Peaceful Resort Koh Lanta
Location: 9 Moo.3, Phra Ae Beach, Saladan, Ko Lanta, Krabi, 81150, Ko Lanta, TH
Star Rating: 3 Stars
Property Type: Resorts
About this Property
Outdoor Pool and Bicycles Rental
Unwind by taking a dip in the refreshing outdoor pool or embark on an adventure exploring the area with bicycles available for rent.
Complimentary Wireless Internet and Tour Assistance
Stay connected with complimentary wireless internet access and make the most of your vacation with tour/ticket assistance provided by the resort.
Convenient Amenities and Individually Decorated Rooms
Enjoy the convenience of amenities like dry cleaning, luggage storage, and laundry services. Retreat to one of the 18 uniquely decorated guestrooms with modern comforts and private balconies.
Immerse yourself in tranquility at Peaceful Resort Koh Lanta, just steps away from Long Beach. Book your stay now for a peaceful retreat near the beach!
Important Information
- Up to 5 children 1 year old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
- A car is not required for transportation to and from this property.
- Contactless check-in and contactless check-out are available.
Policies
Check-in: 02:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Instructions: This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). To arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 10 PM. The check-in location differs from the property location. Check-in location: [Lanta Palm Beach Resort, 47 Moo 3 Saladan, Koh Lanta, 81150.]. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation. If you are planning to arrive after 6 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions. The front desk is staffed during limited hours.
Amenities & Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Terrace
- Garden
- Luggage storage
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Smoke-free property
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free self parking
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
Rooms Available
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Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Garden View
1 Double Bed
258-sq-foot individually decorated room, balcony/patio with garden views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 29-inch LCD TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, electric kettle, and free bottled water
Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower
Practical - Desk; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - Bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Electric kettle
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Balcony or patio
- Bed sheets not available
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Deluxe Bungalow, 1 Double Bed, Garden View
1 Double Bed
258-sq-foot individually decorated room, balcony/patio with garden views
Layout - Bedroom
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 29-inch LCD TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, electric kettle, and free bottled water
Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower
Practical - Desk; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - Bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Electric kettle
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Balcony or patio
- Bed sheets not available
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Deluxe Family Room
1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed
377-sq-foot individually decorated room, balcony/patio with garden views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 29-inch LCD TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, electric kettle, and free bottled water
Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower
Practical - Desk; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - Bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Electric kettle
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Balcony or patio
- Bed sheets not available
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Deluxe Double Room, 1 Double Bed, Pool View
1 Double Bed
258-sq-foot individually decorated room, balcony/patio with pool views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 29-inch LCD TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, electric kettle, and free bottled water
Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower
Practical - Desk; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - Bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Electric kettle
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Balcony or patio
- Bed sheets not available
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Deluxe Bungalow, 2 Twin Beds, Garden View
2 Twin Beds
258-sq-foot individually decorated room, balcony/patio with garden views
Layout - Bedroom
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 29-inch LCD TV with cable channels
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, electric kettle, and free bottled water
Bathroom - Private bathroom, towels, and a shower
Practical - Desk; rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - Bed sheets not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Electric kettle
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free WiFi
- Balcony or patio
- Bed sheets not available
Guest Reviews
- Jean Pierre (10/5): - Le problème n’a pas été l’hôtel. Le problème a été vous, Expedia. À l’arrivée, la réservation avait été faite pour une chambre inférieure à ce qu’on avait demandé, et par rapport au prix que l’on avait payé sur votre site. L’hôtel nous a heureusement accommodé et réparé votre erreur.
- Thomas (10/5): - Friendly, helpful, and efficient staff.
- Vanessa (10/5): - Cannot fault this hotel. The pool is lovely and all the rooms are pool side.
Room was large and really nice and clean, aur con, water pressure and wifi worked well. Couldn't figure out the tv though but no biggie.
It is set between the street and beach with direct access to both so you get the best of both worlds of Long Beach.
Will definitely be staying again.
- Verified traveler (10/5): Great staff, location, pool, and rooms - The peaceful resort was a pleasant surprise! The staff were very friendly and we spent the first night in the garden view room. It was nice but the towels left so much lint everywhere but it was okay because we were being upgraded to a pool view room for the rest of our stay anyways. I would highly recommend the pool view room over the garden view room. The room was bigger, better towels, shampoo was provided this time, and we had our own private balcony. Breakfast was made to order and they were excellent at arranging a scooter for us to rent and transportation to our next destination. I would stay again for sure!
