The View Rawada Phuket

The View Rawada Phuket offers standard and deluxe rooms, grand deluxe rooms and suites, several of them with a sea view. The Standard Room and the Standard Double or Twin Room each measure 32 m², and the Deluxe Sea View and the Grand Deluxe Sea View each measure 42 m². Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and rooms can have air conditioning, a shower and bathrobes.

Beds include double, queen, king and single beds, and some rooms offer a choice of bed set-ups. The two suites each measure 68 m², and three rooms, including both suites, have a whirlpool bathtub.

Guests can use an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, a massage service and a children's swimming pool, and the property has a garden and a terrace. The restaurants serve breakfast à la carte, Asian, buffet and continental, and there is a bar, room service and a coffee shop.

The 24-hour front desk offers concierge help, daily housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning and ironing. Diving, snorkelling, fishing and tours are offered, and a shuttle service, a taxi service, car hire and an airport transfer complete the transport options.

Business facilities and meeting and banquet facilities are available, and babysitting is offered for families with young children. Free parking is available, with more parking nearby.

Rawai is a fishing village at the southern tip of Phuket, where fishing boats and seafood restaurants line the shore and the pace is calmer than in the busy resort areas on the west coast. The hotel suits guests who want to stay on the south of the island rather than in the nightlife of Patong.

Big Buddha Phuket, a large white statue on a hilltop above Chalong, is 2 km away, and Chaithararam Temple (Wat Chalong), the best-known Buddhist temple on the island, is 3.6 km. Nai Harn Beach is 4.9 km away and can be reached on the hotel's complimentary shuttle, while Kata and Karon beaches are also nearby. Chalong Pier, a departure point for boat trips to the islands, is close by, and Phuket International Airport lies 32.9 km away.

A good day could start at Big Buddha and Wat Chalong, continue with lunch in Rawai and end with an afternoon at Nai Harn Beach, reached by the shuttle. Boat trips from the pier nearby can be cancelled in the rainy season when the sea is rough. Phuket Town and Central Festival Phuket can be reached on the hotel's bus shuttle, which has to be booked at the front desk at least 24 hours in advance.