Lalynn Resort & Villas

The rooms include a studio, rooms with a pool or garden view, a 160 m² two-bedroom pool suite and a 188 m² two-bedroom villa. Private bathrooms come with bathrobes, a hair dryer, toiletries and towels, and some rooms can have a balcony or terrace, a separate dining area or direct pool access.

Rooms can also have air conditioning, blackout curtains, an in-room safe and a refrigerator, and daily housekeeping is provided. Each room has its own size and bed set-up, shown in its card.

The resort has an outdoor swimming pool and a children's swimming pool, along with a fitness center, a spa, a playground and a garden. Tours, car hire, a shuttle service, a taxi service and an airport transfer are available, and the front desk is staffed around the clock.

Dining covers Asian, Chinese, Western and international cuisine, with a vegetarian restaurant, a coffee shop, a poolside bar and a vending machine. Breakfast can be ordered à la carte or taken as a buffet, and Asian, continental, American and Western breakfasts are offered.

Parking is free on site, and there is also parking nearby. Free WiFi is available in all rooms, and WiFi also covers public areas and special events. The resort has wheelchair accessible facilities.

Lalynn Resort & Villas is in Thalang, a district of Phuket where local life carries on alongside the island's tourist areas. It works well as a base for seeing the island's beaches and temples without staying in its busiest resort strips. Local life is close at hand: the Peranakan Phuket Museum, which shows the Peranakan heritage of Phuket, is 400 m away, and a fresh market is also nearby. The resort's own pool, restaurants and spa are on site, so there is plenty to do without leaving the grounds.

Phuket International Airport is 10.9 km away, and the island's main beaches are further afield. Patong Beach is 13.2 km away, with its bars and restaurants, and Chaithararam Temple, known as Wat Chalong, is 19 km away. The Big Buddha on Nakkerd Hills, 21.4 km away, is a large white statue that overlooks the surrounding hills.

A full day could begin at the Peranakan Phuket Museum, continue to Wat Chalong and the Big Buddha, and end in Patong, where Bangla Road is lined with bars and restaurants. Phuket is reached by road, so a car or taxi covers the trips easily, and the resort's own car hire and shuttle service are among its services.