Phuket Travel Guide Thailand
By admin • Mar 24th, 2008 • Category: Thailand DestinationWelcome to Phuket, a large island in the Indian Ocean, is 867 kms. from Bangkok. It is the only island having provincial status, and was a regional headquarters as well, with a rich and colorful history.
Known as the Pearl of the Andaman, it derived much of its former glory and its enormous wealth from tin production, which in Phuket dates back over 500 year. Today, Phuket is the major tourist attraction of Thailand. The surrounding waters contain much varied marine life, and the town is notable for its Sino-Portuguese architecture. It is a very attractive island.
Phuket hotel indeed act as a ‘home away from home’ for the global tourists. Among the most popular hotels is JW Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa - which is like a mythic palace of relaxation, besides the untouched, unspoiled Mai Khao Beach.
Among the Phuket hotel, the Le Meridien Phuket - situated in a secluded bay known as Relax Bay, is truly unique for its accommodation, facilities and services. The Laguna Beach Resort in Bang Tao is a popular family resort among the other Phuket hotel - nestled between a tropical lagoon and the sparkling Andaman Sea, featuring a stunning array of sports & leisure facilities, including a four-acre water park.
Popular among the Phuket hotel in the budget category, Kamala Dreams is perfectly positioned between the bustle of high street seafood restaurants, shopping, night time entertainment, and its own secluded beach. While for the budget Phuket hotels in Patong, Aloha Villa is quite popular with the tourists for the par excellence service it provides to the guests.
With its fine moon-dust beaches, water sports, island hopping opportunities and Thailand’s exotically spiced world-renowned food, the place has become all the more popular with the tourists because of the world-class Phuket hotel, along with the wide range of the resorts, bunglows & villas available.
Patong Beach
This Beach is the most developed, most vibrant, most visited beach of Phuket that never fails to impress visitors. Located approximately 15 kilometers from the city, the beach has a wide range of accommodations and shopping arcades, and provides magnificent leisure activities and energetic night-time entertainment. It is a picture perfect postcard view of a 3-kilometer long white sandy beach that is perfect for swimming, lazing, and enjoying challenging water sports such as jet skiing, windsurfing snorkeling, sailing, and parasailing.
Bangtao Beach
Bangtao is a large open bay with one of Phuket’s longest beaches. It was once used for tin mining, but has since been developed into a luxury resort. Most of it is occupied by the Laguna complex, a massive five-hotel development with golf course. There are, however, accommodations available outside Laguna at the bay’s south end.
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