Baan Malee

Every room at Baan Malee has air conditioning, a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and towels, and a flat-screen TV with satellite and cable channels. The choice includes 25 m² double rooms, one of them with a garden view, and a 60 m² apartment that can sleep three.

The apartment has a private entrance, a dining table and a choice of bed set-ups, and one of the double rooms is soundproofed. Daily housekeeping is provided at the property. The rooms sit alongside a garden and a terrace, and the shared lounge and TV area offers a place to gather between outings.

Baan Malee has free parking on site, and free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms. Wi-Fi also works in public areas, and the property offers internet services and a shared lounge and TV area with satellite and cable channels.

A garden and a terrace are part of the property, with a shared kitchen, daily housekeeping, express check-in and check-out, and dry cleaning. English and Thai are spoken at the property, and a doctor or nurse can be called on site.

Air conditioning is also fitted in the public areas, and the property has a Xerox and fax service in its business centre. Guests who need to print documents can use the business centre for that.

Baan Malee is on Thanon Vichit Songkram in Phuket Town, the provincial capital and the historic administrative centre of the island. The streets around the property are lined with old shophouses and mansions from the island's tin-mining and trading past, and the area feels like a working town rather than a resort strip. The appeal here is the old quarter and everyday Thai life rather than the beach, which is a drive away for those who want it.

The Phuket Old Town, 900 m away, is a district of colonial-era shophouses with Thalang Road as its main street, and it is the easiest place to reach on foot from the property. Sanjao Sam San temple is 250 m from the property, and the Peranakan Museum, which covers the culture of the Peranakan community, is about 1 km away. Walking is the simplest way to explore the quarter from here.

A good day could start in the Old Town and the Peranakan Museum, then continue to Chaithararam Temple, also called Wat Chalong, 6.5 km away, and the Big Buddha further out. Patong Beach, 9.5 km away, is the choice for a full day at the sea. Phuket Old Town is the easiest part of that day to walk, while the beaches need a longer trip.