Best 8 Beachfront Hotels in Kamala
Kamala Bay is short, curved and hemmed in by headlands at both ends, so genuine beachfront here is limited and the hillside above it is where most of the development went.
Eight below, ordered by how far you actually walk to the water. Two are on the hill and honest about it.
InterContinental Phuket Resort
Kamala Beach at the front, jungle hills closing in behind, and seven dining outlets between them. Five pools, Sati Spa, and a Two Keys listing in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide.
Rooms are large and lean modern rather than Thai traditional. Kamala village is walkable, which matters more than it sounds when the alternative is a taxi for every meal.
Families and couples who want the beach without Patong’s volume.
Novotel Phuket Kamala Beach
The quiet end of Kamala Beach, which on this stretch is the end worth having. Modern air-conditioned rooms with private balconies, a spa, an outdoor pool and a fitness centre.
Kamala village is three minutes by road and Phuket FantaSea the same, with Patong fifteen minutes south and the airport thirty north.
Families and readers who want the beach without the village noise.
Sunwing Kamala Beach
Eight outdoor pools, which is the highest count on this bay and tells you exactly who the resort is built for. Andaman views behind them.
Two restaurants, a convenience store on site, and MiniLand running free and paid activities for children through the day. Phuket FantaSea and Kamala Village are both ten minutes on foot, Patong ten by road.
Families with young children, straightforwardly.
At Kamala Hotel
Fifty metres from Kamala sand, which at this price is the whole argument. Rooms are modern and air-conditioned, each with a private balcony.
A coffee shop downstairs handles mornings and a tour desk arranges trips out. Kamala village stays busy while the hotel itself keeps quiet.
Solo travellers, couples and long stays wanting Kamala village on foot.
The Palms Kamala Beach
Suites rather than rooms: two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen and dining area in each, with two large swimming pools outside.
A short walk from Kamala sand and ten minutes by road from Patong, which puts the nightlife within reach without putting it outside the window.
Families and longer stays who want space and a kitchen near the beach.
Thavorn Beach Village Resort & Spa
Twenty-five acres of tropical planting along Nakalay Bay, filled with Thai-style bungalows rather than a tower. A large lagoon pool runs through the middle.
The bay sits between Kamala and Patong and is reached by its own road, so the beach stays effectively private. Free parking, and a scheduled shuttle runs to Patong.
Families and longer stays wanting a private bay and space to spread out.
Hyatt Regency Phuket Resort
Two hundred and one rooms cascading down a tropical hillside above Kamala Bay, every one with a private balcony facing the sea. Rated 8.7 across nearly 1,900 reviews.
Casa Boho runs three storeys of clifftop restaurant, bar and lounge around an infinity pool, with Mizu handling teppanyaki. Nahm Spa, Camp Hyatt for children, a dive centre working the house reef, and the largest seafront infinity pool on the island.
The water directly below is rocky rather than swimmable, and Kamala Beach proper is fifteen to twenty minutes on foot.
Families and couples who want the view and the reef rather than sand at the door.
Cape Sienna Phuket Gourmet Hotel & Villas
Hillside on the headland above Kamala Bay, on the stretch still called Millionaires’ Mile. Views run the length of the rocky west coast and the infinity pool is angled to make the most of them.
Five villas and five room categories, four dining outlets and two pools. Kamala Beach sits 400 metres below with a shuttle running down.
Couples, and anyone who would rather look at the coast than sit on it.
Booking notes
Kamala swims well through most of the year and stays calmer than Patong or Karon because the headlands shelter it. The northern end near the InterContinental is the quiet half; the village end holds the cheap seafood and the beach road life. Beachfront categories carry a premium and clear early from November.