Phi Phi Island Village Beach Resort And Spa, Koh Phi Phi (Krabi)

The hotel is isolated, You need a long tail boat to get anywhere, The diving,internet(!) food, massage and anything within the resort is expensive/overpriced, The food is acceptable, but nothing exciting, The small resturants behind the hotel, are much better (find a guy named Tuna! best cook on the island) The beach at the hotel is really shallow, you need to walk out along way before you can actually swim, when the tide goes out its even longer ~500m. (we used the pool most of the time.)

Sightseeing/Attractions Tip : Go behind the hotel to organize all your excursions & dinner, Great food and great value!

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Travel tip : Do inform the receptionist of your travel information as they will provide you with charter boats back to the pier for required ferry times. Note that the ferry only travels twice a day from Phi Phi island, so constant communication with the hotel staff of your itinerary is key.

expencive. far from the center of KoPhiPhi.

Restaurant Tip : You can eat at the village outside the hotel. It cost 1/5 of the price of the hotel.

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Restaurant Tip : Cheap and good restaurants in the small village behind the resorts.

need pay transportation fee between hotel and port

Have to either reserve your own boat which is pricey or take the transfer from Ton Sai bay which adds a lot to the travel time. Drinks are expensive. Internet is pricey.

Restaurant Tip : Take the path to the rec center and keep on walking for an additional 2 or 3 minutes and you will hit a whole bunch of restaurants/massage places. Prices are more reasonable although in the summer months there's also a ton of mosquitoes. Take the path in the opposite direction (behind the pool) and you will find a minimart where you can get alcohol for really cheap!

*Very dimly lit - could barely see where you were walking at night *Cost 400 Baht return each time you wanted to go to Phi Phi Island shopping with only one drop off at 12pm and pick up at 5pm therefore you cant stay there for dinner unless u want to pay 800 Baht for the one way trip privately. * Expensive to eat on island, if you didnt know about the village nearby ( which they dont advertise) then ur stuck with the resort restaurants *Nothing to do in the evening

Restaurant Tip : try Leema restaurant at the village next door ( round corner from recreation hall) and also the Monkey Bar which was under construction when we went but have only heard great things about it!!

longtailboat take 30 min too come there and is too expencive many differents price too

Travel tip : take a snorkeling tour around the islands

Dinner "world" buffet & James Bond Island tour

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Sightseeing/Attractions Tip : Rent a long tail and driver for the day to see all the islands in the area

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Hotel Feature Tip : Book the Junior Beachfront Suite!!

air-condition is not so good.

-Cost-plus extras

Hotel Feature Tip : You can occasionally see monkeys near bungalow 211

Extra cost for tennis racket rental - should be included; A bit isolated if you are looking for 'downtown' Phi Phi nightlife (which we weren't) - last water taxi from 'downtown' Phi Phi to resort is around 6 pm; Buffet each night fairly costly but great selection - a la carte more reasonable but found service slow at times. Would have liked the pool open later (closes at 7 pm).

Travel tip : Bamboo and Mosquito Island 1/2 day snorkelling trips worthwhile. You can either do the excursion through the resort or walk around into the little village by the recreation kiosk and 'rent your own long boat' which is less expensive (need to rent the snorkelling equipment from the hotel first). Our long tail boat driver spoke english well and went out of his way to find great snokelling for us. Didn't get to Monkey Island as the winds were too high but would have liked to visit. We did walk into Phi Phi town from the resort over the hill - only took about an hour but the trek home was a bit dicey in the dark with head lamps....an adventure in itself.

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