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modern rooms decorated with Thai art and handicrafts. There's an inviting pool bar and
excellent service here too. Breakfast is included.
Holiday Inn Phi-Phi Island
( 0 7562 7300;
www.phiphi.holidayinn.com
;
bungalows 8297-10,400B; )
This is your standard
Thailand-issue Holiday Inn - which means it's comfortable, white-concrete-with-dark-
trim chic and filled with active types milling around the pool. You'll find tennis courts,
beckoning hammocks, a spa and a dive centre. The restaurant has a gorgeous alfresco
deck with sea views.
HOTEL
$$$
Zeavola
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HOTEL
$$$
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( 0 7562 7000;
www.zeavola.com
; bungalows 9900-26,900B; )
Hibiscus-lined pathways
lead to teak bungalows with sleek, distinctly Asian indoor-outdoor floorplans. Each
comes with glass walls on three sides, beautiful 1940s fixtures and antique furniture, a
patio and impeccable service. Some villas come with a private pool and there's a fab-
ulous couples-oriented spa. If you were nitpicky, you might say that the electronics could
use an update.
Eating
Most of the resorts, hotels and bungalows around the island have their own restaurants.
Ao Ton Sai is home to some reasonably priced restaurants, but don't expect haute
cuisine.
Local Food Market
(Ao Ton Sai; meals 30-60B; 8am-8pm)
The cheapest and most authentic eats are at the market.
A handful of local stalls huddle on the narrowest sliver of the isthmus and serve up
scrumptious
pàt tai,
fried rice,
sôm·đam
and smoked catfish. Walls are scrawled with the
blessings of a thousand travellers.
THAI
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La Mamita
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ITALIAN, MEXICAN
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