- Franziska (8/5): - Das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis ist sehr gut. Klar das Inventar ist etwas in die Jahre gekommen etc. aber bei den geringen Preis ist das doch nachvollziehbar. Wir haben auch einen Roller über das Hotel gemietet auch dabei gab es keine Probleme. Direkt gegenüber gibt es viele Restaurants, wir waren oft direkt gegenüber bei Malinas kitchen.
Man ist auch schnell am Strand. Alles in allem eine sehr gute Erfahrung.
- Janie (8/5): Overall it has everything you need - It was a good stay overall
The GREATs: The room is big, there is AC, it's clean, there is hot water (pressure isn't that great, but it's ok), it's confortable. The pool was nice and clean.
It's fun to be able to walk to the calm beach in a short distance. I had a pool facing room, with a patio and it was nice.
The OKs: Service is ok. Staff is sweet, but nothing more.
Note: The mosque is clearly near by because you can hear the prayer which i don't mind except at 4:55am. The first day it surprised me, but then i slept trough it and never noticed it again. But if you are a light sleeper, that might wake you up.
Overall, it was a good stay.
- Euan (8/5): - Very quiet in the off season. But lovely pool and nice spacious room. Very close to the beach. A few restaurants are open at this time of year but perfect if you’re looking for something a bit more chill. We didn’t rent a bike but I’ve heard it’s a lovely island to explore. But can’t complain when it comes to the hotel
- cedric (10/5): - Hotel sympa pas avec piscine à 2min a poed de la plage
Je recommande
- Peter (10/5): Really pleasant and, of course, peaceful! - You know what? This is a delightful place with wonderful, friendly staff.
One immediately forgives the shortcomings of the obvious struggle they're having in maintaining and updating the property. It might not be perfect but it all works and is functional and practical.
Can't fault it for effort!
- Anthony (10/5): - L’hôtel est calme, familiale et à 200 mètres du front de mer. Le plus marquant ici est la gentillesse du staff, ils méritent tous 6/5 ! Les rencontres entre guests se font facilement.
- Georges (10/5): - Super petite hôtel très sympathique, je recommande de réserver un bungalow face piscine. Le personnel est vraiment aux petits soin avec nous tout est bien entretenu le jardin. La piscine, le petit déjeuner est super servi à table avlavcommande. Vous pouvez aller à la mer à pied en trois minutes.
- Georges (10/5): - Super petite hôtel tout près de la mer Le personnel est très sympa. Location de scooter petit déjeuner servi à table à la commande piscine bien entretenue, jardin bien entretenu. Rien à redire. Je sais ou aller si je reviens à Koh-Lanta.
- Camilla (8/5): Definitivt ett fridfullt ställe - Mitt första intryck var inte så bra, men vi bodde där i fem nätter och jag hann ändra mig. Rummen är rymliga (vi bodde i varsin bungalow) och det finns egentligen ingenting att klaga på. Man får ju vad man betalar för och vi trivdes bra. Poolen var väldigt trevlig. Vi kan dessvärre inte säga något om frukosten för det hade vi inte beställt utan vi åt på andra ställen vilket vi tyckte om. Det som finns kvar att önska gäller främst städningen då de inte städade ordentligt (damm kvar här och där). Även att låsen till dörrarna bestod av stora gamla hänglås - och det gick inte att stänga dörrarna ordentligt utan man fick kila in en handduk i springan mellan dörren och golvet för annars flög dörrarna upp av minsta vindpust. Kändes inte så säkert med bara ett enkelt skjutregellås på insidan av dörren heller (som alltså inte gick att använda ändå) när man skulle sova. Man kunde alltså inte låsa om sig ordentligt. Och det gjorde det även svårt ifall inte hela familjen skulle lämna bungalowen samtidigt - man vill ju inte låsa in någon utifrån bara för att man ska lämna rummet för att gå till poolen. Det löstes som sagt genom att man använde en handduk, men ändå. Väldigt dåligt vattentryck i duscharna också. Annars var allt helt okej och ungefär vad man kan förvänta sig för priset.
- Jenny (10/5): - sehr ruhige, saubere Anlage mit geräumigen Bungalows. Nah zum Strand mit vielen Bars/Restaurants. Weiterempfehlung!
- Joanna (8/5): Nice stay - Great location a short 5/10 minute stroll to the beach. Hotel room was really clean. Large fridge was a bonus. Bed was comfy. Pool was nice and quiet.
Suggestion for improvement is that the shower needs more pressure and was cold at times.
- Bryan (10/5): - Definitely peaceful and restful.
Pool was lovely to cool off in. Rooms were large and had everything you need.
Try the nearby pizza place - best we had in Southeast Asia.
