Shanaya Residence Ocean View Kata

Rooms at Shanaya Residence Ocean View Kata can have air conditioning, blackout curtains, a private bathroom with a shower and hair dryer, a balcony or terrace, and a full kitchen with a refrigerator and microwave. Some rooms have a separate living room, a sofa and a desk.

The types include studios, one-bedroom and two- and three-bedroom suites and apartments. Several have ocean views, one has a mountain view, and the larger apartments and suites sleep up to four guests.

Shanaya Residence Ocean View Kata has an outdoor swimming pool and a separate children's swimming pool, along with a garden. For wellbeing, the facilities include a fitness centre, a spa, a sauna, a steamroom, a yoga room and massage treatments.

Practical services include a taxi service, an airport transfer, a laundromat, safety deposit boxes and a shared lounge with a TV area. The hotel is family and child friendly, and pets are allowed. Massage treatments and a yoga room are also on the property, and the garden gives the grounds a green setting, while the steamroom and sauna sit alongside the spa for a full day of wellbeing.

Languages spoken include English, Thai, Chinese, Italian and Russian.

Kata is one of the beach areas on Phuket's Andaman coast, a bay with a long sandy beach and a more relaxed feel than the island's busiest resort town. The hotel is on Patak Road in the Kata area, and its apartments make a base for those who want the beach and the island's temples nearby, and Kata Beach itself is 1.5 km from the hotel.

Big Buddha Phuket, the large Buddha statue on a hilltop, is 900 m away, and Chaithararam Temple (Wat Chalong), the island's most revered Buddhist temple, is 4 km away. Nai Harn Beach, a quiet bay with a freshwater lake behind the sand, is reached by road, and Patong Beach, the island's busiest resort, is 7.8 km away with its nightlife along Bangla Road.

For a day out, combine the Big Buddha and Wat Chalong with a swim at Kata or Karon, and finish the afternoon with a walk along the sand. Karon Beach has a lively seafront strip of its own, only a few kilometres from Kata, and the two beaches make a good pairing for a day on the sand. Phuket International Airport is 32.5 km away, and Phuket is linked to the mainland by a bridge, so the drive from the airport is by road.