Cocoville Phuket Resort

The rooms at Cocoville Phuket Resort include garden-view rooms and villas, a luxury double room with a pool view and rooms sleeping up to four guests. Rooms can have air conditioning, a private bathroom with a shower and toiletries, a desk, an in-room safe and a balcony or terrace.

Beds are double, queen or king, depending on the room, and some rooms have a coffee and tea maker, a refrigerator or satellite channels.

Cocoville Phuket Resort has an outdoor swimming pool, a garden and a terrace on its grounds, and free parking is available on site. The 24-hour front desk is complemented by a laundry service, daily housekeeping, luggage storage and a concierge.

Dining covers restaurants, a bar, a coffee shop, a snack bar and room service, and an Asian breakfast is served. Guests can also use a shared kitchen, and food delivery is available.

For getting around, the resort offers an airport transfer, a shuttle service and a taxi service, and car hire and bicycle rental are available. Tours can be arranged, and the resort also has a library. Guests who prefer to stay on site can use the outdoor swimming pool, the garden and the terrace.

Chalong is a residential district in the south of Phuket island, close to Chalong Bay. Most of the district is made up of residential streets. Its streets mix local homes, temples and Muay Thai gyms, and the district feels calmer than the busy resort areas further along the coast. Cocoville Phuket Resort is on Soi Ta-iad, a side street in the district.

Wat Chalong, the district's best-known temple, is 1.1 km away, and the Big Buddha, a large white statue on a hilltop, is 4.5 km away. Karon Beach lies 5.7 km away, and Patong Beach, the island's busiest beach, is 7 km away. Phuket International Airport is 29 km from the resort, and the island is reached by road, so a car, a taxi or a songthaew is the easiest way to get around.

A good day here could start at Wat Chalong, continue to the Big Buddha and finish with a swim at Karon Beach or Patong Beach. Visitors who want to train can take a day class at the Rattachai Muay Thai gym, close by, and the resort's own pool and garden make a quiet place to end the day. In the evening, Patong offers night markets and bars, while Chalong stays quieter and more residential.