Phuket Hotels - Help Choosing

Berty

Hello,

I have booked flights into Phuket for 7 nights next April and cannot come to terms with picking a hotel. There are just soo many. Im staying in Patong.

Anybody there can give their 2 cent with advice.

I dont know whether I want to be near Bangla road or far away from it. I would prefer a beach hotel or sea view but the ones near the beach are not in Patong or too much of a walk from the town.

Any advice appreciated.

Bobon

To be fair, I'd get the ferry straight over to Koh Phi Phi. Beautiful island, less than an hour on the ferry. Stay your first and last night in Phuket.

6ix

Bobon's right.

I'm just back, and Phuket isn't worth it, go straight to Phi Phi or somewhere else. Passed through Patong, looks like a complete dump to be honest. I stayed one night in Phuket, in a place called Kata (10 mins from Patong), which was ok (had a decent beach),but not nearly as nice as places on Phi Phi or Railay/Krabi.

Berty

Ok so,

Where on Phi Phi? We want to be near bars and restaurants but nothing along the lines of Bangla. If we wanted that I guess we would go to Santa Ponsa or similar.

If we stay there the first 5 nights and then last 2 nights in Patong then I guess our budget would be around €500 which on the basis of Patong seems to go a far way.

dory

I stayed on Phi Phi too. Maybe there's a quiet side to it, but I found it to be party central.
I love that there's no cars on it though. I stayed in Phuket town one night, wouldn't have stayed longer.
Hope someone can give you some info on Phuket, cause maybe it is what you're after. Just your average backpacker would be bored there.

Berty

Flights are booked so Im going anyway.

Arriving 12th April which is their new years eve. Cant wait!

bazery

Actually couldn't agree with these guys more, Phuket is like the dirty tourist part of thailand, get a flight to chiang mai or a boat to phi phi, you won't regret it

Berty

I thought the boat journey was shorter. Some sites are saying the boat journey is two hours?

How long from the airport to Phi Phi in total.

Im looking at a Beachfront Cabana in the Holiday Inn Phi Phi but is that away from any bars and restaurants. Google Earth has a big stupid cloud over the islands so I cannot see it.

woodseb

quirke_folder wrote: »

I thought the boat journey was shorter. Some sites are saying the boat journey is two hours?

How long from the airport to Phi Phi in total.

Im looking at a Beachfront Cabana in the Holiday Inn Phi Phi but is that away from any bars and restaurants. Google Earth has a big stupid cloud over the islands so I cannot see it.

phi phi is a tiny island you won't be more than 5 mins from any action

Berty

Im not sure if Phi Phi is right for us.

Dont like the look of the hotels in the main part and you must get a boat around the island to the bars because there are no roads.

Maybe we will hire a speedboat and take a day trip to the Islands.

Im now torn between the Deevana and the Thavorn Resorts in Patong. The rest are either not what we are looking for or out of our price range.

6ix

Boat to Phi Phi is about 2 hours from Phuket town harbour. Airport is about 45 mins from Phuket town.

It's completely up to yourself, but being back from Thailand less than a week, I think you're mad to go all the way to SE Asia just to visit Patong. You may as well visit Playa del Ingles or Santa Ponsa, it's the same thing, just sleazier.

I'm not a snobby tourist, or someone who hates having any other tourists around - far from it - but Thailand offers a whole lot more than some craphole resort which caters for European stag weeks and geriatric perverts! I'd go so far as to say that Patong was easily the least desirable destination I saw in a few weeks of travelling the country.

Having said that, I have known people who honeymooned in top class luxury hotels there and enjoyed it (bar the sleazy stuff in the town). I think that was mostly due to the excellent hotels though, and not the surroundings. Also, in fairness, there would be plenty to do in Patpong, lots of activities.

Horses for courses I suppose, but that's my 2 cents. The Andaman coast of Thailand has a wealth of options anyway if you're flying into Phuket - loads of islands and plenty of mainland areas in Krabi too.

Maybe you could ask someone, get a first hand opinion.

bazery

Another thing to take into account is that patong and phuket are crazy expensive in comparison to the rest of thailand, chiang mai was the cheapest place by a long shot and we stayed in an amazing hotel called rachamanka, if i was goin to phi phi i'd stay near the village, even tho we stayed in a place at the other end of the island it was still cool cos we were there for the diving, stay somewhere very close to the islands if you can, they are the best part bout the whole place

Berty

What hotel would a person suggest in that case in Phi Phi town when Im looking for a beachside hotel and maybe room/cabana considering I was looking at the Holiday Inn. Something along those lines.

inforfun

I used this side www.sawadee.com, booking accomodation while traveling in Thailand.
I found out that it is cheaper to book via the internet then paying on arrival for some reason.

6ix

quirke_folder wrote: »

What hotel would a person suggest in that case in Phi Phi town when Im looking for a beachside hotel and maybe room/cabana considering I was looking at the Holiday Inn. Something along those lines.

For bookings I used Agoda.com, got some brilliant deals -better than both asiarooms.com and sawadee.com for when I was there. I guess that can vary, so check all three. I stayed in the Phi Phi Cabana in Phi Phi which was slightly expensive for what it was, but it's pool/beachfront access is one of the best in the area. Staying in Railay/Bangkok/Chiang mai was really cheap too, often only €20-30 for a double room per night for really really nice places.

guapos

i stayed in the andaman resort a few weeks ago. its 15 mintes walk max to the main area and theres a nice bar the blue something 2mins away. it cost 3700 baht for 3 nights, it has a swimming pool and is right by the beach. hope you enjoy yourself

Berty

guapos wrote: »

i stayed in the andaman resort a few weeks ago. its 15 mintes walk max to the main area and theres a nice bar the blue something 2mins away. it cost 3700 baht for 3 nights, it has a swimming pool and is right by the beach. hope you enjoy yourself

3700 = €82

For 3 nights. That cannot be right. Thats way off what their website says

http://www.clubandaman.com/en3/content/view/1/6/

Unless you mean per night in which case, no problem there.

I thought I have decided on where to stay and stuff but I keep changing my mind.

I "think" I might stay 2 nights in the Tavorn Resort(just outside Patong), 2 nights in the Holiday Inn Phi Phi(relaxing time) and 3 nights back in the Thavon in Patong area.

All in all excluding the ferry €1080. Beachfront bungalow in the Holiday Inn making up a lot of it.

Im in Australia for 9 nights beforehand and staying with my sister so what I save there will pay for the hotels in Phuket/Phi Phi

guapos

Sorry forgot to say this is one of the andamam resorts on phi phi its down past the cabanna not too far from the hippies bar. the price was 3700 baht for 2 nights with 3rd night free.

http://phi-phi.com/hotel/thailand/koh-phi-phi/phi-phi-don-village/andaman-beach-resort/