Aleenta Phuket-Phang Nga Resort & Spa

Aleenta Phuket-Phang Nga Resort & Spa offers lofts, pool residences, pool villas and beachfront villas, with accommodation from one bedroom up to four bedrooms. Several rooms have ocean, beach or garden views. The four-bedroom beachfront villa covers 300 m² and sleeps up to eight guests. The Signature Pool Villa measures 141 m² and has a garden view.

Rooms can have bathrobes, a hair dryer, toiletries, an in-room safe box and a coffee or tea maker, and some have a whirlpool bathtub or a separate shower and bathtub. Rooms can also have air conditioning, a desk, ironing facilities, a mini bar, a DVD/CD player and an iPod docking station.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a spa with a sauna, a fitness centre and a massage service, and it has its own private beach. Canoeing, diving and snorkelling are also offered, and there is a library, a garden and a yoga room.

Restaurants serve à la carte, Asian, buffet, continental and halal breakfast, and there is a poolside bar, 24-hour room service and food delivery. The hotel also offers an airport transfer, car hire, bicycle rental, a shuttle service, a concierge and tours.

Families can use a kids club and a children's swimming pool, and the hotel has a family room, an elevator and wheelchair accessible facilities. Laundry and dry cleaning are available, and there is a currency exchange and luggage storage.

Khok Kloi, in Takua Thung District of Phang Nga province, is a quieter stretch of coast than the busy resort areas of Phuket, with village streets, a fresh market and mangrove forest close by. Life here runs through small villages and along the shore, and the sea is the main reason to stay. Compared with the beach towns on Phuket's west coast, it has a much calmer feel.

Khao Pilai Beach is the closest beach outside the hotel at 1.1 km, and the Sarasin Bridge ViewPoint, 6.1 km away, looks out over the bridge that links Phuket island to the mainland and over the water. The Tha Chat Chai mangrove forest trail, 7 km away, runs through mangrove forest, and the Night Food Market, with its evening stalls, is also nearby. Phuket International Airport is 16.2 km away, and Patong Beach, with its nightlife, is 38.5 km away.

For a quiet afternoon, the private beach is the simplest choice. For a day out, Wat Chalong, one of the best-known temples on Phuket, and the Big Buddha on Nakkerd Hills are the classic sights, and the beaches of Karon, Kata and Nai Harn are further away across the island. Most of these sights are a drive away, and the hotel offers car hire.