These places offer the stock standard room at an expensive Bt350 with shower and fan. Dome Bungalows are a bit away from the centre of town. However this nicely landscaped residence has large bungalows with shower and fan for Bt300. Sawasdee Guesthouse is a fair way from town. Rooms start at Bt300 with share shower, but the rate dropsto Bt150 if you stay a week.
Dilapidated buildings side by side with plus multi-storey hotels, bars and restaurants.
The beach here is nice and some sections do not even have deck chairs, though you may have to dodge jet skis, parasailers and windsurfs. Like Kata, there is definitely no oversupply of great places to eat, but there some good places to sleep. There is some big development going on in the centre of the beach as Karon tries to inject a bit more zest into itself. There is no post office in Karon, the closest is a Kata. A bus from Phuket town costs Bt15 and returns via Kata Beach.