Blue Palm Seafront Resort Phuket

The rooms and suites at Blue Palm Seafront Resort Phuket open onto the garden or the pool. Several are offered with a garden view, others with a pool view or pool access, and the one-bedroom suites sleep up to three guests. Among the suites, a 55 m² one-bedroom suite looks over the garden, and a 49 m² king suite overlooks the pool.

Rooms can have air conditioning, a refrigerator, a balcony or terrace and blackout curtains, and private bathrooms come with a shower and toiletries. Some rooms have a bathtub, and bed set-ups include king beds, double beds and single beds, depending on the room. Complimentary tea and free bottled water are also provided in the rooms.

The resort has an outdoor swimming pool and a children's swimming pool, plus a garden and a shared lounge/TV area. Restaurants, a convenience store, a salon and shops round out the facilities, and the public areas have air conditioning.

Free parking is available on site, and free WiFi is available in all rooms. There is a taxi service, a concierge, currency exchange, luggage storage, safety deposit boxes, daily housekeeping and laundry service, and an airport transfer. Meetings can be held at the resort, and facilities for disabled guests include wheelchair access. Guests can communicate in English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Thai. The garden and the shared lounge/TV area are also there to relax in.

Rawai is a fishing village on Phuket island, and Ra Wai Beach lies next to the resort. Boats moor at the pier, and the fish market gives the streets a local feel. The village has a slower rhythm than Patong, the island's busiest beach town, so it fits travellers who want the water more than the nightlife. The pier and the market form the core of daily life here.

Nai Harn Beach is 2 km away and has a lake behind the sand. Big Buddha Phuket, a large white statue on a hilltop, is 6.1 km away, and Chaithararam Temple, known as Wat Chalong, is 8.2 km away and is one of the island's best-known temples. Patong Beach, with its restaurants and nightlife, is 13 km away.

Phuket International Airport is 37.5 km away. A good day can start with a swim at Ra Wai Beach, continue to Big Buddha and Wat Chalong, and finish with a walk along Nai Harn Beach before heading back to Rawai, where the fish market and the pier are close to the resort. For trips further afield, the resort has a taxi service, and Phuket Town, the island's main commercial centre, is a longer drive away.