We then walked through the property towards a double line of two storey buildings housing a total of 55 Deluxe Pavilion Rooms. This room type has shower in the bathtub and most if not all of the previously mentioned amenities – and none of the Asian touch. The absence of a balcony was most striking. With all the empty and unused space you have in the room, you wonder what the designer had thought – if there’s been any thought given to nice evenings in quiet fresh air?
Next room was one of the 7 Pavilion Suites. This room is bigger and therefore emptier – and only with hints of Bali/Thai design. Shower bathtub combined. You could hold aerobic classes in one corner of the rooms and still have enough
empty space for Petanque practice on the other side.
I then saw one of the 3 Royal Villas. Here you have separate shower and bathtub, more space and obviously more of the above-mentioned short-comings. Some of the windows provide views to walls of adjacent buildings. When we walked back to the entrance I learned that there are 28 Superior
Rooms occupying the upper floors of the shop houses. Interesting enough, this room type – overlooking the car park and the resort’s main building, features a small balcony. Superior Rooms have shower only. The 14 Superior Rooms (on
the second floor) have only one bedroom while the 14 Superior Pavilion Rooms (on top floor) have an additional living room (although so scarcely furnished it looks more like a storage chamber).
The resort has one restaurant, a pool bar, a pool with Jacuzzi and a Spa. While guests may enjoy a nice stay in this clean and relaxing environment, I felt that with a bit more attention to detail (and the conceptual promise in mind) a lot more could have been achieved.

Patong paragon hotel Just south of the Novotel Phuket Resort is the newly opened Patong Paragon Hotel (in the corner where you either turn right to get to the Novotel or left towards Patong Beach). Set to open in early November, the property looked readier for business than any other property 10 days before softopening.
The hotel has 114 rooms and 7 suites set in various four-storey buildings surrounding a large pool area. There are 83 Deluxe Rooms with Poolview (53 sq.m.) – most with pool view and 19 Deluxe Rooms
facing outwards to provide sea view.
There are a few Pool Access Rooms (53 sq.m.) with basically the same design and amenities but with the added advantage of being able to hop into the pool from your very own room.
All rooms are rather elegantly and comfortably

furnished and have tiled floor, are air-conditioned and feature either king size or twin beds, wired and wireless high speed internet access, two-line desk phone with conference speaker and fax/modem connections, satellite television, bathroom with separate shower and bathtub, hair dryer, mini-bar, tea and coffee maker, in-room safe and a balcony. 44 rooms are connected. Maximum number of persons per room is 3.
There are Junior Suites (106 sq.m.) and a Presidential Ocean View Suite (106 sq.m.) – I haven’t been able to see them and thus won’t comment.
The Patong Paragon Hotel has The Paragon Caf? (poolside), a Seafood & Pub Restaurant, a Pool Bar as well as the Paragon Lounge.
I have already mentioned the swimming pool; it features three large islands with tropical plants and space to relax. There is also a separate kids pool. The hotel has a fitness studio, a spa (to open soon) and meeting/function rooms.