- Mats (10/5): - 300m gångväg till Long beach stranden. Lösa apor kan dyka upp men är ovanligt vid hotellet. Mycket trevlig personal och även ”vaktmästaren” som bjöd på en av trädgårdens kokosnötter(Gjode iordning en för att dricka ur). Frukosten var ok enligt Thailändsk standard. Nära till bra och billig streetfood och restaurang på samma sida av väg.(ca 150m). Finns många andra restauranger att välja på.
- Simon (10/5): - Great value for money. Very helpful and friendly staff.
- Verified traveler (8/5): Peaceful and quiet - Lovely bungalows, accommodating staff. Not beach front, but short walk. Pool wasn’t always very clean.
- karina del rocio (6/5): - Los cuartos no son tan chicos, el acceso a la playa es rápido por la parte trasera del mismo hotel y es tranquilo.
Hay una señora de limpieza que es muy amable y prácticamente la que siempre te atiende a todo porque en recepción nunca encuentras a nadie solo cuando hice check Inn de ahí jamás volví a ver a alguien en recepción ni en el check out tuve que dejar las llaves con la señora de limpieza y mis días de estancia no me hicieron limpieza ni me dejaron artículos de higiene personal.
- Terhi (8/5): Hyvä hotelli - Todella hyvä sijainti, lähellä rantaa ja päätietä sekä keskustaa. Erittäin ystävällinen henkilökunta. Skootterin sai vuokata hotelista, suosittelen! Siistit huoneet. Hyvä uima-allas.
- Verified traveler (10/5): Accueil génial 😁 - Le meilleure accueille de toute ma vie la réception souriante hotel bien située possibilité de louer des scooters sur place piscine très propre hôtel calme le jardin très bien entretenu et ne prenez pas les en compte les commentaires négatifs ils on goûter au luxe et ils veulent payer les chambre pas chère et luxueuse en tous cas je vous conseille cette hôtel
- Tanja (10/5): - Dejligt sted med en skøn atmosfære og det sødeste personale
- Marina (2/5): Giriga dubbelbokare! - Vid incheckning visade det sig att vårt rum inte fanns och att vi skulle bo första natten på ett helt annat och sämre resort utan pool en halv kilometer bort bort. När jag sa att vi i så fall vill bli kompenserade erbjöds vi en lunch. Vi tackade nej till den erbjudna lunchen och sa att vi kommer att kontakta Hotels.com istället. Vi ville inte stå utan boende och flyttade in på den andra resorten. Där fanns en handduk för både strand och dusch så att man blev tvungen att gå omvägen förbi receptionen varje gång man gick från stranden för att byta till en ren handduk. Efter vi checkat in på den nya resorten kontaktade vi Hotels.com som i sin tur kontaktade Peaceful. De vägrade att låta oss avboka de två kvarvarande nätterna som vi då skulle ha bott hos dem, men då vårt förtroende för dem var förbrukat ville vi inte det utan tyckte att givet att de inte uppfyllde sin del att ha vårt bokade rum tillgängligt den första natten eskalerade vi ärendet hos Hotels.com. Många turer senare gick Peaceful med på att återbetala den första natten, men inte de andra två nätterna. Vi fick alltså betala för två av tre nätter för att bo på ett sämre hotell än vi bokat! Vi tycker att Peacul Resort gott kunde ha låtit oss boka av två nätter när de inte kunde leverera sin del av avtalet även den första natten. Girigt och uselt! Efter ytterligare turer med Hotels.com fick vi en kompensation av dem för en övernattning till ett värde om ca 1500 kr att lösa in inom ett år. Så det ordnade sig till sist.
- Louise (8/5): Peaceful resort - Mycket trevlig personal och rymligt rum. Sköna sängar och trevligt poolområde. En kortare promenad (5 min) till stranden och då hamnar man på en lugnare del av Long Beach.
- Joerg (10/5): Super Hotel mit Thailand typischen Ambiente. - Perfektes Hotel.
- Joerg (10/5): Perfect Hotel! - Very nice hotel on a great beach!
- Eric (10/5): - Tres belle hotel avec un personnes agréable et serviable.
- Lee (10/5): Good value for money! - Nice hotel. Very clean. Staff were all really nice. Short walk to the beach. Overall, very good value for money
- Jason B (10/5): - Great value, lovely pool!
- Chang Noi (8/5): Very friendly staff and affordable, comfortable - The staff here go the extra mile to make sure your stay is comfortable and they are helpful will booking day trips and renting scooters. There is a nice pool, mini marts and small food shops near by, and the beach is an easy 4 minute walk to beach. The beach is clean and there are many good restaurants to try. Lim’s in Particular is very good, the Thai food exceptional and the staff wonderful.
