Dara Hotel

The rooms at Dara Hotel measure from 36 to 72 m², and each one sleeps up to three guests. The choice runs from deluxe rooms and superior rooms with a balcony to honeymoon suites and the Dara Suites, and several rooms have a city view.

Several rooms have a bathtub, and private bathrooms come with a shower, a hair dryer and toiletries. Some rooms have a balcony or terrace, and rooms can have a desk, an in-room safe, a refrigerator and an electric kettle. Some rooms also have satellite or cable channels and a telephone. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

Dara Hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a children's swimming pool, a fitness centre and a bar. Dining options include restaurants, a coffee shop, a poolside bar and room service, with a la carte dishes and food delivery.

The 24-hour front desk offers luggage storage and safety deposit boxes, and the hotel has a convenience store, a gift and souvenir shop and a garden. Car hire is offered, tours can be arranged, and there is an airport transfer. Business facilities and meeting and banquet facilities are also on site.

Free parking is on site, daily housekeeping is provided, and guests can communicate in English and Thai. On-site entertainment is also offered.

Dara Hotel sits in Phuket Town, the provincial capital of Phuket, on Chaofa Road in Muang Phuket. The area is a working urban district with shops, markets and older Sino-Portuguese buildings, suited to visitors who want a city setting rather than a beach. Food stalls and small cafés line many of the streets nearby, so meals are easy to find on foot.

Aquaria Phuket, an aquarium, is 250 m away, and Central Festival Phuket, a large shopping centre, is 450 m away. Baan Chinpracha, a museum in a Sino-Portuguese mansion, is also nearby, and Chaloem Phrakiat Park is 1.6 km away. Phuket International Airport is 25.8 km away, and both Patong Beach and the Big Buddha can be reached by road from the hotel. The Phuket Town Local Bus Station, for onward journeys by bus, is 3.1 km away.

A day could start with a walk through the older streets of Phuket Town and a visit to Baan Chinpracha, then continue by road to Patong Beach or the Big Buddha in the afternoon. For a different view of the town, Wat Khao Rang is a pagoda on the hill above the centre. Patong is the island's best-known beach town, and the Big Buddha is a large white statue on a hilltop.