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Phuket Province

Phuket is Thailand’s largest island with an area of 543 square kilometres and nestles against the Andaman Sea coast 862 kilometres south of Bangkok. Phuket traditionally derives its wealth from tin and rubber. The island is blessed with magnificent coves and bays, powdery palm-fringed white beaches, sparkling island-dotted seas, genuinely hospitable people, comfortable accommodation, super seafood, tropically vegetative mountains, lovely waterfalls and parks, and delightful turn-of-the-century Sino-Portuguese-influenced architecture, which creates an en-chanting ambiance perfectly suited to total relaxation.

Phuket Province 

Phuket Town

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This compact provincial town serves mainly as an accommodation and shopping center. Splendid colonial-style residences built by late 19th-century tin

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Phuket Province 

Khao Rang

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This small hill to the north of the town offers a pleasant view of the town and boasts Thailand’s first

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Ko Si Re

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This small island which is separated from the mainland only by the Tha Chin Canal, is located 4 kms. northeast

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Phuket Butterfly Farm and Aquarium

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Drive for 3 kms. from the town along Yaowarat Road and then turn left at the Sam Kong village intersection.

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Phuket Orchid Garden and Thai Village

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Located on Thepkasattri Road about 3 kms. from the town, it offers cultural performances demonstrating the Thai way of life

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Chana Charoen Crocodile Farm

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This contains an exciting aquarium with some 1,000 marine, freshwater and estuarine crocodiles and is located just outside of the

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Sixty Years Pillar Monument

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stands in the south of the town at the area called Saphan Hin, the end of Phuket Road. It was

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Sirinat National Park

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It is located near Phuket International Airport along Route Nos. 402 and 4026, some 30 kms. from town. The park

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Wat Phra Thong

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This temple where the upper half of a large Buddha statue emerges from the ground is 20 kms. north of

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Wat Phra Nang Sang

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This historical temple in Amphoe Thalang was once a fort resisting a Burmese invasion around 1785. An old chapel in

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Khao Phra Thaeo Wildlife Sanctuary

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This extensive forest area in Amphoe Thalang was declared a wildlife sanctuary in July 1969. It covers a rich and

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Thalang National Museum

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Located near the Thalang intersection, this museum displays the way of life, culture and history of Phuket and the South.

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Phuket Province 

Hat Surin

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The hillside beach with groves of large pine tree is about 24 kms. northwest of the town. Drive along Route

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Ao Bang Thao

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This is a long stretch of sandy beach north of Hat Surin suitable for swimming and other water sports.

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Leam Sing

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1 kms. from Hat Surin, this scenic rocky cape is next to a small white sandy beach. To reach the

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Phuket Province 

Hat Kamala

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Located 26 kms. from the town, turn left at the Heroines Statues past Hat Surin and Laem Sing, Hat Kamala

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Hat Patong

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Phuket’s most developed beach is 15 kms. west of the town. Cabin and bungalow complexes, hotels, bars, nightclubs, discotheques, shops,

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Phuket Province 

Hat Kalim

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Once in Patong, turn right to Hat Kalim, which is a small beach with large rocks and a coral reef.

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Phuket Province 

Hat Karon

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Hat Karon and Hat Kata south of Hat Patong, both are long and peaceful beaches and eminently suitable for swimming

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Hat Nai Han

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This beach, nearly southernmost of the island, is about 18 kms. from the town. Beyond the beach is a large

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