You can book direct at reception. I am not mentioning rates as this is not allowed on reviews.
This is not a fancy resort, but super comfy beds and good AC, WiFi and TV makes it better than many more expensive resorts in the area. Would definitely stay again
- Abdullah (8/5): Ok place to spend a few nights - We only stayed for one night. Decent place with a good pool. It's a 5 minute walk to the beach. Lack of a screen door or mosquito netting a concern. Also the AC kept shutting off every now and then. The area also lost power at one point, but we were going out for the day, so didn't affect us directly. Overall, an OK place.
- cheryl (8/5): Great little resort! - Likely the best value of anywhere we stayed in Thailand. It's a short walk (not lovely, but short) to Long Beach. The beds were very comfy and the staff was just lovely. You can walk to a number of eateries, the tuk tuk fares are inexpensive for getting around. No food here, so if you don't like hunting for breakfast, make sure to bring simple fare. We picked up fresh fruit and cereal a few minutes' walk from the resort. It's a family place so the pool was noisy in the daytime. We got used to the prayer noise from the nearby mosque. Would absolutely stay here again. Excellent value!
- Carl M Schroeder (10/5): Great stay - Mattress was hard, but the staff kindly swapped it for a softer one after the first night. It is on top of the hill so it is not so close to restaurants or bars, but with a scooter you have a peaceful, nice and cheap stay.
- Orla (10/5): Peaceful stay at Peaceful - Absolutely loved our stay at Peaceful resort. Friendly and welcoming staff from reception through to housekeeping. Lovely spacious room with a terrace that looks over the pool , comfortable bed, big fridge, TV with many English channels. Would recommend hiring a bike to get around which you can do at reception
- Christopher (10/5): - One bit of bad news on location, there is a mosque close by and they will start morning 5am prayers over a very loud speaker. It will wake you up. In my opinion the issue is community issue. We live in a world where everyone has a phone. The morning prayer can be an app alarm or some other communication transmission to Muslim community to conduct morning prayers. I know the app exists.
Sorry Muslim community but how was this done before electricity and amplification.
I could not return to this property because of issue. in my opinion the mosque and hotel property owners need to come together to address the issue of what the us calls "disturbing the peace" in hours of sleep. A mandatory wake up call at 5am while on vacation is not acceptable, in my opinion regardless mosque operations.
- Wolfgang (10/5): beautiful secluded resort bungalows - The hotel is a few hundred meters set back from the main beach boulevard, beautiful nature/mountain view and quiet. They offer hourly rides though (and I guess you could walk and also take a tuk tuk for a few baht). Rooms/bungalows are very nice, large with modern bathroom. We feel we got a great deal for a very reasonable price. We would definitely choose this hotel again.
- Robert (8/5): Peaceful Resort is Very Peaceful - Peaceful lives up to its name. Too easy to just relax around the pool
- Jesse (10/5): Peaceful as the name suggests - One of the nicer hotels we had in Thailand - convenient location to Long Beach, nice pool, big rooms. The hotel staff was extremely helpful. Definitely recommend.
- Daisy (8/5): Great stay for decent price - Great stay here - we were surprised when we walked into the room as how nice it was after pulling up outside in the car. Only 2 min walk to the beach - island was a little deserted but only due to rain season. Nobody at reception after about 8pm but wasn't a problem. Only downside was being woken up early by loads of kids playing around in the pool, and they were there again in the afternoon which was kind of annoying. Mentioned it to the man on reception and he swiftly kicked them out (which we then felt bad about) but overall good stay and really decent for the price!
- Chris (2/5): You will not leave the island! - These have to be the rudest staff of anywhere I have stayed.
When we were leaving, they booked a taxi for us, even though I had not requested this and had made my own arrangements. When I told them that I did not want their taxi, they became very angry and would not let us leave. We were a party of four, including my mother-in-law who is elderly.
They would not let our taxi leave the hotel. When we tried to leave the hotel and get a tuk-tuk, they followed us and stopped the driver from taking us. They said to us "You will not leave the island!"
Eventually I had to give them money to let us leave.
I would say to anyone else - do not stay here!
