Phuket

The original Aman resort and the property that invented the ultra-luxury private pool villa concept in 1988. Thirty pavilions and 40 pool villas on a private beach at Pansea Bay, with a 400-year-old coconut grove, a world-class spa, and the timeless Aman approach to total immersive luxury.

📍Pansea Beach, Surin, Phuket 83110, Thailand

A well-designed mid-range resort with an infinity pool overlooking Patong Bay from a hillside above the beach, at prices that represent excellent value for Phuket. The pool views at sunset, the Thai spa, and the easy access to Patong's beach and nightlife make Kalima a consistently popular choice.

📍76/23 Kalim Beach Road, Patong, Phuket 83150, Thailand

The Phuket flagship of Thailand's leading design hostel brand with a stunning pool, rooftop deck, pod bunks, and social events in the best location on the Patong beach strip. Lub d Phuket combines the design quality of a boutique hotel with the social energy of the best party hostel.

📍29 Bangla Road, Patong, Phuket 83150, Thailand

The Phuket outpost of Southeast Asia's best-known social hostel brand with the same formula of swim-up pool bar, nightly events, and a community atmosphere that makes solo travel feel effortless. The rooftop bar overlooks Patong Bay and the breakfast spread is the most generous of any hostel in Phuket.

📍Patong, Phuket 83150, Thailand

A clean, affordable guesthouse in a restored Sino-Portuguese shophouse in the heart of the Old Town, with well-maintained rooms, fast wifi, and a common area for meeting fellow travelers. The central location within walking distance of all the Old Town's cafes, restaurants, and street art makes it exceptional value.

📍Dibuk Road, Phuket Old Town 83000, Thailand

A hillside collection of private pool villas with panoramic views over the Andaman Sea from a ridgeline above the northwest coast. The Pavilions Phuket combines complete privacy, spectacular sunsets, and exceptional food in an adults-only setting that defines the Phuket luxury hilltop villa concept.

📍31/1 Moo 6, Cherng Talay, Thalang, Phuket 83110, Thailand

A superbly restored 1920s shophouse in Phuket Old Town with beautiful Peranakan tile floors, antique furniture, and a courtyard cafe. The Heritage Hotel is the most architecturally significant mid-range accommodation in Phuket, putting the best restaurants, cafes, and street art of the Old Town at your doorstep.

📍Thalang Road, Phuket Old Town 83000, Thailand

A social hostel in an old Phuket shophouse with a rooftop terrace, pub quiz nights, a free cooking class on Sundays, and the most knowledgeable staff in Phuket for recommending off-the-beaten-path beaches, hidden restaurants, and island day trips beyond the tourist circuit.

📍Phang Nga Road, Phuket Old Town 83000, Thailand

A stunning resort of 71 pool villas cascading down a rocky headland to a private beach at Emerald Bay, designed with dramatic Thai contemporary architecture. The multiple infinity pools at different levels, the underwater cave bar accessible only through a waterfall, and the signature spa make Rosewood Phuket uniquely dramatic.

📍88/28 Muen-Ngern Road, Patong, Phuket 83150, Thailand

The Phuket location of the famous Thai party hostel brand with a pool bar, nightly pub crawls down Bangla Road, DJs, and the most energetic social scene of any hostel in Patong. This is the right hostel if you want to dive headfirst into Phuket's legendary nightlife with a built-in social group.

📍Nanai Road, Patong, Phuket 83150, Thailand

The historic On On Hotel (the original from The Beach film) renovated into a charming boutique property with preserved 1920s Sino-Portuguese architecture, a rooftop pool, and a location in the heart of Phuket Old Town. The most atmospheric mid-range hotel in the island's heritage district.

📍19 Phang Nga Road, Phuket Old Town 83000, Thailand

A private oceanfront estate with 39 villas, each with its own infinity pool flowing toward the Andaman Sea, on a secluded bay north of Phuket. PRU, Trisara's restaurant, holds one of the few Michelin stars in Thailand outside Bangkok, making Trisara the most complete luxury hotel experience on the island.

📍60/1 Moo 6, Srisoonthorn, Thalang, Phuket 83110, Thailand