Going to one of the most popular resorts in Thailand - the island of Phuket - it is not so easy for a novice tourist to navigate the abundance of local hotels and choose the best option for yourself. Therefore, you should be guided in the choice by personal preferences, the size of the vacation budget, as well as the location of the hotel. Do not lose sight of the ratings of reputable hotel portals.
Who publishes the ratings of the best hotels?
The most obvious option today to check a hotel's reputation in Phuket or anywhere else on earth is to see its rating and reviews on the global travel site Tripadvisor. Here, not only are the reviews of real tourists who have already visited specific hotels, but also the official awards of various hotels received in special contests are indicated.
So, for today, according to Tripadvisor, the best family hotel in Phuket is Rising Sun Residence on Chalong Beach. The island's best romantic hotel is The Shore at Katathani in the Kata Beach area, and the best luxury hotel is Trisara Phuket in Kata.
In addition to the Tripadvisor ratings, the Russian online projects Tophotels and Hotels. Turism are worthy of tourists' attention. There are much fewer hotel reviews on these sites than on Tripadvisor, but there are a lot of them, as well as photos of hotels. Also, the hotel base of Phuket on these resources is presented in the rating system.
Hotel types: which one is better to choose
The following rules for choosing the best hotel in Phuket are relevant, however, for any resort. They are uncomplicated and greatly facilitate the choice of the most suitable island hotel in a particular case.
If tourists, going to Phuket, hope to spend as much time as possible on the beach, enjoying the clear waters of the Andaman Sea, they should choose the beach on the first line. That is, the distance from the sea should be no more than 500 meters.
Romantics and simply lovers of a secluded relaxing holiday should be guided by small boutique-type hotels or, what is even more attractive, by the so-called "bungalow villages". The latter rent out to their guests small bungalow houses, which are usually located in a beautiful and well-groomed area, immersed in greenery and tropical flowers, with their own pools, charming night illumination, etc.
Vacationing families need to take care of the availability of family rooms in the hotel or the possibility of placing a baby cot in the apartment. For vacationers with children, the appropriate infrastructure of the hotel is also important: the availability of playrooms, children's pools and playgrounds, children's menu, babysitting services at the hotel, etc.
Phuket is a place of night parties and discos, there are a lot of nightclubs, all kinds of entertainment establishments, and celebrities from Russia and abroad often drop in here. If it is essential for a tourist to get to a particular hangout place, it is worth choosing a hotel next to a particular restaurant, club, bar, etc.
