Rainforest isles, palm-painted coves, bay after bay of vibrant white seashores, the Listerine-green Andaman Sea – there’s a cause why Phuket has remained on the prime of the Thai tourism recreation for the final 4 a long time.
From beachside boutiques to ultra-luxurious hideaways, spa and health retreats to household motels, there’s one thing for everybody.
The selection could be overwhelming, however having lived in Phuket, and stayed in dozens of motels throughout the island, I’ve hand-picked the very best locations to base your self for a memorable keep.
The most effective motels in Phuket are:
10 of the very best Phuket motels
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Neighbourhood: Koh Yao Noi
Hideaway Pool Villa Suite quantity 308 at Six Senses Yao Noi
(Six Senses Yao Noi)
Teetering alongside a rainforested hillside on the sleepy island of Yao Noi, a 45-minute speedboat trip from Phuket, this island hideaway is the stuff that luxuriant shampoo adverts are fabricated from. Villas have a haute Robinson Crusoe design, with chunky thatched roofs, ethereal residing areas, muslin-netted beds and split-level decks with bushes poking by, all complemented by hornbill-flecked tropical gardens and eye-popping views of toothy limestones sea stacks (greatest considered at dawn in a sea of molten gold).
Worth: Doubles from THB 18,995 (£469)
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Neighbourhood: Thalang
Keep your health at Thanyapura
(Thanyapura)
This cheerful Olympic-style village within the jungly coronary heart of Phuket is the place prime athletes, F1 drivers and tennis execs come to coach. Keep in one of many sunny trendy rooms and you’ll select from greater than 80 courses every week to take part in – spinning, boot camp, core, martial arts, yoga – in addition to constructing psychological power at meditation and mind coaching courses. Elsewhere, there are swimming swimming pools, tennis courts, Muay Thai boxing rings, working tracks and a spa.
Worth: Doubles from THB 3,250 (£79)
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Neighbourhood: Kamala
Droop disbelief at Keemala
(Keemala)
Fall down the rabbit gap and into this playful, cleverly put-together resort on Phuket’s northwest coast. Villas are available in 4 otherworldly classes; Hobbit-y clay cottages folded into flowery jungle foliage; fowl’s nest villas wrapped in tangled steel frames; zippy safari tents; and tree pool homes dangling between coconut bushes like large Christmas baubles. Interiors are glam and grown up – outsized four-poster beds, huge bathtubs and personal swimming pools. And the spa, with its indoor/out of doors remedy rooms and lavish remedies, is a dream.
Worth: Doubles from THB 19,000 (£470)
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Neighbourhood: Layan
Take a (skinny) dip in your personal personal pool at Trisara
(Trisara)
Trisara is a kind of motels spoken about in hushed tones by these within the know, eager to maintain this island treasure to themselves. There are hammocks to laze in, yachts to sail in, and a heavenly-scented spa. At Pru, dwelling to Phuket’s solely Michelin-starred restaurant, feast on river prawns with XO sauce and wood-fired duck; the laughter-filled Sunday brunch is the very best on the island. Then there are the villas: huge, creamy affairs with personal swimming pools so generously spaced aside you’ll be able to fortunately swim bare.
Worth: Doubles from THB 27,000 (£663)
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Neighbourhood: Nai Yang
The household pool and fountain at The Slate
(The Slate)
There’s no want for households to sacrifice fashion at this Invoice Bensley-designed resort on beautiful Nai Yang seashore. A straightforward-peasy 15-minute drive from the airport (however with none of the plane noise), the resort has three big swimming pools and is fronted by a 9km sweep of honey sands. Based mostly round Phuket’s tin mining previous, the look is whimsical – crystal ball chandeliers, smokey-hued rooms and flashes of blue neon. There’s additionally an action-packed child’s membership, and a shadowy spa for fogeys to nip off to.
Worth: Doubles from THB 5,500 (£135)
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Neighbourhood: Rawai
Nai Harn Rock Salt is situated on one of many world’s greatest seashores
(Nai Harn Rock Salt)
The rooms on the Nai Harn are a blast of color – lime greens rugs, deep purple threads and garlands of pink bougainvillea all pop in opposition to a background of blue-green sky and sea – nevertheless it’s the comet-like white of Nai Harn seashore you’ll most fondly keep in mind. Recurrently voted one of many world’s greatest seashores, Nai Harn is tucked right into a deep crescent bay, with swirls of sand gently sloping into bath-warm luminous inexperienced waters. Stroll across the coast to neighbouring Ao San seashore to snorkel amid a kaleidoscope of tropical fish.
Worth: Doubles from THB 5,050 (£123)
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Neighbourhood: Surin
Rub shoulders with the jet set at Amanpuri
(Amanpuri)
Positioned on a non-public peninsula on Phuket’s upmarket northwest coast, Amanpuri has lengthy been a prime escape for celebrities, CEOs and the tremendous wealthy, and the newly refashioned spa is certain to make it much more of a draw. Alongside conventional Asian wellness practises (yoga, acupuncture, reflexology, bendy-stretchy massages), and holistic remedies (sacral cranial remedy, thoughts coaching, bodywork, chakra cleaning), burnt-out billionaires can now bear full well being work-ups and medical therapies – all from the consolation of their frangipani shrouded personal pool villas.
Worth: Doubles from THB 28,700 (£698)
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Neighbourhood: Mai Khao
The SALA Phuket Mai Khao Seaside Resort’s beachfront location is right for sunsets
(SALA Phuket Mai Khao Seaside Resort)
Every thing lazy seashore lovers dream of, the Sala Phuket Mai Khao Seaside Resort is ready inside Sirinat Nationwide Park and rolls proper out onto miles and miles of blissfully untouched cream and honey sands. Spend the morning doing tai chi on the seashore as water buffalo plod previous; eat lip-smacking spicy noodle lunches with the sand between your toes; flit between the beachside infinity pool and the bath-warm Andaman Sea; and finish the day looking at sherbet-y sunsets with a fruity cocktail in hand.
Worth: Doubles from THB 5,300 (£132)
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Neighbourhood: Cape Panwa
A luxurious pool villa at Sri Panwa, full with ocean view
(Sri Panwa)
It could be celebrating its tenth birthday this 12 months, however Sri Panwa continues to be one of many hottest addresses in Thailand. It may need one thing to do with the sensational location, studded round Phuket’s craggy southern coast with eye-popping panoramas of Phang Nga Bay. Or perhaps it’s the slick understated design, mixing sharp traces, up to date Thai artwork and luxurious flowery jungle. It may be the truth that the lodge is dwelling to one of many island’s greatest rooftop bars, Baba Nest, the place the likes of Rihanna and Snoop Canine come to play.
Worth: Doubles from THB 12,300 (£305)
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Neighbourhood: Paklok
The 100 metre lengthy infinity pool at Como Level Yamu presents unbelievable views throughout the bay
(Como Level Yamu)
It is a case of not judging a e-book by its cowl – or a lodge by its exterior. On method, the Como Level Yamu seems to be like a brutalist hulk on the hillside, however stroll up the steps and enter a world of daylight and shadow, with blue skies, inexperienced seas and palm bushes framed between Buddhist orange pillars. From the lobster creel lampshades within the foyer, to the sun-striped corridors, to the 100-metre lengthy infinity pool, to the elegant white on white rooms – there’s not a nasty angle to be discovered.
Worth: Doubles from THB 6,300 (£156)
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