- Aynsley (10/5): Nice hotel near beach - Excellent hotel about 300 meters from the gorgeous Koh Lanta Long Beach. It is a little more South on the beach then a lot of the restaurants and other hotels which is nice for some quiet seclusion. Just a short walk on the beach to restaurants and bars. We paid a tuk tuk 160 Baht from Saladan Pier to get here when boats were first letting out, the hotel was able to get us a cheaper ride back. Reception was great, they organized a tour to Koh Rok for us leaving just an hour later for less than I could find online. The woman at the desk called several places for us as many were full last minute. It was also cheaper to book online so they let us stay in our room for the night and pay the next morning once they negotiated a better rate. Breakfast was a short ride away (one of the restaurants we had walked to on the beach the night before). Pool looked great, we did not go in as the beach was so close and there appeared to be a children's swimming lesson going on. Air con and electric will only work if the key is in the slot in the room. There were times we left it unlocked to keep the air con on and felt safe doing this. Beds were a little hard but everywhere we went in Thailand we experienced this. Rooms were clean and modern and had a nice balcony over the pool. I would definitely recommend this hotel to friends, family or anyone else. Especially for the price!
- Victoria (10/5): lovely find - We loved this hotel. The staff were friendly and they even allowed us to have a late check out due to us not catching the ferry until mid afternoon. The pool was great and the rooms were spacious and clean. Great shower and air con.
Such a cheap price to pay for a lovely stay
Thank you for having us stay
- Anne (10/5): Peaceful Resort - It is a lovely new resort belonging to the same family who own Lanta Beach Resort. It has a new beautiful pool and plenty of sunbeds although not much shade. The staff were very friendly and helpful. Although no tea or coffee in the room at reception there was constant hot water and free tea and coffee any time. It is 300 m back from the lovely beach but the path is not lit at night so take a torch. Breakfast is served on the beach at Lanta Beach Resort. We will certainly return there.
- Lene (10/5): perfectly peaceful! - I stayed here for three nights. This hotel is very new and the rooms, the area and the pool all reflect this. Everything feels clean and like it's good quality. The pool just opened the 01.11.2015 and is amazing and clean. It is only missing sunbeds. The hotel is situated in a perfect location. About two minutes walk from the main road where you will find small shops and restaurants in either direction. It is also about 5 minutes walk from the beautiful Long beach.
The hotel itself is in between trees and palm trees which makes you feel like the hotel is located in nature away from all the hustle and bustle of traffic and so on.
The laundry service did a great job and the owners are really nice. Definitely recommend this place.
- Verified traveler (8/5): Great value for your money! - Great deal! Good value for the price. Good location and a short walk from a nice beach.
- Candice (6/5): Not The Friendliest - I believe that it is called Peaceful House for a reason, as this hotel is an oasis of calm. Our room was clean, and comfortable but did not have a safe to protect my belongings. It was also strangely alarming as well that we locked our door with a padlock, and not a traditional door handle and lock. I should make a complaint about the services offered as well, as both our friends and ourselves were rented motorbikes with flat tires. Upon mentioning this to the staff, we were yelled at and accused and they tried to make us pay for the tire (which was flat upon delivery). It is also unsafe to rent someone a motorbike with such conditions, and most of our day was spent finding places to refill the tire or walking the motorbike back to the hotel. It is terrible customer service to yell at people instead of listening to them. Bring your rental business elsewhere. This hotel doesn't have a pool area, but is walking distance to the nearby beach.
- Craig (8/5): decent stay - Nice family owned place. Reasonable price. Close to long beach, good service, comfortable room.
- Martin (6/5): New hotel, ok location - We had booked a bungalow room, but on check-in they said those were full and offered us free breakfast with the room in the main building.
The rooms are all new and of good standard, which makes the hotel a comfortable place to stay.
The hotel has no restaurant therefore they offer free lifts to their sister hotel (Lanta Palm Beach) for breakfast or you can walk down the foot path to the beach and then 5 minutes along the beach. The foot path to the beach is about 100 metres. The path has patches in bad condition and some very muddy (not ideal).
The staff at the hotel were quite helpful when needed.
The toilets at the Lanta Palm Beach restaurant were pretty bad.
There is a little super market accross the road. If you want to go to a restaurant in the centre of Long Beach it's a short tuk tuk ride.
From what I could work out the ideal location would be the La Casarina hotel. Ie on the main Long Beach and close to town.
- Aaron (2/5): Terrible - We didn't stay. We had a room reserved for Dec 30th thru Jan 1st. Upon arrival we were told they accidentally overbooked so they had to send us to the Blue Andaman hotel which the owner said it was 2 min away and we agreed to "check it out". It was actually about 15 minutes drive south when we wanted to be within walking distance to long beach for the New year. The blue Andaman area was terrible, the beach was covered in rocks so Nobody was out and the room was like a cheap motel. We immediately called the owner and told him we did not want to stay here and that wanted our money back. First the guy sounded either stoned or drunk, then he says he already gave the other hotel the money and that they do not do refunds. We never agreed to this and had to call hotels.com to get it resolved. We ended up changing our ferry tickets and found a hotel back in Phuket because nothing was available in Lanta for New Years.
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