Advice on which Muay Thai camp(s) to chose in Phuket

I will be going to Phuket for 1 month and have not booked a hotel or signed to a Muay Thai camp yet.

1. I want to try multiple Muay Thai camps in Phuket, so I can taste the gym culture more and meet more people.
2. I will be going alone and also want to meet some other people that might be alone. Might sound crazy, but solo hot western girls training there would be very nice so I can meet them and connect XD.
3. I definitely also want to go to the beaches and other touristy stuff maybe with some other people that I might meet in the gyms there. Hence, the preference to gyms/hotels/areas where I can find other solo western girls. So has to be normal distance to the beaches.
4. I already have many experience in kickboxing and Muay Thai so not looking for a fight or (hard) technical sparring. I really just wanna taste my first Muay Thai camp in Thailand and the culture with other people. So some gyms with lots of tourists and beginner – medior level would not be a bad thing.
5. I don’t want to spend a huge fortune on the hotel and camps. So the price range is cheap to medior/normal. Expensive is out of order.

Any advice on where to stay or which gyms to go to?

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I of course did some Googling and read this on a forum:

*”One of the main reasons I keep going back to Sinbi is the location. The Rawai/Nai Harn area is an awesome part of Phuket. Not too touristy like Patong or Karon. I would stay in that area and check out the half dozen gyms that are close by, Sinbi, AKA, Lion, Kaewphitaek, Rawai Supa, probably a few more have sprouted up since I was last there. These are just my opinions based off nearly a year (cumulative) of living and training in Phuket. With pretty much all of it at Sinbi”*

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Would finding a hotel around this place be a good idea if you look at my criteria?

I also saw on YouTube the area of ”Fitness street” where a lot of camps are in one spot? Would that be a good choice, but with no beaches near?

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