The Shades Boutique Hotel

Rooms at The Shades Boutique Hotel include doubles with a king bed or a double bed, a twin room with two single beds and a balcony, and a deluxe king room with a city view. Some rooms have a courtyard view, a city view or a balcony, and soundproofing is included in some rooms.

Rooms can have air conditioning, blackout curtains, a flat-screen TV, a coffee or tea maker, a private bathroom with a shower and toiletries, and daily housekeeping.

Facilities at The Shades Boutique Hotel include a restaurant, a bar, a coffee shop, a shared lounge with a TV area and a library, plus a 24-hour front desk. Buffet and continental breakfast are offered, free parking is available on site, and pets are allowed.

Tours, car hire, taxi service, bicycle rental and ticket services are available, along with an airport transfer and a shuttle service. A concierge, luggage storage, laundry, dry cleaning and lockers are also offered.

Babysitting is available, and guests can go snorkelling. Guests can also go diving or fishing, and the hotel has facilities for disabled guests, safety deposit boxes and 24-hour room service for meals in the room.

Patong is the best-known beach town on Phuket, with a long, busy bay lined with hotels and restaurants, and the streets behind the sand are full of street-food stalls and massage shops. The Shades Boutique Hotel is in this lively part of town, and Patong Beach is 150 m away, so the sea is a short walk from the rooms. A Muay Thai gym and a cooking school are a short walk away as well, both within a few hundred metres.

Bangla Road, the street known for its bars and nightlife, is 500 m from the hotel, and Jungceylon Shopping Center is close by for shopping and restaurants. Karon Beach, 3.5 km away, is a calmer stretch of sand than the beach at Patong. Wat Chalong, one of the island's most important temples, is 6.6 km from the hotel, and the large white marble Big Buddha statue on a hilltop near Chalong is another stop for a day out.

A practical day can start with a swim at Patong Beach, followed by a visit to Wat Chalong in the afternoon and a return to the hotel for the evening. Phuket International Airport is 24.6 km away, and the hotel offers an airport transfer.