Paradise vacation in Phuket

Written: 14 december 2009
Travel time: 8 — 19 november 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 9.0
I found out that my husband and I were going on our honeymoon to this hotel the day before departure. I read the comments on different sites, I was impressed..... Everyone was satisfied.
So my husband and I were delighted, as we did not want to leave this heavenly place - Thailand, the island of Phuket !!!
NAITHONBURI 4* room type-Superior Garden Wing BB-DBL, 11 nights 12 days - 85 thousand rubles.

The hotel is located in the northwestern part of Phuket, on Nai Thon beach, away from the bustle of the city, across the road from the sea. The road is quiet, absolutely does not interfere, cars rarely drive. Beautiful hotel, great service, good organization in everything. Clean room, cleaning at will every day (we were cleaned every other day), the arsenal included: 3 types of towels, soap and soap accessories, bathrobes, slippers, a free safe, bedding is changed every day (again, on request), a hairdryer, tea a set and everything adjacent to it, although they took a small travel iron with them. There was a small fridge, and in it drinks for a fee. Internet paid 1 hour - 200 baht.
Bottled water is free to drink and is also available on the beach and on other excursions. We never had to buy water. Alcohol and cigarettes are expensive, since the Thai people do not use all these things, and if they do, then in very small doses. And accordingly, alcohol is mainly sold in 200 ml bottles. Of course, you can also buy larger ones.
Cigarettes, for example, my husband bought Marlboro - 70 baht. But on the packs there are such pictures that you will not want to smoke again soon, they are actively fighting smokers.
To be clear, 1 dollar is 32.80 baht. It is better to take dollars with you and change by hundreds, since the exchange rate is lower for a trifle. In general, almost one to one with the Russian ruble. Returning to alcohol, to beer in particular, 0.33-50-60 baht, 0.5-100-150 baht is in cafes. The store is a little cheaper.
I advise a massage parlor at the hotel, real relaxation, from 300 to 1600 baht for the procedure, the price also depends on the time. You can do it on the beach too.
A big plus is that on both sides of the hotel and to the right and left there are cafes where you can eat tasty and inexpensive, there are shops and massage parlors. All this is far from every hotel in Phuket. Tourists from different hotels came to our territory to eat. On average, you can eat well for 600-700 baht for two. Well, if you really want to save money, I advise you to go when you leave the hotel on the right side of the first eatery. We had dinner there a couple of times, very tasty and it costs only 300-500 baht.

Their traditional food is delicious, but very spicy, when ordering, do not forget to mention pepper. All food is seasoned with awesome sauces. I advise you to try chicken with cashew nuts and coconut milk soup. We, if mostly fish dishes, rarely even tried chicken and duck, very tasty. However, when a week later we ended up in one of the shopping centers in Patong and when we saw that there was McDonald's there, there was no doubt where we would have dinner. You should have seen how eagerly we ate these hamburgers. We also went to a Japanese restaurant, in Moscow sushi and rolls are cooked much tastier than there. Didn't like it very much.
We return to the hotel. Cool pool with elephants, this is a sacred animal for them, so the whole interior of the hotel is decorated with elephants. You can swim in the pool as much as you like and whenever you want, the only thing is that after 12-00 the lanterns in it are turned off. In other hotels (again, not all) it is forbidden to swim after 18-00. They give out towels, there are sunbeds and umbrellas near the pool, the water is clean in it. However, it is not recommended to swallow it accidentally, and even more so to drink from the tap.
Pay attention to the beach area, in some places there are low tides and then the beach turns into a swamp. We were told that people paid 150 thousand rubles for vouchers to a 5-star hotel, and they are allowed to swim strictly from 8-00 to 12-00 in the morning, not only that sunbeds are paid everywhere for 200 baht per sunbed. And on our beach there is a complete paradise, no low tide, sunbeds are free, towels are always fresh, they also give you cold water, and swim until you drop. The water and the beach are clean, there are not many people. The beach has an original shower, you can rinse off the sand. The water is fresh milk, but the sun is very insidious, in almost 2 weeks we managed to burn out 2 times and peel off 2 times. Be sure to bring plenty of sunscreen with you. At the kraynyak, you can take a couple of yoghurts for breakfast and spread them on, it helps, we tried it.
Breakfast is delicious, varied, salads, meat, fish, rice, pasta, potatoes, cabbage and all other vegetation. Various fruits, desserts, sweet flour, jams. Tea, coffee, juices and just cold water. They ate to the bone. We did not hesitate to take a plate with us to our room for lunch.

