Where to stay in Bang Tao Beach? [toc] Hotels in Bang Tao Beach provide a wide range of options to suit diverse traveller needs. From luxurious resorts like Banyan Tree Phuket to mid-range hotels such as Best Western Premier Bangtao Beach, and budget-friendly boutique accommodations, there's something for everyone. Many of these hotels offer easy access to the beach, watersports, dining, and entertainment, making Bang Tao Beach an inclusive destination.
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A fun Mini Golf in Bang Tao Beach [toc] Phuket Adventure Mini Golf is a beautifully designed course nestled among palm trees, bushes, water, bamboo, and grey granite rocks in Bang Tao Beach. Whether you are a beginner or a professional, on a date or with your colleagues or extended family, you are sure to have a fun-filled day in this unparalleled setting. The course has 18 holes designed and
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A beach club on Bang Tao Beach [toc] Located on Bang Tao Beach, Maya Beach Club Phuket offers an exquisite blend of international and local cuisine, sun-soaked days, and electrifying nights. Lounge by day, sipping cocktails and soaking in sea views. As the sun dips, embrace lively entertainment, live music, and an enchanting ambience. With a Tulum-inspired design and music, the club radiates a chic, laid-back vibe for unforgettable moments.
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Where to stay in Bang Tao with a small budget? [toc] Cheap hotels on Bang Tao Beach provide affordable lodging often close to the beach. Rooms offer basic amenities like beds, private bathrooms, and Wi-Fi. While not as luxurious as the famous resorts of Laguna, these hotels are surprisingly cosy and often have on-site dining options. Staff are helpful with travel needs, and the location offers water sports and outdoor
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Five Olives Restaurant in Bang Tao [toc] Five Olives by Marni is a contemporary Italian restaurant located in Bang Tao Beach, which has become the trendiest part of Phuket Island. The restaurant is elegant, with a high ceiling and a vast and welcoming outdoor terrace. It is situated in a new complex called Boat Avenue Park and Playground, which is located 700 meters from the bustling Boat Avenue, and as
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Kalido Restaurant on Bang Tao Beach [toc] Kalido (formerly Palm Seaside Restaurant) is a trendy seafront restaurant set at the southern end of Bang Tao Beach. Open for lunch and dinner, Kalido is an excellent place for a relaxed dinner by the sea and a lounge venue in the evening. The vast open space at the front of the restaurant is great to enjoy drinks and tapas before dinner. and
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What to do in Bang Tao Beach? [toc] Guests staying at any of the Laguna Complex resorts or in hotels in the Cherngtalay area can enjoy a wide range of things to do in Bang Tao Beach and around. Many activities are available at the Laguna hotels: sailing, kayaking, archery, immense swimming pools, massages, and amazing spas. Usually, if you are a guest of one of these resorts, you can
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Nanami Yakiniku at Boat Avenue Bang Tao [toc] Nanami Yakiniku is a Japanese BBQ restaurant run by a Japanese owner, located on Boat Avenue in Cherngtalay, near Bang Tao Beach, on the west coast of Phuket. The restaurant serves a wide range of imported and local beef and pork, but also sushi and sashimi. Nanami Yakikniku is set in a large house near the lake and the atmosphere is cosy
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Cassia Phuket Review [toc] Cassia Phuket is a large contemporary hotel and a service apartment with a unique creative concept by the famous Banyan Tree. This affordable 4-star hotel stands above a large lagoon in the Bang Tao Beach area and is part of the Laguna Complex. The hotel is very different from any hotel we visited in Phuket: the place is young, vibrant and colourful, and the team is
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Hilton Garden Inn Phuket Review [toc] Hilton Garden Inn Phuket is a well-designed contemporary 4-star hotel in Laguna Complex in Bang Tao, an area growing in popularity with travellers preferring a more relaxed and refined holiday than in the crowded beaches of the south of the island. The hotel will please budget travellers who need the convenience of a modern hotel at a fair price. Most of the hotels in
