the shades hotel

Rooms at the shades hotel include Deluxe Rooms, Standard rooms and Economy Double Rooms, with some facing the street, the city or a courtyard. Beds include king, double and single beds, and some rooms have a balcony, so the choice depends on the view and the bed you want. All of them are in the same hotel on Taweewong Road in Patong.

Rooms can have air conditioning, soundproofing, a flat-screen or satellite TV, a telephone, a hair dryer and a private bathroom with a shower and toiletries. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and in-room safe boxes are offered by the hotel.

Guests can use laundry and dry cleaning, daily housekeeping, luggage storage and a concierge service, and tours can be arranged. The hotel has a restaurant, a bar with happy hour, massage, billiards and a game room, and the staff speak English, German, Italian, Spanish and Thai.

Express and private check-in and check-out are available, and safe deposit boxes can be used at the hotel. Free parking is available nearby, and the hotel offers facilities for disabled guests, air conditioning in the public areas and a shared lounge with a TV area.

Dry cleaning, daily housekeeping and luggage storage sit alongside the laundry service, so most everyday needs can be handled at the front desk.

Patong is one of Phuket's best-known beach towns, and the shades hotel is on Taweewong Road, with Patong Beach 150 m away. The streets around the beach fill with restaurants, bars and shops in the evening, so the beach and the nightlife are close together here. Guests can walk to the sand, and the Jungceylon shopping area is a short distance on foot. The area is lively after dark, and the streets around the hotel stay busy into the late evening.

Bangla Road, the lively street of bars and clubs, is 500 m away, and Banzaan Fresh Market (Night) is 800 m away. Chaithararam Temple (Wat Chalong) is one of the island's best-known temples, and it is 6.6 km away. Phuket International Airport is 24.6 km away, and Phuket Town, with its old streets, is further afield and makes a good day out.

A day could start at Chaithararam Temple (Wat Chalong), continue at the Big Buddha and end on Karon Beach, Kata Beach or Nai Harn Beach, all reached by road. Back in Patong, the evening streets are close by, and Patong Beach, the closest beach to the hotel, is the simplest choice for a swim at the end of the day.