Karon Beach Guide

Everything You Need to Know About Karon

Karon is concentrated around three main areas: The Karon Plaza area on the south end features a number of budget guesthouses, restaurants and bars. The side sois are worth exploring, particularly the one that leads to a small art community, where some budding Thai painters have built a complex of huts, pubs and art galleries in which they live and work.

The sprawling grounds of Thavorn Palm Beach Resort and the Hilton Phuket Arcadia dominate much of the central part of Karon. Just north of these is Aroona Plaza which houses a range of handicraft shops, good restaurants and cafes, a few bars and a hotel modeled on the Sino-Portuguese architecture of Old Phuket. The wide beachside avenue is ideal for taking an evening stroll and doing some shopping.

Where to Stay in Karon Beach (Editor's Guide)

Karon is one of Phuket's longer beaches, very popular due to its fine white sand. Being so long the sunbeds are well spaced out so it never feels crowded.

Everything you need is within easy reach for a fun day on the beach. We have put details together so you can be fully prepared.

	HILTON PHUKET ARCADIA RESORT & SPA
	2 For 1 Offer *US$ 65 / night (THB 2,280) - Now til 20 Dec '09 Guest Room Seaview** Complimentary daily Buffet Breakfast

Alphabetical List of all the Hotels in Karon

Here's the full list of hotels in Karon, organized by alphabetical order, it is pretty long. See also some of our recommendations for karon. Alternatively you can find hotels by price, hotels by location or hotels on a map. See also our Last Minute Hotels in Karon Beach.

The Beach (our guide for beach lovers)

Karon is one of Phuket's longer beaches, very popular due to its fine white sand. Being so long the sunbeds are well spaced out so it never feels crowded. Everything you need is within easy reach for a fun day on the beach. We have put details together so you can be fully prepared.

Karon Beach Nightlife

Whilst Karon's nightlife doesn't have the frenetic pace found in Patong there's still plenty of fun to be had. Revolving around bars, Karon's nightlife is packed into a small area with many places to choose from. The bars are popular with both expats and tourists, some are beers bars but they're harmless enough. Most places start to close at midnight.

Karon Beach Restaurants, Food & Dining

Unlike Patong Beach, big-name restaurants and fast food chains have yet to arrive in Karon, but it is by no means lacking in dining options. The restaurants of the larger resorts offer gorgeous settings and fine food, while the streets are clogged with a range of seafood, Thai and Western restaurants.