Grand Kata VIP Kata Beach

The rooms at Grand Kata VIP Kata Beach range from a 38 m² one-bedroom room to a 195 m² four-bedroom penthouse, and every room has a bathtub. Several rooms face the city, including the 2 Bedroom Family Room, the 3-Bedroom Duplex Suite and the penthouse, while the Deluxe Pool View, the Deluxe Room with Plunge Pool and the 2 Bedroom Deluxe have pool views.

The penthouse sleeps up to eight guests and the duplex suite up to six. The 2 Bedroom Family Room sleeps up to four guests in 55 m², and the Deluxe Plus sleeps two in 45 m². The Deluxe Pool View has a double bed, and the Deluxe Room with Plunge Pool has a king bed.

Guests have the outdoor swimming pool, the fitness centre, and a spa with sauna and massage. The hotel also offers diving, snorkelling, canoeing, windsurfing, tours and bicycles, and it has a golf course within 3 km as well as a mini golf course.

For dining, there is a restaurant with à la carte, Asian and international cuisine, a poolside bar, a snack bar and room service, and a buffet breakfast. For families, the hotel has a kids club, a family room, a children's swimming pool and a kids meal option. The 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, laundry service, dry cleaning and car hire complete the practical side of a stay at the hotel.

Kata is a beach district on the Andaman coast of Phuket, and the hotel is about 400 m from Kata Beach, a sandy bay with a relaxed pace by day and street-food stalls and small shops along the road behind it in the evening. The district is calmer than Patong, home of Bangla Road, so it suits guests who want the beach and the sea more than the nightlife.

Kata Walking Street Night Market is a short walk from the hotel, and Karon Beach, the next bay along, is an easy trip by road. Further afield, Big Buddha Phuket, a large Buddha statue on a hilltop, is 1.5 km away, and Chaithararam Temple, better known as Wat Chalong, is 4.8 km away and is one of Phuket's most important temples.

Phuket is linked to the mainland by a bridge, so the airport, Phuket International Airport at 31.9 km, is reached by road, and the hotel offers an airport transfer. Car hire and bicycles are available at the hotel for exploring on your own schedule. A good day out is to start at Wat Chalong, continue to Big Buddha Phuket in the afternoon, and finish with a walk on Kata Beach before dinner.