On the beach of Karon, as well as in any other place, you can order a number of additional services with which you can diversify your vacation.
During our holiday in Karon, we used some of the similar services - it was a massage, shipprocessories and taxi services.
Massage and Spa - Procedures
I would like to start my story with a spa and massage. Since the entertainment on the caron itself is not so much, and every evening we did not want to go to another part of the island, then in the day we went to the massage. Massage salons across Phuket Raskidano great many, however, as you understand perfectly, among them there are both famous salons, established and small places that are most often semi-empty.
We mostly visited Salon Massage entitled Mook who chose on the recommendations of other tourists (there are quite a lot of positive feedback on this place on the Internet), and at its location - directly opposite our hotel (Diamond Cottage Resort and SPA), because after the massage did not really want to take long walks.
If we talk about the overall impression of this salon, then it is positive, I would recommend it to other tourists.
Prices there are average, the most popular types of massage - Foot massage and traditional Thai massage stand 300 baht , make it within an hour. In addition, other types of massage are offered - an aromatic massage (that is, massage with any aromatic oil, to choose from a client), Swedish massage, head massage, head massage, neck and shoulders, back massage, and so on. Prices for such massages are slightly higher than on Thai massage or foot massage - they make up about 450 - 600 baht. After any massage, you offer a cup of herbal tea - it is free, included in the price.
I did in this place a foot massage, Thai massage, aroma - massage and spa - procedures.
In principle, everyone remained satisfied - the foot massage is made to the position lying, the client is covered with a towel at that time and can fully immerse themselves into the atmosphere of relax - for this, all conditions have been created - twilight and quiet relaxing music.
Thai massage is pretty tough, so it can be advised only to those who love the good elaboration of all muscles of the back and body.
I really liked the aromatic massage - light and relaxing.
In addition, in the same salon I went to the spa - the procedures are so called a range of services, in the cabin, so you will spend from two to three or four hours. I chose Body Peeling, Body Massage with Aromatic Oil and Head Massage . The whole procedure took two hours, and she cost 1,300 Bat, In my opinion, a rather reasonable price.
Prices for other spackers are also within 1 - 3 thousand baht, mostly the price depends on the time spent on the procedure.
As a rule, the spa complexes are in some hotels, as, for example, with ours, but the price is often higher there than in street massage salons. In my opinion, the massage salon next to the hotel provided quite good service at an average level - of course, there were no luxurious facilities for the procedures and the situation was quite simple, but the massage was at a decent level.
Taxi
As I have already mentioned above, from the additional services, in addition to the massage, we used a taxi service. More precisely, we independently ordered a transfer from the airport and to the airport, and in addition you used a taxi service. However, about everything in order.
Since we planned our journey yourself, without using the services of travel agencies, transfer from the airport to the hotel we had to order themselves what we did through the Internet. We used the services of phuket -taxi.com, and were satisfied. Prices there are average, you can choose the type of machine, the number of people can be ordered both in one direction and both in both - by the way, cheaper. For travel From the airport to Karon - BeachBack we gave 1500 baht. Money is written off from the card, while you can give the entire amount immediately, and you can pay a part, and the rest to give a taxi driver. In exchange, we were sent a voucher, which we printed. By arrival of the airline (Thai airlines) lost our luggage, so we left the airport only two hours after landing the aircraft. Oddly enough, the transfer was waiting for us, they did not take anything to wait with us. The car was quite modern - Toyota Camry, with climate - control and leather interior. On the Internet you can find a number of firms providing similar services. Prices are approximately the same.
And finally we used taxi services when we went In the temple of Wat Chalon and to the statue of the Big Buddha . We did not cause a taxi, because our hotel constantly stood a taxi, the owner of which was sitting at the reception in anticipation of customers. We agreed with him to get to the church of Wat Chalong and back for a thousand baht. It is quite possible that if they were traded, they would reduce the price, but we don't do it very much, so they just asked how much it will cost, the price arranged us, and we went. The price also includes the waiting time - as the taxi driver said, he will wait for us as much as it takes. By the way, we spent a little more than an hour in the temple complex, the car was waiting for us in the parking lot. On the way back, we decided to come back to the statue of the Big Buddha, it was not very far away, but I had to go up up long - the benefit next to the statue there is a big parking. The taxi driver estimated that another 500 baht, the statue also waited for us in the parking lot, however, we were not very long - from the forces of half an hour - forty minutes. Then he delivered us back to the hotel, and only then we paid to him - as they agreed, Gave for all 1500 baht (The whole trip occupied about 3 hours). The car was not bad, not quite new, but also not old, Toyota (it seems Camry again) with climate - control and leather, clean interior. By the way, in the cabin there are advertising avenues, where it is described where you can take a taxi - a taxi driver handed it to us so that we watched, asked if we did not want to call anywhere else, for example, in the fleet of orchids, but especially active services not imposed.