Marina Phuket Resort

The Grand Villa

Thailand...Where a thousand-year-old Buddhist history has created an artistic culture...
Phuket Island...Where nature's abundance explodes with the lush jungled foliage of palms...
Marina Phuket Resort...Where nature and artistic culture harmonize for your pleasure...

Marina Phuket Resort is perched on a headland at southern end of Karon, among the finest of Phuket's famous west-coast beaches. The deluxe villas overlook the beach and the Andaman Sea. All guests have direct access to Karon Beach and can enjoy snorkeling right out front of the resort.

Perched on a headland facing the sunset and overlooking scenic seaside rocks and beach below, the Grand Villas enjoy the very best location on west-coast Phuket’s famous Karon Beach.

Sweeping sea views are an integral design element of each Grand Villa. Already big at 80 square metres, the Grand Villa’s lavish internal spaces are vastly expanded by their openness to the truly exceptional natural surroundings. Whether you are writing letters in the study area, lounging in bed, washing up, soaking in the Jacuzzi or having a sundowner on the deck, you have views of the water.

Guests get to appreciate some of the best of tropical nature and Thai culture in total privacy. At the same time, they can choose to stay connected to the outside world. Elegant, intelligently designed entertainment and work spaces offer state-of-the-art, in-villa multimedia and communications access.

Perched on a headland facing the sunset and overlooking scenic seaside rocks and beach below, the Grand Villas enjoy the very best location on west-coast Phuket’s famous Karon Beach.

Sweeping sea views are an integral design element of each Grand Villa. Already big at 80 square metres, the Grand Villa’s lavish internal spaces are vastly expanded by their openness to the truly exceptional natural surroundings. Whether you are writing letters in the study area, lounging in bed, washing up, soaking in the Jacuzzi or having a sundowner on the deck, you have views of the water.

Guests get to appreciate some of the best of tropical nature and Thai culture in total privacy. At the same time, they can choose to stay connected to the outside world. Elegant, intelligently designed entertainment and work spaces offer state-of-the-art, in-villa multimedia and communications access.

Perched on a headland facing the sunset and overlooking scenic seaside rocks and beach below, the Grand Villas enjoy the very best location on west-coast Phuket’s famous Karon Beach.

Sweeping sea views are an integral design element of each Grand Villa. Already big at 80 square metres, the Grand Villa’s lavish internal spaces are vastly expanded by their openness to the truly exceptional natural surroundings. Whether you are writing letters in the study area, lounging in bed, washing up, soaking in the Jacuzzi or having a sundowner on the deck, you have views of the water.

Guests get to appreciate some of the best of tropical nature and Thai culture in total privacy. At the same time, they can choose to stay connected to the outside world. Elegant, intelligently designed entertainment and work spaces offer state-of-the-art, in-villa multimedia and communications access.

Quick facts 

• Satellite 37 inch flat screen TV, LCD monitor
• Free 24 hour online Internet; DVD and online world radio.
• In-house Library
• In-house digital safe
• Walk-in closet

Ocean View Rooms

* Botanical garden. Stroll from reception at Marina Phuket Resort through the finest botanical garden on Phuket.

* Dreamlike Thai village. Walk up sandstone steps through a gate into a garden community - a dream of a luxurious tropical Thai village.

* Private entrance. Go down a little flagstoned walk to your own private entrance garden with wood-and-tile vestibule. Look back to see nothing but lush flowering jungle.

* Hidden world of luxury. Open the door to your Ocean View Room and enter a cool world of elegant woods, of fabrics, stone and ceramic.

* Sweeping sea views. Look out through the picture windows across a big private deck to more jungle and, just beyond, the sweep of the Andaman Sea

* Simple luxury expressed in beautiful local materials.

* Fine craftsmanship down to the least detail.

* Restrained decorative touches that say this is Thailand, not just some anonymous tropical getaway

Weaving an exotic spell
From the time you enter an Ocean View Room, you find yourself embraced by a special tropical magic. Your senses are almost overwhelmed by the highly polished wood floors with their gorgeous colour and grain, by the patterned silk highlights, the elegant carving in the wall recess behind the bed head, the carved door lintels over the doors to bathroom and deck and other understated hints of traditional Thai wood carving.

