Your rating of this hotel:
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Rooms:
6.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
10.0
Amenities:
9.0
We rested at the Baumancasa Karon Beach Resort from March 29 to April 10.2017. "Tour package" from the company "Pegas touristic". The set of the “package” is standard – charter flight Khabarovsk-Phuket-Khabarovsk, transfer from the airport to the hotel, hotel accommodation, medical insurance, sightseeing tour of Phuket.
The flight was not delayed in both directions. Met in an organized manner, delivered to the hotel and placed without complaints.
The room was in the farthest 5th building, overlooking the eastern side opposite from the sea, the hills and wasteland, partly the pool and outbuildings of the nearby The Old Phuket hotel.
In general, this hotel is an ordinary Asian typical “three-ruble note”, designed for unpretentious Russian “package” tourists without special requests and pathos. Most Russian tourists are pensioners, many parents with children, married couples, very few tourists alone. On the beach, in the hotel, in the markets, in cafes - everywhere you will hear Russian speech.
The hotel is quite tired both outside and inside. Decor and furniture worn. The bed mattress is unusually hard, and the pillow is too small - you need to get used to them. Air conditioning is noisy, however, as usual in Asian hotels, but you also get used to it quickly. There was no portable clothes dryer in our room, so we used the rope and clothespins we brought with us. In a word, there are minor and non-critical shortcomings that you can close your eyes to. During the stay, everything in the room worked, everything was cleaned and replenished in a timely manner. The Thai guys at the reception speak English. If you do not speak either Thai or English, then the Google translator on your mobile phone will help you. There were also two Pegasus hotel guides at the hotel - Alexander and Linur. During our stay, we did not have to ask for help either at the reception or the hotel guides.
disadvantages
In fact, this is not really a minus of the hotel.
The fact is that between the roadway and the beach itself, a fairly deep channel has been laid, through which several bridges have been laid. So, at first, a black, unpleasant-smelling liquid flowed there. We did not attach any importance to this, since we believed that this liquid was discharged through a pipe somewhere far into the sea. But, when, after a fairly short downpour, they saw how a large brown spot dispersed across the water, in the place where people bathe, they thought. The water in the canal turned from black to clay. What would you think? The Thais didn’t “get confused” for a second by the problem of cleaning storm sewers, and all the garbage, along with rainwater from the adjacent territory, from roads, from sidewalks, rushes into this channel and safely merges into the sea by gravity. They got plastic bottles, bags with food containers, packages from the bottom of the sea. At the bottom lie huge leaves from the trees.
On top of that, the water was blue and clear (when you see your feet at the bottom) only three times, the rest of the time it was very cloudy. There were cases of the appearance of incomprehensible dirty bubbles on the surface of the sea and black silt in the water. If you stand facing the sea, then on the right side of these plums, I counted three. To the left, towards the Hilton Hotel, there are no drains and the sea is much cleaner, but you also need to walk 10 minutes one way. The palm grove provides a good shade where you can hide from the sun. But, and there it is required to spend "subbotnik". The Thais built buildings there from construction waste - it resembles the dwellings of our outcasts. The sand is moderately littered - the tourists themselves throw bottles, cigarette butts, coconuts, etc. , in addition, they take out garbage from the sea at high tide. The hotels do not have their own territories, the beach is all municipal, no one is especially watching it. Cleaned near the sunbeds, because they are paid.
pros
1. Proximity to the beach.
From our room on the 4th floor of the 5th building, we descended in the elevator and walked along our building, the building of the neighboring Grand Sunset Hotel, which is located on the same line, 4.3, 2 and 1 buildings, the La Luna cafe » to the beach about four minutes. For those who are interested, on the youtube channel there is a video of a tourist about the road to the beach.
2. Proximity to the industrial and food market "Karon Plaza". It takes 5-7 minutes to walk from the hotel along the road. In the market you can buy clothes, fruits, eat cheaply in a cafe. For example, in the YiaMas 88 cafe, we took the cheapest set of Thai dishes in Karon: Tom Yum Kung sour and spicy soup for 100 baht, Noodle soup for 70 baht, Pad Thai fried rice noodles with seafood 60 baht, fried rice with seafood Khao Pad 60 baht, spicy papaya salad with beans and peanuts Som Tam 60 baht. This cafe is located in the third row closer to the store, it has a yellow sign, light wooden tables and chairs, and the chef there is a male transvestite.
