| Hotel Rating: |   | | Satisfaction: |   | | Reviews: 8 | Photos: 7 | | 8/21 Patak Road, Moo 1, Tamboon Karon Formerly Central Karon Village |
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 | Central Karon Village: Jungle Paradise
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Ok so its not exactly in the heart of a Jungle but from your chalet thats what it feels like, and Paradise? well it was honestly the best holiday hotel I have been to.
The tour operator messed up the booking so on the first night there wasn't a chalet available, but the staff at the Central Karon village had everything arranged to see that we had accomodation nearby and one of the managers dealt with everything personally.
The next day when we booked back into the hotel they had a surprise for me, it was my Birthday so the staff had baked a cake and all gathered round to sing happy birthday to me, a very nice surprise.
The accomodation was excellent, OK its not a five star hotel with gold plated bathroom ware, but thas not what we wanted. The chalets are on a steep hill with the access roadway twisting and winding down from the restaurant and reception, and although the chalets are fairly close together, the natuarl plantlife and trees meant that there was a certain feeling of isolation and peacefullness, we could only see two other chalets from our room and balcony, and we looked directly over the swimming Pool, which was lit up at night and gave a marvellous view.
The Pool is a bit smal but we never spent much time there anyhow we were either down in Patong or on Karon beach.
The restaurant is top class, superb food and excellent service, cant say any better really. The bar was good although it did close fairly early, (however there is hotel transport available down to Patong) and made a really good Pina Colada, we had a Pina colada night with two Kiwi girls resulting in, I think, good entertainment for the staff and other guests alike.
I dont normally go to the same holiday resort twice, however the girlfriend and myself will definitely go back to this resort and this hotel, thank you very much for a marvellous time.
Very friendly staff, quiet peacefull hotel close enough for the hustle and bustle of Patong. Theme: Hotel
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| Central Karon Village: Ok accom.
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Central Karon Village is set in lush forest on a hill looking towards the sea. It is gorgeous! The accomodation is all villas with air conditioning. There are two pools on kind of terraced levels, and they have a massage spa service down below the pool with the sounds of the waves breaking on the rocks below. This hotel would perfectly suit couples who want a bit more privacy rather than a huge complex resort.
Notes of advice: To get up to top restaurant for breakfast you can call up a tuk-tuk to pick you up, or walk up. If you are lazy, definitely get the tuk-tuk or this hotel will drive you nuts. If you are a fit freak you will probably love the walking. There are shortcuts, so note the map.
The service by the pool is hopeless, or at least it was at that time of year, which is mad because they could have stationed a staff member on it and made more money doing drinks than they do in accomodation. The staff's English at the lower restaurants is pretty poor on the whole (unlike at the top reception) so basically if you want to order food do so 30 mins before you want it and point to a dish on the menu and say "I want this".
Food not too good in terms of prices, although cheaper out of hotel of course, and they do European food like pizzas and burgers and sandwiches, as well as some Thai food. Quality of food is suprisingly good, so go ahead and order. It's not 5 star restaurant food, but cleanly made and pretty damn good.
Karon Beach is an 8 min walk down a track from the hotel, or pay 150 baht (around $3) or less to get a taxi. Karon is a long beach, further down is Kata where you can lie on deck chairs topless and is small and busier. Mon Tri along the end is a great restaurant (and part of a nice hotel).
Taxi to Patong around 200 baht (approx $4). Basically Central Karon Village is a 5 minute drive from most places cheaply, and a lovely refuge to come back to.
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| Central Karon Village: just like staying in a jungle
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our hotel was on a hill side , with private villas , very nice place to stay the villas are big with all you need ,showers, wc, tv, mini bar, air con ,private balcony, ours was overlooking the beach in karon, the pic is from whare you have your breakfast and also they is a bar here at night, the hills can be very steap and they is alot of steps but they have there own tuk tuk here so it isnt a problem you just ring for a lift, Theme: HotelComparison: about averageDirections: Top of the hill as you are coming into karon
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