As for fruits, I will say that they all have a specific taste, but not all of them have been tried. Coconuts grow everywhere there. It is impossible to cope with it on your own, we tried. I did not like its juice, my husband liked it. I ate green tangerines, very sweet. Papaya is similar in taste to pumpkin. But for those who have indigestion after their Thai food, I advise you to eat a couple of pieces of papaya on an empty stomach an hour before breakfast and no problem!! ! And you don't have to bring a purse with you. Very tasty mango. Durian is considered the king of fruits, smelly on top, sweet inside. Didn't try, didn't decide. And those who tried said that it was not very good. Delicious jackfruit, pitaya, noina, lard, lam yai, pomello. Their fruit prices are inflated from November to March, out of season from 100-180 baht per kg. From March to October, everything is sold for a penny.
However, we bought all fruits at an inexpensive price at the Lotus supermarket, it’s like our Auchan, even cheaper... We collected all sorts of Thai things for ourselves (sauces, rice noodles, white and black rice, seaweed, ginger). From the hotel to this mall, a taxi costs 600-700 baht. There's also a Festival nearby, like our Mega. But we didn't find anything useful there.
Tours are great. The Tez-tour is well organized in this regard, the guides are Russian, the Thais who accompany them speak either English or even Russian. Thais shouted to us from a kilometer away: "hello Russia. " Probably it was written on our foreheads that we were Russians. In general, we went on 5 excursions - City tour, 3 in 1 safari, James Bond Islands, Phi Phi Islands, transvestite show. In total it cost 491 USD. It is not expensive.
Separately, I note the entertainment center of Patong, from the hotel by taxi to Patong 700 baht (NEVER rent all vehicles). The rules of the road simply do not exist there, full democracy. There is a wonderful CEYLON shopping center where you can buy absolutely everything, I recommend floor -1. We bought gifts there. Good people go to the market. There is also a street nearby with all sorts of hot spots and girls for entertainment. Debauchery to the fullest. They will offer both a boy and a girl and two in one. Doher transvestites and transsexuals. Single men beware!!!
The tranny show was impressive, but it's better to watch them from the auditorium. When you get closer, you are slowly overcome by an unpleasant feeling of nausea.
We were worried that 2000 c. u. we won't have enough, but 400 bucks was also brought home. Those. 1100 c. u. we had enough for everything and for a meal and for gifts and entertainment and even tips. I found this resort chic and cheap. It is customary to leave a tip everywhere 40-50 baht, generous leave 100 baht each.
The Thai people themselves are very friendly and kind. Calm people, you will rage, they will call the police.

I advise you to buy coconut oil, you can at the pharmacy, or better from local residents, as we say, not refined. A useful tool for hair, body and face (especially those with dry skin), for massage, protects from ultraviolet radiation.
And most importantly, pay attention to the prohibitions. We are tourists who traveled abroad for the first time and got into history. It is forbidden to export flora and fauna. But by some unknown miracle, we took out small corals, I personally got them from the bottom. Wanted to take more, did not dare.
More than 20 kg. per person for luggage you will not take out, but if, for example, we have 20 kg. there will be an advantage, you will have to pay 10 thousand baht. But we didn't pay, we outwitted them. And hand luggage only 5 kg. per person. And most importantly, do not take liquids larger than 100 ml in hand luggage. During the inspection, we left almost all the sauces and palm oil, we gave coconut oil, we regretted it. Of course, the tour operator should have told us this, but if you carefully read your electronic ticket, everything is indicated there. We didn't pay attention, so we got carried away.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original