay restaurant offers spectacular buffet. The Sunset restaurant serves homemade Italian cuisine, and the beach restaurant is ready to treat its guests with the authentic regional and contemporary dishes prepared by talented chef Koen Roge. Cocktails at the beach bar are described by guests as the best in Phuket.
There’s a small pool, SPA and fitness facilities. Excursion services, water sports equipment rentals are also available. Guests have the opportunity to enjoy diving, snorkeling, and sailing.
Please keep in mind that this resort, remote from the bustle of the city, does not provide a set of conventional entertainment. It is focused on quiet relaxation and tranquil rest, so you have to entertain yourself.
Anantara Layan Phuket Resort 5*
This tropical paradise is located 45 minutes from Phuket, among lush tropical greenery, next to the beach with the powder-like sand — so white, clean and soft. The guests are delighted with it. There are building with 30 suites, 46 villas and 15 residences with swimming pools — great options for quiet secluded holidays for couples, singles or introvert friends: there are not many people around and the nature is unspoiled.
Five gourmet restaurants are open for guests: Breeze, Dee Plee, Cocoon, Rooftop, and Age. The SPA-center, surrounded by lotus ponds, includes 7 treatment rooms, a manicure and pedicure studio, a hairdressing salon, a beauty parlor, steam baths, and a relaxation area.
Elemis cosmetic products are used during beauty treatments. You can also get acquainted with the sleep guru, do qigong or yoga on the sand. At the fitness center you can sign up for a Thai boxing class or join a group workout.
Anantara Layan has its own private helipad — should you need a quick airport transfer or a sightseeing aerial tour, charter service is available.
Thavorn Beach Village Resort & Spa Phuket 5*
This resort complex looks picture-perfect thanks to its location on a mountain slope. It has private beach with a nice special attraction — close by is the Nakalai Coral Reef, one of the most thriving coral reefs in Phuket.
With easy access and relatively abundant marine life, it’s an ideal place for all kinds of outdoor activities, as well as basic diving and freediving certification courses. Thavorn’s administration collaborates with the best scuba diving and freediving instructors to provide guests with the best classes and courses.
In addition to the beach and reef, there is a huge pool and botanical garden directly on site. The children will be happy to interact with animals living here — rabbits, mini-pigs, chickens, parrots, geckos, and take a look at the special home that was built for turtles.
Guests are accommodated in rooms and suites, in bungalows and spacious villas. Buffet-style meals are provided at Marissa Terrace (international cuisine). A la carte national dishes are available at Old Siam.
In addition to popular water sports, you can work out in the fitness center, relax in the SPA zone or attend cooking classes, which will teach you to cook Thailand-style — with different unusual spices.
The Mangrove by Blu Monkey 4*
Surrounded by a mangrove, this amazing location offers private suites for guests to stay in. Studio Villa Oceans is a short walk from the bay and features a personal outdoor Jacuzzi. Gardens is hidden under tropical trees, luxe and deluxe studios overlook Chalong Bay, garden greenery or the mountains. Phuket is a 10-minute drive from this verdant spot.
Grove is the only cafe on the premises, but its breakfasts have been praised by guests. Close by are the restaurants Mor Mu Dong, Chaiyo Seafood, and Pa Lai.
There is a swimming pool and massage center, within a few steps you will find the beach of Mangroves, not far away is another one, Ao Yong. Here tourists spend a lot of time surfing, sapsurfing, kayaking and participating in other water sports.
Vacationers love to visit the observation tower of Khao Kad nearby. Having visited the observation deck, you can admire the surroundings and make a spectacular photo shoot on it.
This is a nice place to relax if you want to get away from the noise and crowds. It is perfect for couples looking for privacy, the elderly, families who prefer silence and relaxation.
Andaman White Beach Resort 4*
The administration is positioning this complex as a romantic vacation spot with access to a private secluded beach covered with white sand, as a quiet oasis, away from the bustle of the city. It is also mentioned that stores and nightclubs are within easy reach. That is, you won’t find yourself in the middle of nowhere, far from civilization.
Guests are accommodated in deluxe suites with stunning sea views and Jacuzzi, luxury suites right on the beach, as well as villas equipped with swimming pools.
Guests have their meals at Tom Yam (the best national cuisine from local products and seafood). The Coconut Terrace Bar & Brasserie serves buffet-style American/Asian breakfast daily and a varied lunch menu with sandwiches, salads, pastas. Here you can also enjoy delicious Asian dishes, tropical drinks, fresh fruit juices, and a weekly barbecue with fresh fish, seafood, steaks, and salad bar.
There is a well-equipped fitness center. Dala Spa offers a variety of wellness and massage treatments based on local practices.
There is a rent equipment for water sports — diving and paddleboarding, kayaks and canoes. Life jackets are available for those who want to experience the sea adventures.
Novotel Phuket Kamala Beach 4*
This hotel is located near Kamala Bay, a 15-minute drive from Patong. It includes 166 superior rooms, suites and villas.
Those who stay in villas can enjoy sea views, Jacuzzi and swimming pool.
Fifty meters away is the snow-white sandy beach. Guests have the opportunity to take classes from experts in surfing and sapsurfing, or take a ride in a single or double kayak. There is an outdoor pool on site.
The main restaurant, Soul Kitchen, serves a wide range of international cuisine and an authentic Thai menu. The exclusive On The Roof rooftop bar, The Lilo Pool Bar and The Living Room Sports Bar are open to visitors.
In Balance Spa has a team of professional masseurs and offers a wide range of treatments and SPA packages. A comprehensive fitness center with the most advanced equipment and panoramic views of the bay will help you stay in shape throughout your vacation. Free bike rentals are available, and many guests take bike rides to Kamala Village.
Children are welcome at the mini-club with cheerful and informative programs and activities. There is a beautiful colorful play area on the premises.