Shunli Hotel

Shunli Hotel's rooms include a 32 m² Deluxe room with a king bed, and a 24 m² Standard Double or Twin Room with a garden view, two single beds and a double bed. There are also rooms with a balcony, and some rooms sleep up to four guests.

The deluxe and standard rooms have air conditioning, a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi, along with a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and towels. Rooms with a double bed, a single bed or two beds are also offered.

Shunli Hotel has a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, safety deposit boxes, daily housekeeping and a laundry service. Tours and ticket services are available, and the garden gives you a green place to sit outdoors. Luggage storage and safety deposit boxes are available for guests who need to keep their belongings safe during the day.

Breakfast is offered as a buffet, with Asian and continental styles as well, and bottled water is also available. Languages covered include English, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese and Thai.

Free Wi-Fi covers all rooms, and there is internet access in the public areas as well. Air conditioning is available in the public areas too, and some rooms have a flat-screen TV.

Phuket Town is the island's provincial capital, a compact area of old Sino-Portuguese shophouses, temples and small shops where most sights can be reached on foot. Shunli Hotel is on Krabi Road, close to the old town. The colourful Sino-Portuguese façades and the quiet lanes behind them make this part of town a good area for walking.

The Phuket Thai Hua School museum is 100 m away, and the Phuket Old Town and the Lard Yai Sunday Night Market are 350 m away. The Thavorn Phuket Museum and the Peranakan Museum are both a short walk away, so the old town's museums are easy to combine in one morning. Wat Chalong, the island's best-known temple, is 6.9 km away, and the Phuket Town local bus station is 1.1 km away for onward travel.

A good day starts with a walk through the old town to the museums and the Sino-Portuguese houses, then a trip to Patong Beach, about 10 km away, for the sea and the evening life. Karon and Kata beaches are a little further, and the garden at the hostel is a quiet place to finish the day after a long walk through the town and its markets.