COMO Point Yamu, Phuket

Every room at COMO Point Yamu, Phuket has a sea view and a bathtub. The rooms are pool villas with one, two or three bedrooms, along with suites: the Two Bedroom Pool Villa has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and the COMO Suite offers 300 m² of space. Two of the villas sleep up to six guests.

Bathrooms can include bathrobes, a hair dryer and a mirror. Rooms can also have a balcony or terrace, an in-room safe box, a seating area, a coffee and tea maker, a mini bar and wooden flooring, and air conditioning is available in the rooms.

The resort has an outdoor swimming pool, a children's swimming pool, a fitness centre, a spa with a sauna and steam room, a hot tub and a massage service. A game room, billiards, a yoga room, a kids club and a playground are also available, along with bicycles and water sports such as canoeing, snorkelling and diving.

Dining options include restaurants with a la carte and Asian cuisine, international cuisine and vegetarian dishes, plus a poolside bar, 24-hour room service, BBQ facilities and a breakfast takeaway service. There is also a gift and souvenir shop on site.

Free parking is available on site, and valet parking is also offered. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and the resort also offers an airport transfer, car hire and a 24-hour front desk, while tours can be arranged.

COMO Point Yamu, Phuket is in Paklok, a village area of Phuket island where the landscape is quieter than the beach resorts of Patong and Kata. The Yamu pier is 800 m away, and the small islands of Rang Noi and Rang Yai are nearby, so the setting suits guests who want to be close to the water, away from the island's busiest areas.

The Phuket Elephant Sanctuary, which cares for rescued elephants, is also nearby, and the Baan Bangla Mangrove Forests Museum, 4.3 km from the resort, focuses on the area's mangrove forests. Wat Chalong, the island's most revered temple, is farther away, and the Water forest Chulang, a natural water forest area, is close to Paklok village.

A good day could start with the elephant sanctuary, continue with a visit to Wat Chalong and end on Patong Beach, the island's best-known beach resort, which is reached by road from the resort. For a wider view of the island, the Big Buddha, a large seated statue on a hilltop, is farther away and makes a full day trip with the temple. Guests who want to settle in after a day out will find the resort's own pool, spa and restaurants, and the rooms have sea views.