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Plus: Good value hotels. Uncrowded, big quiet beaches with good sand, clean water.
Minus: Not stupendously beautiful, bit of a hike to get to.
Although
the port area is cramped and the island's only road [down the centre]
is a dusty, pot-holed mess strung with cables, bars, restaurants and
net cafés, Ko Lanta's beaches are big, clean, relaxed and served
by a string of efficient mid-range bungalow operations - some with
pools.
The sea is warm and calm but hardly azure, and though there are no
concrete skyscrapers on the horizon, neither are there the gorgeous
limestone karsts [rock pillars] of the Krabi and Phi Phi areas.
Visitors arrive at the north of the 25km[15m] long island via ferry
boats [recommended] from Phuket, Krabi or Phi Phi Don, or by road/ferry.
The beaches are on the west side and the best are the first two -
Khlong Dao and Phra-Ae. These are long and wide, with yellow-white
sand and the best hotels back directly on to them. About halfway down
the island hotels get much cheaper, tattier and even 'hippyish', with
great ambience but sharp rocks in the sea make swimming tricky.
The island has sufficient facilities to keep seekers of interesting
cuisine happy, though dance crazies might find a limited number of
venues.
Thailand Beach Pictures © Julian Loader