3. Free Wi-Fi in the rooms.
You can save a lot on mobile communications for talking with Russia. The cost of a minute of conversation through a Thai mobile operator is 5 baht / minute, i. e. 10 rubles. Here, count. On our last visit to Phuket, we lived in the Waterfront Suites Phuket by Centara 3 * aparthotel, so Wi-Fi was paid there - we spent 1200 baht for 14 days, this is at the pre-crisis rate of 1 baht = 1 ruble. In the "Baumancasa Karon Beach Resort" in each building there is a router, plus a router at the reception. Internet speed is great. We calmly watched videos from youtube in the room, called Khabarovsk and talked through a video call in the Whats App program. The local sim card was never used. The only inconvenience, one might even say “ambush”, is that Wi-Fi regularly disappears and you need to enter your login and password again.
4. The hotel has three private pools. Not 4 Me.
When I went out onto the balcony, I wondered why foreign tourists from the neighboring hotel “The Old Phuket” were trampling around their hotel pool in good weather, when there were such gorgeous sea and Karon beach nearby! What a joke - to fly so many thousands of kilometers and sit on the roof near the pool with chlorinated water! I only once briefly swam in the hotel pool of the 5th building, when it was insanely hot. From me then for a meter there was a persistent smell of chlorine. The second time before leaving, we climbed the pools to take panoramic photos against the backdrop of Karon.
5. The presence of a safe. There is no need to say anything - a very necessary thing.
6. No deposit. No deposit is required for loss or damage to hotel property.
7. Absence of dampness, fungus, mold, rodents and insects in the rooms. Once a mosquito flew in when the balcony was left open for the night. They spilled a drop of mango juice on the floor and in the morning the little ants had breakfast with it.
eight.
Breakfast included. Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!!!! ! ! ! It's a freeloader's dream! ! ! ! If you regularly visit the buffet, then by the time you leave, you are guaranteed to gain a few extra pounds. I list: muesli with fruit, two types of cereal, fruits (watermelon, pitaya (“dragon fruit”), pineapple or melon), fruit salad, watering for fruits, two types of bread for toast, butter, one or two types of pastries (buns and muffins), three types of jams, chopped salad vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, onions), juices (pineapple and orange), cool water, milk, coffee, tea, fried eggs, ham scrambled eggs, sausages, ham and eight types of second courses (potatoes, spaghetti, stewed vegetables, etc. ). What's missing is grilled chicken and meat.
If we compare the “continental” breakfast on the island of Koh Samui, when we were offered one fried egg with sausage or ham, one toast, one butter, one jam and coffee with cream for breakfast, then this breakfast is just a “belly feast”.
9. Compliment from the hotel. On his birthday, the couple presented a cake "Happy birthday".
10. LCD panel with 5 Russian channels (NTV, TV 3, Russia 1.2, 24)
The flight was not delayed in both directions. Met in an organized manner, delivered to the hotel and placed without complaints.
The room was in the farthest 5th building, overlooking the eastern side opposite from the sea, the hills and wasteland, partly the pool and outbuildings of the nearby The Old Phuket hotel.
In general, this hotel is an ordinary Asian typical “three-ruble note”, designed for unpretentious Russian “package” tourists without special requests and pathos. Most Russian tourists are pensioners, many parents with children, married couples, very few tourists alone. On the beach, in the hotel, in the markets, in cafes - everywhere you will hear Russian speech.
The hotel is quite tired both outside and inside. Decor and furniture worn. The bed mattress is unusually hard, and the pillow is too small - you need to get used to them. Air conditioning is noisy, however, as usual in Asian hotels, but you also get used to it quickly. There was no portable clothes dryer in our room, so we used the rope and clothespins we brought with us. In a word, there are minor and non-critical shortcomings that you can close your eyes to. During the stay, everything in the room worked, everything was cleaned and replenished in a timely manner. The Thai guys at the reception speak English. If you do not speak either Thai or English, then the Google translator on your mobile phone will help you. There were also two Pegasus hotel guides at the hotel - Alexander and Linur. During our stay, we did not have to ask for help either at the reception or the hotel guides.
disadvantages
In fact, this is not really a minus of the hotel.
The fact is that between the roadway and the beach itself, a fairly deep channel has been laid, through which several bridges have been laid. So, at first, a black, unpleasant-smelling liquid flowed there. We did not attach any importance to this, since we believed that this liquid was discharged through a pipe somewhere far into the sea. But, when, after a fairly short downpour, they saw how a large brown spot dispersed across the water, in the place where people bathe, they thought. The water in the canal turned from black to clay. What would you think? The Thais didn’t “get confused” for a second by the problem of cleaning storm sewers, and all the garbage, along with rainwater from the adjacent territory, from roads, from sidewalks, rushes into this channel and safely merges into the sea by gravity. They got plastic bottles, bags with food containers, packages from the bottom of the sea. At the bottom lie huge leaves from the trees.
