De Blue Sea Rawai Hotel

Rooms at De Blue Sea Rawai Hotel have air conditioning, a hair dryer and a shower, and Wi-Fi is free in all rooms. The rooms range from standard rooms to superior and deluxe ones, and several overlook the mountains or the ocean.

Some rooms have a balcony or terrace, and one of them also has a fireplace. Bed set-ups depend on the room you choose, and the rooms sleep two or three guests, so the choice depends on the size of your group.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a spa with a sauna and massage chairs, and an elevator. A restaurant, a bar, a coffee shop and 24-hour room service are on site, and breakfast is available à la carte.

For getting around, the hotel offers tours, a shuttle service, a taxi service, an airport transfer and bicycle parking, and there is free parking on site. Currency exchange, a 24-hour front desk and daily housekeeping are also available.

Laundry service, dry cleaning and ironing are offered, and the hotel has a family room and wheelchair-accessible facilities. A business centre offers xerox and fax services, and luggage storage and a postal service are also available.

Rawai is a fishing village at the southern tip of Phuket, where longtail boats are moored along the seafront and the pace is slower than in Patong. The hotel sits in the quieter south of the island, away from the crowds of the west coast resorts.

Nai Harn Beach, 3.6 km away, is a sheltered bay popular with swimmers, and Kata and Karon beaches lie further along the coast. Big Buddha Phuket, 4.2 km away, is a large white statue on Nakkerd Hills with wide views across the island, and Chaithararam Temple, known as Wat Chalong, is the most revered Buddhist temple on Phuket, 5.8 km away. Taxis and songthaews run in the area, and renting a scooter or car is the easiest way to reach the beaches and temples, which are spread along the coast.

A good day could start with the morning at Wat Chalong, continue with an afternoon at Nai Harn Beach, and end with a walk along the Rawai seafront as the boats come in. Longtail boats leave from Rawai Pier for the islands nearby, so a boat trip is an easy addition, and the Rawai fish market is worth seeing early in the morning. Phuket International Airport, 35.2 km away, is the main gateway for arrivals.