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Angsana Laguna Phuket Review [toc] Angsana Laguna Phuket is a vast hotel on Bangtao Beach, a beautiful location on the west coast of Phuket. With more than 300 rooms, lofts and suites, the hotel is immense, and most of the bedrooms offer lake or pool views. There is beach access at the front but no rooms with beach views. The resort will please travellers who plan to spend most of
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Modern Thai Cuisine on Kamala Beach [toc] Jaras is an exclusive restaurant serving superbly presented modern Thai Cuisine near the beach at the Intercontinental Phuket Resort in Kamala Beach. The restaurant is listed in the Michelin Guide, and our dining experience confirmed that the listing is fully justified. The food is delicious, well balanced and beautifully presented. The wine list is extensive, and the sommelier's recommendation for each wine is
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La Trattoria Restaurant on Bang Tao Beach [toc] La Trattoria is a well-known restaurant in the Dusit Thani Phuket on the popular Bang Tao Beach in Cherngtalay. Outside guests frequently come to La Trattoria for dinner in the spacious and beautiful white restaurant. Chef Lucas prepares with passion excellent Italian and Brazilian dishes and a modern menu you should try. We tried Chef Lucas's Brazilian special menu of the day,
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[toc] Bang Tao Beach is blessed with a surprisingly vast amount of restaurants, from modest roadside venues to beach restaurants and high-end cuisine. We visited quite a few in Bang Tao, which is part of the wider Cherngtalay district, and the area keeps surprising us with the quality of dining, which is higher than on the rest of the island. We list here some of the best restaurants in Bang
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What to do in Cherngtalay? [toc] Cherngtalay, locally known as Choeng Thale, may not be a well-known name for most travellers, but it is an important region of Phuket because many travel and hotel websites refer to it when talking about hotels in Bangtao Beach. Cherngtalay is the subdistrict of Thalang in the middle west part of the island, just south of the airport and includes Bang Tao Beach, Surin,
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Where to do rock climbing in Phuket? [toc] REBEL Rock Climbing is an impressive 3-story, 700 sqm indoor set of walls to ascend. Everyone, from kids to adults, from beginners to very advanced, can practice their skills on top-rope walls, boulder walls, lead climb walls, boulder caves and top-out boulder walls. It looks great for corporate events as well. Friendly staff are here to teach you and help you find
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Banyan Tree Phuket Review [toc] Banyan Tree Phuket on Bang Tao Beach is the most luxurious of the five resorts in the Laguna Complex and one of the best hotels in Phuket. The hotel opened more than two decades and has always been one of the ultimate resort experiences in Asia. It will always be a special place to me as I worked there as a resort host for a
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A popular Japanese restaurant near Bangtao Beach TAKÉ (pronounced 'takeh') is an excellent Japanese restaurant often recommended by the Japanese expat community of Phuket, which is quite a statement. We tried it and it was indeed as good as described, with very reasonable prices. The restaurant is welcoming, modern and casual, and for the duration of a lunch or dinner, it feels like you are in Japan. The menu is
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What to do in Bangtao Beach? [toc] Bang Tao Beach (or Bangtao) is one of the longest beaches in Phuket, halfway between Phuket airport and Patong Beach on the island's west coast and part of the Cherngtalay area. With such a beautiful stretch of sand, it's no surprise why Bangtao has become the home of some of the largest and most luxurious resorts on the island, such as Banyan Tree
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International Marathon in Bang Tao Beach The Supersports Laguna Phuket Marathon is set to take place this year on June 10 and 11, 2023, in Bang Tao Beach. Thousands of runners will arrive in Phuket from around the world and other parts of Thailand to compete in the event’s full marathon, half-marathon, 10.5km, 5km, and 2km kids runs. The Laguna Phuket Marathon will showcase Phuket’s post-pandemic revival and some of
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