On top of that, the water was blue and clear (when you see your feet at the bottom) only three times, the rest of the time it was very cloudy. There were cases of the appearance of incomprehensible dirty bubbles on the surface of the sea and black silt in the water. If you stand facing the sea, then on the right side of these plums, I counted three. To the left, towards the Hilton Hotel, there are no drains and the sea is much cleaner, but you also need to walk 10 minutes one way. The palm grove provides a good shade where you can hide from the sun. But, and there it is required to spend "subbotnik". The Thais built buildings there from construction waste - it resembles the dwellings of our outcasts. The sand is moderately littered - the tourists themselves throw bottles, cigarette butts, coconuts, etc. , in addition, they take out garbage from the sea at high tide. The hotels do not have their own territories, the beach is all municipal, no one is especially watching it. Cleaned near the sunbeds, because they are paid.
pros
1. Proximity to the beach.
From our room on the 4th floor of the 5th building, we descended in the elevator and walked along our building, the building of the neighboring Grand Sunset Hotel, which is located on the same line, 4.3, 2 and 1 buildings, the La Luna cafe » to the beach about four minutes. For those who are interested, on the youtube channel there is a video of a tourist about the road to the beach.
2. Proximity to the industrial and food market "Karon Plaza". It takes 5-7 minutes to walk from the hotel along the road. In the market you can buy clothes, fruits, eat cheaply in a cafe. For example, in the YiaMas 88 cafe, we took the cheapest set of Thai dishes in Karon: Tom Yum Kung sour and spicy soup for 100 baht, Noodle soup for 70 baht, Pad Thai fried rice noodles with seafood 60 baht, fried rice with seafood Khao Pad 60 baht, spicy papaya salad with beans and peanuts Som Tam 60 baht. This cafe is located in the third row closer to the store, it has a yellow sign, light wooden tables and chairs, and the chef there is a male transvestite.
3. Free Wi-Fi in the rooms.
You can save a lot on mobile communications for talking with Russia. The cost of a minute of conversation through a Thai mobile operator is 5 baht / minute, i. e. 10 rubles. Here, count. On our last visit to Phuket, we lived in the Waterfront Suites Phuket by Centara 3 * aparthotel, so Wi-Fi was paid there - we spent 1200 baht for 14 days, this is at the pre-crisis rate of 1 baht = 1 ruble. In the "Baumancasa Karon Beach Resort" in each building there is a router, plus a router at the reception. Internet speed is great. We calmly watched videos from youtube in the room, called Khabarovsk and talked through a video call in the Whats App program. The local sim card was never used. The only inconvenience, one might even say “ambush”, is that Wi-Fi regularly disappears and you need to enter your login and password again.
4. The hotel has three private pools. Not 4 Me.
When I went out onto the balcony, I wondered why foreign tourists from the neighboring hotel “The Old Phuket” were trampling around their hotel pool in good weather, when there were such gorgeous sea and Karon beach nearby! What a joke - to fly so many thousands of kilometers and sit on the roof near the pool with chlorinated water! I only once briefly swam in the hotel pool of the 5th building, when it was insanely hot. From me then for a meter there was a persistent smell of chlorine. The second time before leaving, we climbed the pools to take panoramic photos against the backdrop of Karon.
5. The presence of a safe. There is no need to say anything - a very necessary thing.
6. No deposit. No deposit is required for loss or damage to hotel property.
7. Absence of dampness, fungus, mold, rodents and insects in the rooms. Once a mosquito flew in when the balcony was left open for the night. They spilled a drop of mango juice on the floor and in the morning the little ants had breakfast with it.
eight.
Breakfast included. Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!!!! ! ! ! It's a freeloader's dream! ! ! ! If you regularly visit the buffet, then by the time you leave, you are guaranteed to gain a few extra pounds. I list: muesli with fruit, two types of cereal, fruits (watermelon, pitaya (“dragon fruit”), pineapple or melon), fruit salad, watering for fruits, two types of bread for toast, butter, one or two types of pastries (buns and muffins), three types of jams, chopped salad vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, onions), juices (pineapple and orange), cool water, milk, coffee, tea, fried eggs, ham scrambled eggs, sausages, ham and eight types of second courses (potatoes, spaghetti, stewed vegetables, etc. ). What's missing is grilled chicken and meat.
If we compare the “continental” breakfast on the island of Koh Samui, when we were offered one fried egg with sausage or ham, one toast, one butter, one jam and coffee with cream for breakfast, then this breakfast is just a “belly feast”.
9. Compliment from the hotel. On his birthday, the couple presented a cake "Happy birthday".
10. LCD panel with 5 Russian channels (NTV, TV 3, Russia 1.2, 24)
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