Luxury 4br pool villa near Kamala beach

The villa is offered as a single house of 220 m² with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a mountain view, and it sleeps up to eight guests. Its beds are a choice of bed set-ups, and the house has a private bathroom and a flat-screen TV with cable channels.

Guests also have a hair dryer, towels and toiletries, along with air conditioning, a bathtub and free Wi-Fi throughout the villa.

The kitchen has a stove, oven, microwave, refrigerator and freezer, plus dishes and dining utensils, kitchen basics such as cookware, oils and condiments, and coffee or tea. Those kitchen basics mean guests can cook their own meals in the villa, with the stove, oven and microwave ready for use.

Outdoors, the house has a balcony or terrace and a garden or backyard. Inside, the villa has air conditioning, ceiling or portable fans, a flat-screen TV with cable channels and a bathtub.

Practical extras include free parking, internet access, a laundromat nearby and 24-hour security. Guests also have linens, an iron, a closet and a private entrance to the house, so the villa is simple to settle into.

Kamala is a beach district on Phuket with a village feel, quieter than the nightlife of Patong yet a short distance from it by road. The villa stands on Thanon Khok Yang in Tambon Kamala, with the beach 990 m from the house, which suits a group that wants its own pool and garden in a quieter setting.

The village has a mosque, a seafood and fruit market and an evening market close to the villa, so daily errands and a simple dinner out are easy. Phuket FantaSea, the cultural theme park with its evening show, is 1.3 km away, and Patong Beach, with its bars and nightlife, is 4.4 km away. Big Buddha Phuket and the Chaithararam Temple at Wat Chalong are a longer drive, reached by road.

Phuket is an island linked to the mainland by a road bridge, so a car, taxi or scooter is the usual way to get around. A typical day might start on the beach, continue with a visit to the Bang Wan Waterfall or the Big Buddha, and end at the Kamala Night Market. Phuket International Airport is 18.6 km away for the journey in and out of the island, and the Kamala beach area is the closest of the main sights to the house.