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Karon Beach

Phuket, Thailand
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Ranked #41 of 106 attractions in Phuket
Type: Beaches
Traveler Description: Karon Beach is the largest beach on the west side of Phuket (where all the white sand beaches are located). Not only is it long (about 4 km), but... more »
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Perth, Australia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed May 21, 2013 NEW

Karon Beach was lovely, nice and clean with plenty of sun beds. Warm ocean was such a treat. Not too busy on the beach and you wasn't hassled too much by people selling you things.

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Rosario, Argentina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 19, 2013 NEW

Karon Beach. Length of more than 4 kilometers and so the density of the human body it is less than Kate, but still decent. Sand is also normal and quite gentle slope. Areas with very few trees. In general, the beach at 4 -.

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Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 17, 2013 NEW

if you need beach for relaxing, karon is the best option in Phuket. the beach is not noisy like Patong beach.

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Pretoria, South Africa
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 13, 2013 via mobile

The beach was quite, water was very warm. It's a nice beach to chill and relax, not much going on around the beach. The are sun beds and beach umbrella's for 200 Baht.

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Stockholm, Sweden
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed May 9, 2013

A long Beach with many small simple restaurants but very cheap and tasty food! Order thaifood. Kata Beach is near and it is smaller. Take a longtailboat to Paradise Beach only 10 min and it is the Paradise!! Sun and snorkling. From Karon you must order a taxi and go to Liam Sing Beach and this is a smaller but... More

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Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 7, 2013

Just over the hill from the stifling and at times unpleasant Patong, is this wonderful Beach, clean ordered well laid out .....a world away from Patong, ....you genuinely get the "holiday" feel here , there are a number of good restaurants , the sand is pristine , well worth the 400 baht taxi fare Watch the under currents , there... More

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Melbourne, Australia
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed May 4, 2013

A very beautiful beach to look at and even paddle, but full of rips and quite dangerous. Swim with extreme caution!

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Vicenza, Italy
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed May 3, 2013 via mobile

I just back yesterday 2 of may from karon beach. A place that could be a paradice is full of trash is a very dirty beach,i cannot image in full season how will be

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Durban
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed April 29, 2013

The beach was extremely dirty (there had been big swell recently); there are often rip tides here; it's very commercialised and busy; and we just weren't particularly impressed. We did like the very southern end of Karon beach though.

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Derby, England, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed April 29, 2013

The beach itself is a long crescent - look out for the dragon monument roughly half way along, next to the inlet. Good choice of shops, bars, restaurants directly opposite the beach, as well as small cafe's on the beach itself. Took usual precaution of NOT going anywhere near the Jetski's - warned about being ripped off.

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