Bang Tao Beach – What to Do in Bangtao (Updated)

Layan Beach

There are no real boundaries between Bangtao and Layan Beach. Just look to the north and you will see an island. That’s Layan Beach.

Blue Tree Water Park

Blue Tree is the most recent and the largest water park in Phuket. It includes water slides (Slip’n’Fly’), a zipline over the water, a lot of water activities, and several restaurants.

Xana Beach Club

Xana Beach Club at Angsana Laguna Phuket is a trendy place to spend the day and the evening. You can use their unique beach pool or large and comfortable beach sofas, then order drinks and food at any time. There are regular DJ events and parties on the beach.

Catch Beach Club

Catch Beach Club is one of the most famous beach clubs on the island (it was the very first beach club in Phuket).

Dream Beach Club

Dream Beach Club, a little further north near Layan Beach, is a beautiful place but a little less known due to its isolated location.

Spas and Wellness

The Laguna complex has always been home to the best spas resorts and wellness centres in Phuket, including Banyan Tree Spa and Angsana Spa. If a spa treatment in a hotel is above your usual budget, there are several good massage huts available right on the beach for about 300 baht!

Wat Choeng Thale

Wat Choeng Thale (or Wat Cherngtalay) is a little far from the beach, but it is a beautifully decorated temple to admire, especially if this is your first visit to Thailand.

Phuket Adventure Mini Golf

This 18 holes miniature classic championship golf course is surrounded by palm and bamboo trees and comes with a large restaurant.

Tinlay Village

At the entrance of Bangtao are Tinlay place and Boat Avenue, two excellent dining alternatives to the many restaurants found in the Laguna. Tatonka, Supper Club, and Black Cat have been successful for more than a decade, but the new generation of restaurants are adding a fresh breeze to Bangtao, and the most noticeable is Bampot Kitchen.

Beach Restaurant and Bars

Just south of Outrigger you will be surprised to find many kinds of seafood and Thai food restaurants right on the beach. The road to reach them is well hidden, but there is a decent parking space once there. We tried the Green Leaf restaurant, and it was good, not exceptional but good.

The sea view and the beach setting made up for the slightly touristy taste and atmosphere. There are a lot of restaurants there, and they all look the same with their bamboo tables and colourful umbrellas. They probably also taste similar but that for you to try. There are also a handful of old fashion tiny reggae bars consisting of a bamboo shack, five stools and blasting Bob! It’s fun, maybe a little busy but fun.

Bampot Kitchen & Bar

Bamphot Kitchen is one of our favourites modern restaurants in Phuket, serving a young cuisine with a perfect mix of tastes and textures. The team is young and friendly, and the atmosphere is perfect to end the day with a little trendy touch.

Palm Seaside Restaurant

Boat Avenue

If you choose to stay there, you can’t miss the new and growing ‘Boat Avenue’. Boat Avenue is the new heart of Bangtao with trendy shops and restaurant and even an immense Villa Market where you find a lot of import food (and an extensive wine cellar too!).

Fun Friday Avenue

Every Friday night, in the same Boat Avenue street, there is a night market. Fun Friday Avenue Market is fun and colourful but also a chance to try some food you might not have seen before. Be curious and try!

Villa Market

Villa Market is a very large and well-supplied supermarket on Boat Avenue. You can find a wide range of local and imported products, fresh fruits, vegetables, bread, lots of excellent meats, wines and alcohols.

Porto de Phuket Mall

Porto de Phuket is the latest mall in Phuket by Central Group. This lifestyle mall is a small complex offering a mix of restaurants, shops and a supermarket.

Canal Village

You might also want to visit the ‘Canal Village’ shopping plaza near the Dusit Thani resort, but it was never a real success and often looks a little too quiet. Anyway, have a look at the Jim Thompson outlet. A shuttle boat is permanently circling the five resorts and marks a stop at Canal Village.

Banyan Tree Phuket

Banyan Tree Phuket Resort with its world-renown spa is as luxurious and exclusive as ever. I do have a feel for Banyan a lot because that was my first job in Phuket back in 1994!

Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket Resort

Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket resort, one of the oldest hotels in Laguna, is now a beautiful classic.

Angsana Laguna Phuket

Angsana Laguna Phuket (used to be Sheraton Phuket)