Mad Monkey Phuket

Mad Monkey Phuket offers dormitory beds in shared and women-only rooms, along with a standard double room, twin rooms and a standard twin room. Rooms can have air conditioning, lockers, reading lights, sockets near the bed and a shower, and some have a balcony or terrace.

The twin room with a private bathroom measures 27 m² and has a balcony or terrace, while the shared dormitories suit solo travellers who are happy to share a room. The 20 m² twin room sleeps up to three guests.

The hostel has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre and a restaurant, along with a bar that runs a happy hour. Billiards, a game room and a nightclub with on-site entertainment are also available, and the property has a terrace and an elevator.

For everyday needs there are tours that can be arranged, luggage storage, lockers, laundry service and daily housekeeping. Air conditioning is in the public areas as well.

Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and WiFi is also offered in the public areas, with internet services for guests. Guests who want to stay connected can use the WiFi in the public areas as well as in their rooms.

Patong is one of Phuket's best-known beach resorts, with a long crescent of sand, a dense strip of restaurants and bars, and nightlife that carries on late into the evening. For anyone who wants the sea, the bars and the markets close at hand, the area works well, and the streets around the hostel have a steady flow of people through the day and night, with street stalls, massage shops and tailors alongside the hotels.

Mad Monkey Phuket is 400 m from Patong Beach, and Bangla Road, the town's lively street of bars and clubs, is 1.1 km away. Jungceylon Shopping Center, a large mall, is at a similar distance, and Karon Beach, a long sandy beach to the south of Patong, is 5 km away. Phuket International Airport is 23.2 km by road, and taxis and songthaews are a common way to move between the beaches.

A good day could start with a visit to Chaithararam Temple, known as Wat Chalong, one of the island's most revered Buddhist temples, followed by the Big Buddha, a large white statue on a hilltop 8.4 km from the hostel. Afterwards, the afternoon can be spent on Karon Beach, and the evening on Bangla Road for the bars and the night stalls.