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Originally Posted by 22803
I'm gonna hijack this guy's questions with my own about Phuket.
I'm planning a trip sometime in April. My friend and I want to stay in a beach resort, but also be close to the main town area of Phuket (clubs, nightlife, etc...).
We're looking at a max budget of $150ish/per room/night. Any recommendations?
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Originally Posted by PokerSpiv
The "main town" of Phuket you are thinking of is called Patong Beach (or more specifically Bangla Road). So any resort in that area will be close enough to walk to it.
yea most of the beaches where tourists stay are on the west side of phuket with patong, kata and karon being the busiest beaches.
it's not where the all nightlife is though. there are few discos south in nai harn and rawai and several clubs in phuket town which is on the east side of phuket. there are some resorts there too but i think you might not enjoy that as much as being on the main beaches atleast for the beginning.
I would probably stay around kata somewhere and then take trips to the many beaches near kata and later in the evening you could explore that nightlife options. kata is around same distance away from all 3 places where there are clubs that we have been to (nai harn/rawai, phuket town, patong) so you won't be too far away from anything if you go there.
I've never been to a hotel/resort here so can't recommend one. If you find some online I can atleast say if the location sucks but possibly not much more.
If you are coming in april I suggest you come around the thai new year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkran