Used to be a lovely island.

Karon beach is the best beach - excellent for long walks along the beach and swimming. Clean.

Hilton Phuket Arcadia was the best hotel there, featured an executive lounge on a high floor with sunset views. Unfortunately the hotel left the Hilton chain and reopened as Pullman in 2023.

The worst thing, however, is that lately, Phuket has been infested and now completely overrun by russian scum. It is very sad that Thailand allowed this and this makes the island no longer visitable.