We stayed in 2 different hotels during...
We stayed in 2 different hotels during our trip to Phuket -which was our first trip to Thailand- as we wanted to compare accomodations for future reference, and boy are we glad we chose this hotel for our last days in Phuket!
Location: Kata Beach was perfect for us, beautiful sandy beach, good selection of restaurants, away from noisy nightclubs. When we wanted to be in the crowd we simply hopped on our moped and rode 15 minutes to Patong beach. The moped cost us 150 Baht a day (that's 5.30 AUD!).In fact we rode everywhere!
Sawasdee Village itself is located within one of the side streets with a convenience store right at your doorstep.
The Resort: It actually is like a little tropical village! Little wooden cabins in a lucious little 'jungle', don't worry, insect spray is provided in the room. You don't need it in the room but if you want to sit around in the verandah you want this handy!
Overall this place has a very relaxing ambiance, it makes you forget the beach - almost. The breakfast room is simply gorgeous, with good variety of food. It's good that they provide chicken sausage for us non pork eaters, and serve it away from the pork ones.
Room facilities include cable TV and free internet, they actually provide each room with a PC.
The Staff: With only around 50 rooms, they give you a personalised service. They greet you by name, and go even beyond the normal Thai hospitality. The front desk staff speaks perfect English, so every enquiry and concerns were dealt with flawlessly. At the end of our stay, Noi from the front desk took a photograph of us in the garden, and present it to us in a Sawasdee Village photo frame as a souvenir.
As we mentioned before, we stayed at another hotel before and compared to the previous hotel which was only $10 cheaper, Sawasdee Village is a paradise! In fact we looked at other hotels and resorts as well when we were in Phuket, and always favour Sawasdee Village. Can't wait to go back there!
