Club med chose this beach for its second resort in Asia and for good reason - it is spectacularly lovely. Club Med and the Boathouse Inn provide the best accommodations here.
In 1685, king Narai confirmed the French tin monopoly in Phuket to a French ambassador, the Chevalier de Chaumont. Chaumont's former matre d'htel Sieur de Billy was named governor of the island.