Courtyard by Marriott Phuket Town

Every room at Courtyard by Marriott Phuket Town has a city view. The rooms run from deluxe rooms and a junior suite to executive suites, a family room and presidential suites, and the beds vary from a single king to pairs of single beds.

The presidential suites have separate bedrooms, sleep up to seven guests, and several rooms have a bathtub. A baby cot is available on request, and extra beds depend on the room you choose. The city view is the one feature every room shares, so the choice of room mainly comes down to size, beds and bathroom fittings.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre and a yoga room, and a poolside bar stands beside the pool. A 24-hour front desk, a concierge, currency exchange, luggage storage and safety deposit boxes are on site, and there is an elevator.

Dining covers a restaurant, a coffee shop, room service and food delivery, with a buffet breakfast and breakfast takeaway. Laundry service and daily housekeeping are offered as well, and rooms can have ironing facilities.

The hotel has a kids club, a kids meal and a playground for children, and facilities for disabled guests, with wheelchair access. Rooms can have bathrobes, a hair dryer, slippers and complimentary tea.

Talat Yai is the old-town district of Phuket Town, the provincial capital of Phuket, and the hotel stands on Soi Surin among streets of Sino-Portuguese shophouses, temples and a mosque. This is a city area rather than a resort district, with more walking, eating out and museums than beach life, and the old-town streets are easy to explore on foot. The appeal is the island's everyday city rather than its resort strip.

Thalang Road, with its old shophouses, is 550 m away, and the Plein Poa Night Market is 300 m from the hotel. The Phuket Trickeye Museum, with its 3D painted illusions, is a short walk, and Wat Chalong, one of the island's most important temples, is 7.2 km away. Phuket International Airport is 27.3 km from the hotel, and the Phuket Town local bus station is nearby for getting around by public transport.

A good day here starts with a walk through the old town, past the shophouses and the Thavorn Museum, followed by a visit to the Phuket Trickeye Museum. The night market is a short stroll away for the evening, and for beach time Patong Beach, the busiest beach on the island, is reached by road. Longer trips are made by taxi or songthaew, the shared pick-up trucks that run around the town.