Phuket Town is home to about 50,000 of the island’s 180,000 population, this lively little settlement is at once a lazy tropical port, a bustling Asian bazaar and an international meeting point. Grand old stucco houses in Sino-Portuguese architectural style hark back to the days of rubber barons, and there are many beautiful temples throughout the city.

Patong Beach – This has long been Phuket’s most popular beach, and is nowadays one of the island’s main social and entertainment centers. The gently sloping beach is an ideal place for children to swim. Long-tailed boats offer excursions along the Indian Ocean coast, and there are facilities for windsurfing, boating, snorkeling and fishing.

Thai Boxing – Known in the local language as Muay Thai, this seriously aggressive activity is Thailand’s national sport, and is particularly popular in the south, including Phuket. If you are prepared to watch some highly skilled mayhem, there are matches every Sunday at the Saphan Hin Arena in Phuket Town.

Khao Ping Gan – Known as “007 Island” because scenes from a James Bond movie were filmed there some years ago, this scenic and popular spot is easily reached by long-tailed boat from Phuket. Khao Ping Gan’s most spectacular attributes are its weirdly-shaped water-worn limestone cliffs and deep caves that beckon underground explorers.

Night Life – Phuket is as famous for after-dark activities as for beaches. The island boasts as many restaurants, bars and nightspots as most major cities, in Phuket Town and all the resort areas. These range from elegant to raucous, and there are special places including one that resembles a Swiss chalet, and one that’s full of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Wat Chalong – This classical building is Phuket’s most striking and most famous Buddhist monastery, and is extremely photogenic from almost any angle. The monastery enshrines gilt statues of monk-heroes Luang Pho Chaem and Luang Pho Chuang, who preserved peace in the area by stopping a violent tin miners’ rebellion in 1876.

Phi Phi Island – these two rocky, tree-covered islands offer long white powder-sand beaches and magnificent coral reefs for snorkelers and divers, mountain and jungle trails for hikers, and Viking Cave, where daredevils on rickety ladders collect birds’ nests to make into delicious soup.

Sunset – There are many places in tropical Asia where you can see spectacular sunsets, but Phuket’s sunsets have been famous for centuries and have drawn huge crowds. Every day, thousands of people flock to Kata-Sai Yuan Hill and Promthep Cape to enjoy the daily show, and they are hardly ever disappointed. Be prepared to take many photographs.

Kata and Karon beaches are another world away from Phuket’s busy, noisy and increasingly congested Patong Beach. Beautiful white sandy beaches, relaxed and easy going, tropical and idyllic are the words that we would use to describe them. Kata and Karon beaches are the choice beaches for those people who want to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, for those who want to relax and soak up the Andaman Sun, yet, be close enough to all that Phuket Island has to offer.

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