Serving guest needs
At the same time, these rooms are functional, considerate. The guests' every need has been anticipated.

* King-sized bed with silk bedspread and big teak bedside tables to either side.
* Comfortable sitting area by the window.
* Big outside deck with sitting area and view of the sea.
* Sliding wooden panels conceal a 32-inch LDC monitor.
* Large teak desk under the LCD panel with cupboards either side.
* Well-appointed minibar with counter and cupboards.
* Generous, intelligently designed wardrobe space, and more for shoes and luggage as you come in.
* Floor-to-ceiling hallway mirror.
* Bedside console for full control of air-conditioning and lighting throughout, with dimmers that can cater for romance or reading, for work on that novel or just enough illumination to see the TV guide in case you want to know what movie's next.
* Lovely wooden floors extend throughout, even to the bath and toilet areas. Big mirrors on four sides blow the bathroom up to giant size, magnifying the vision of polished woods and elegant black granite bath and basin countertops, the four-coloured diamond ceramic tiles in toilet and shower stall. Then there are all the thoughtful little touches, both aesthetic and functional, such as the high-quality magnifying shaving mirror on an extendable arm and the live orchid in a ceramic pot. 

Whether from inside the room or out on deck, you get to experience the sea's infinite variety of moods, including gorgeous sunsets. Karon Beach scenes, meanwhile, change with the tides, weather, season and time of day. After nightfall, the show continues with surf breaking on the rocks below and strings of brightly lit squid-fishing boats strung like gems across the far horizon. Or you can go inside and close the elegant silk drapes for cosy enjoyment of the room and your company. 

Jungle View Rooms

Marina Phuket Resort has managed a neat trick with the Jungle View Rooms. It's magic - these luxurious units are both airy and spacious and cosy and intimate

Airy & spacious
The generous floor space and high rattan and teak-beam ceiling is further expanded by big windows onto the expansive private deck outside and by large mirrors in the bedroom, dressing area and bathroom.

Cosy & intimate
Ideal for honeymoons, whether first or second, the Jungle View Rooms offer sumptuous comfort and total privacy. The dark teak floors, furniture and trim contrast pleasingly with light cream walls complemented by rich golden accents such as the Jim Thompson silk headboard panels. Other Thai touches include glass doors with gold-leaf appliqué.

The spacious window nook includes silk-upholstered sofa and cushions with potted bird-of-paradise flowers either side. An enormous wood-framed mirror on the opposite wall reflects the garden outside, providing the option, wherever you sit, of effectively bringing the jungle into the room.

Concern for guests' privacy includes deep garden between each Jungle View Room and the raised jungle walkways. Strollers and room occupants remain invisible to one another.

Function never sacrificed to luxury

Lovely shaded lamps bracket the king-size bed. Additional gooseneck reading lamps, meanwhile, make reading in bed a pleasure, even if one partner wants to sleep. Throughout, the discreet lighting system - both beautiful and functional, like the rest of the design - can be adjusted to suit any mood.

Similarly, the lavish storage space is well designed and aesthetically pleasing. A roomy dressing area with white marble bench is expanded by yet another mirror.

The rich wooden floors extend into the bathroom, where a deep terrazzo tub sits amid lots of mirrors, one of them floor-to-ceiling, and into the four-hued tiled shower and toilet areas.

Quality local materials
Hardwood floors extend throughout the bedroom, bathroom and deck areas. The finest Thai fabrics and other touches of traditional Thai culture help to leave guests with treasured memories of their stay in the Kingdom.

The jungle
Each Jungle View Room is hidden in dense jungle. The original coconut grove of 22 years ago has evolved into a botanical garden, a flourishing ecosystem, home to a wide variety of wild species as well as putting a face to plants many people know only by name or by the fruit that appears in local supermarkets — jackfruit, mango, banana and more.