Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort

This beach hotel features 276 spacious guest rooms and suites, offering glorious views of magnificent sunsets over the ocean from their balconies. Guests are welcomed into a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service, hotel safe, currency exchange facilities and a cloakroom. On-site facilities include lift access, a games room, TV lounge, a children's playground, a kids' club and dining options, including 8 restaurants and bars, a café and a pub. Conference facilities, Internet access (fees apply) and room (24-hour) and laundry services are also provided. Guests arriving by car can leave their vehicles in the nearby car park, whilst those wishing to explore the local surroundings can hire bikes from reception (fees apply).

These spacious guest rooms and suites combine beauty and simplicity with traditional Thai wooden floors and richly exotic Thai furnishings. Facilities include double/king-size beds, a direct dial telephone, satellite/cable TV and en suite bathrooms with a shower, bath and hairdryer. Rooms also feature a radio, Internet access, a safe, and a kitchen with a minibar and tea and coffee making facilities. Additional facilities include individually regulated air conditioning and heating, and balconies or terraces with great views of the Andaman Sea and Limestone Islands.

The hotel has 8 dining outlets, including a stylish restaurant with Italian, Thai and international dining, a lobby lounge and piano bar at Explorer Bar, the lobby bakery at Café Vienna, and the stylish library at the Hemingway Club - a quiet place to enjoy exclusive Cuban cigars, Scotch whisky and French brandy. There is also a swim-up pool bar serving lunch and all kinds of refreshments. A continental breakfast buffet is served each morning and buffets are also available at lunch and dinner. Midday and evening meals can also be chosen from the set and à la carte menus.

The hotel has a large outdoor swimming pool, which is 5000 m² in size. A children's swimming area can also be found on site, and there is a poolside snack bar to provide convenient refreshments. Sun loungers and parasols have been laid out for guests' use and activities available include aerobics, tennis on a full-size, floodlit court, table tennis, beach volleyball, minigolf and biking (fees apply). Guests can visit the on-site gym for a workout or can head to Le Spa, which offers 8 rooms for couples and 4 single rooms, each with private soaking tubs, and a full range of Asian and European treatments (fees may apply). A sauna and steam room can also be found on site. Entertainment programmes are provided for adults and children (fees may apply) and the activity centre features a cooking school. Guests wishing to play a round of golf can visit Pakasai Golf Course, which is around an hour's drive from the hotel. Meanwhile, the nearby pebbled beach has facilities for a range of water sports including diving (fees apply), surfing, windsurfing, sailing and canoeing.