Lonely Planet Review

Located on a back road far from the noise of Th Bangla, the Palm View is a good option for visitors who have rented their own vehicle and plan to drive themselves the 1.5km (1mi) to the beach.

The German-managed Palm View Resort does indeed have palms, although the word 'resort' perhaps suggests something a bit more grand. Instead what we have is a smallish hotel of 20 rooms, very recently built and well run. The rooms are clean to a fault and you can practically see yourself in the shiny glazed tile floors. Rooms on the 2nd and 3rd storeys all have verandas overlooking a very retro kidney-shaped pool. And while lounging around the pool, you'll no doubt reflect on how surprising it is that just a few hundred metres will completely change the atmosphere of a place. Unless you have your heart dead set on being in the thick of things, it might be more relaxing to put a kilometre and a half between yourself and the revelry that is downtown Patong - although having said that, it is quite easy to get a taxi or even walk to and from the beach.