Pullman Khao Lak Resort

The rooms at Pullman Khao Lak Resort include a 115 m² one-bedroom pool villa, 44 m² Deluxe Rooms and 62 m² Family Suites, with pool, sea and nature views among them. Rooms can have air conditioning, an in-room safe, a mini bar, a desk, a sofa and a balcony or terrace, and many bathrooms have bathrobes and a hair dryer.

Rooms can also have blackout curtains, free bottled water, slippers and an umbrella. Some rooms have pool access, and a choice of bed set-ups is offered in several of the deluxe and family rooms. Wi-Fi is free in all rooms.

The resort's facilities include an outdoor swimming pool and a children's swimming pool, a spa with a sauna, a fitness centre and access to the private beach. Restaurants, a bar, a poolside bar, a snack bar and a coffee shop are on site, and room service is available around the clock.

Families will find a kids club and a playground. Guests can go snorkelling, diving or canoeing, play table tennis in the game room, or play golf on the resort's course. The resort also offers an airport transfer, and it is wheelchair accessible. There is a garden on the grounds, and the coffee shop and snack bar serve guests through the day.

Pullman Khao Lak Resort sits on Haadson Beach in the Khao Lak area of Phangnga province, a stretch of Andaman coast where wide beaches meet hills and forest. The pace is quiet, with small villages behind the shore, and the area is known for the tsunami memorials that recall the 2004 disaster, and the beaches here are calm and uncrowded for much of the day.

Inland, Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park is 25.5 km away, with forest trails and waterfalls such as Ton Chong Fa Waterfall. Further out, Similan National Park, 31.2 km away, is an island park reached by boat and known for its diving. For flights, Phuket International Airport is 82.7 km away.

A relaxed day could start on Nam Kem Beach, 600 m away, then a visit to the Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, and an afternoon at the resort's private beach or pool. The quiet of the village beaches makes this part of the coast suited to a slower pace, with the national park and the islands as day trips. Because the beaches nearby are calm, an afternoon can be spent at the resort's pool, with a meal at its restaurants in the evening.