Holiday Inn Resort Phuket By IHG

Rooms at Holiday Inn Resort Phuket By IHG overlook the pool or the city, and the choice includes suites with a king bed and a bathtub. Each room has a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries, towels and a hair dryer, so the basics are covered in every room.

Some rooms have a balcony or terrace, air conditioning, a flat-screen TV or a mini bar, and bed set-ups include a king bed, two single beds or a double bed. A 66 m² suite offers two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and a 120 m² one-bedroom suite has bathrobes. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, a game room, a garden and a shared lounge with a TV area. The 24-hour front desk offers concierge services, luggage storage, safety deposit boxes and currency exchange, and there is an elevator. Meetings and seminars can be held on site, and Wi-Fi is available in public areas as well as in the rooms.

For meals, there are restaurants, a coffee shop, a poolside bar and room service, and breakfast can be Asian, buffet, continental or western, with breakfast in the room also available. Laundry, dry cleaning and ironing are offered, parking on site is free, and tours, car hire and an airport transfer (at an additional charge) can be arranged.

Patong is the main beach town on Phuket island, a long stretch of sand with a lively evening scene. The hotel is on Thaweewong Road, in the Patong area, and the sand is a short walk away. Street-food stalls, bars and night markets are close by, so the streets stay busy after dark, and the nearby streets can be reached on foot. Patong has hotels, shops, restaurants and bars along its streets, so the beach and the nightlife are never far apart.

Bangla Road, Patong's nightlife street, is 700 m away, and the beach is 50 m from the hotel. Phuket International Airport is 24.8 km away, and Wat Chalong, the island's best-known Buddhist temple, is 6.7 km away.

A full day can combine a morning on Patong Beach with a visit to Wat Chalong and the Big Buddha, which stands on a hilltop 7.2 km away, followed by an evening show at Phuket FantaSea. Jungceylon Shopping Center gathers shops and restaurants under one roof, so shopping can be combined with a day on the beach in Patong. The streets stay busy into the evening, so the day can end with a meal or a drink on Bangla Road. For a different stretch of sand, Karon Beach lies further along the coast, with hotels along the water.