Pure Serenity Luxury Spa - Patong Phuket

The 1am closing time is what sets this place apart. Most spas in Patong shut their doors by nine or ten, so if you've come off a long dinner on Bangla and want a Thai massage before bed rather than instead of one, this is the address to have saved. It opens at 11:00, which also makes it useful for a midday reset between the beach and whatever the evening holds.

It sits on Rat-U-Thit 200 Pee Road, the long spine of Patong, so most hotels in the area are a short walk or a very cheap ride away. The menu covers traditional Thai massage, aromatherapy oil work and body treatments, and it pitches itself at the more polished end of the local spa scene rather than the shopfront places with plastic chairs out front. If you want a quick foot rub for a few hundred baht, you'll find that elsewhere. Come here when you want the full hour or two done properly.