Ao Chalong
Guesthouses, hotels and resorts
Ao Chalong
Most of the budget guesthouses are found along Ao Chalong Rd, which runs from the traffic circle to the waterfront. The exception is Shanti Lodge on Chao Fa Nok Rd, rather far from the bay.
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Pier 42 Boutique Resort
A boutique option
42/5 Moo 5 Viset Rd
T: (076) 384 477; F: (076) 38 4475Built in 2010, Pier 42 is an excellent addition to the mediocre budget rooms along the pier road. The resort is small and compact with rooms designed to look like houses on tug boats. Room interiors ... Read the full review of Pier 42 Boutique Resort.
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Happy Days
A friendly bar with three great rooms
1/18 Moo 9, Chao Fa Rd, Ao Chalong
T: (084) 692 0465;The space above this popular bar and restaurant has been converted into some decent but well-equipped rooms. They're all air-con with an en suite bathroom, TV, DVD player, and fridge. You can even ... Read the full review of Happy Days.
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Aochalong Villa Resort and Spa
Affordable resort
5/26 Moo 9, Soi Porn Chalong, East Chao Fa Rd, Ao Chalong
T: (076) 282 464-5; F: (076) 282 565It's a bumpy trek to Aochalong Villa, so it's a genuine surprise to find a very pleasant, first-class boutique resort at the end of the dirt road. Depending how you look at it, the location is either ... Read the full review of Aochalong Villa Resort and Spa.
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The Lighthouse
Yachties hangout
45/33 Chao Fa Rd East, Moo 9, Ao Chalong
T: (076) 381 709;Formerly known as Jimmy's Lighthouse, the hotel still serves as a hang-out for Chalong's yachties. The Lighthouse has a handful of rooms that are often full. Rooms are decorated basically with the ... Read the full review of The Lighthouse.
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Shanti Lodge
An inland hippy hideaway
1/2 Soi Bang Rae, Chao Fa Nok Rd, Ao Chalong
T: (076) 28 0233;A sister to the Shanti Lodge in Bangkok, this is one of the most unique guesthouses in Phuket. From the trickling salt-water swimming pool to the carved spiral staircase, every detail illustrates ... Read the full review of Shanti Lodge.
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Ao Chalong Inn
Hotel-style fare for divers
43/16-17 Vises Rd, Ao Chalong
T: (076) 281 368;The Ao Chalong Inn is a hotel-style place with what were once pleasant, light and airy rooms, but they're starting to look a bit shabby. All have air-con, TV and balconies, the best of which front ... Read the full review of Ao Chalong Inn.
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Ao Chalong Mansion
Hardly a mansion
48/13 Ao Chalong Rd, Ao Chalong
T: (076) 280 435;It blows our mind why cheap boarding houses in Thailand are commonly called mansions — they're typically anything but. Sharing an address with a tour company, the Ao Chalong Mansion is in a grimy ... Read the full review of Ao Chalong Mansion.
Friendship Beach
This stretch of motley sand between Ao Chalong and Rawai is home to a handful of resorts. The beach isn't very good, but you could swim if you really wanted to.
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The Evason
Your chance at a private island
100 Viset Rd, Moo 2, Friendship Beach
T: (076) 381 010; F: (076) 289 300The Evason is a bastion of unparallelled lushness and luxury, but those who can afford to stay here would hardly be poking around the internet reading Travelfish.org reviews: they're having one of ... Read the full review of The Evason.
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Friendship Beach Resort
Good but overpriced
27 Soi Mittrapap, Friendship Beach
T: (076) 288 996; F: (076) 289 139We love the panoramic sea view, the thatched roof salas by the large pool, the bamboo bar and how the flat beach stretches out so far before meeting the waves. The standard rooms are a bit of a ... Read the full review of Friendship Beach Resort.
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Shanti Lodge

2 votes 1/2 Soi Bang Rae
Ao Chalong
T: (076) 28 0233
The Evason

1 vote 100 Viset Rd
Ao Chalong
T: (076) 381 010
F: (076) 289 300
Aochalong Villa Resort and Spa

1 vote 5/26 Moo 9
Ao Chalong
T: (076) 282 464-5
F: (076) 282 565
Happy Days

1 vote 1/18 Moo 9
Ao Chalong
T: (084) 692 0465
Pier 42 Boutique Resort

1 vote 42/5 Moo 5 Viset Rd
Ao Chalong
T: (076) 384 477
F: (076) 38 4475
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