This beach has a beautiful cove anchored by huge boulders. Its pocket-sized beach is shared by The Chedi and Amanpuri hotels and is effectively off-limits to outsiders.
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.