The Old Phuket - Karon Beach Resort

almost everything: the pool, staff, breakfast, room, location...

air con can be quite noisy at night, pool side music

This hotel was located about 150m away from the center of Karon Beach. They had a beautiful lobby along with an interesting boutique design of "Sino-Portugese" or Chinese/Portugese. All rooms were done in this design with old photos of the Phuket and Phang Nga areas throughout the hotel rooms, along with colorful accents of silk and stained glass throughout the hotel. The rooms were spacious and tiled and had an adequate balcony so you could take advantage of the outdoor breeze and views of the mountains and sea from the 4th floor. Hand-held shower head allowed for adequate coverage during showers, and the bedding was new and very firm, (which I prefer). Water pressure ok, but could have been better. Swimming pool, wi-fi and parking!

Wi-fi access was a little pricey. Construction was going on next door to these inexpensive rooms we stayed in. I should have known that was why they were the least expensive rooms. Spending the extra money for a villa probably would have been worth it. I stayed there for 3 nights and was only awoken by the sound of the concrete pylon driver at 7am on one morning when (most likely) a guest had opened a few of the windows lining the hall outside my room thinking it would provide better air flow during the humid evening. Instead it turned the hall into an echo chamber at 7am and I promptly went down the hall and closed all the windows which helped a lot but was not perfect. Breakfast buffet would not be recommended after 9am.