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Phuket Town

The Chartered Bank intersection in Phuket Town

Museum Phuket

    The Museum Phuket sits at a bustling intersection in Old Phuket Town, where two historic buildings face each other across Phang Nga Road and Phuket Roads. One is the former Chartered Bank, and the other is the old police station, easily recognised by its yellow clock tower.

    Kanom Jeen in Phuket

    Kanom Jeen in Phuket

      Kanom Jeen is, without a doubt, our favourite Thai breakfast on weekends. We’ll never miss a chance to go to ‘Kanom Jeen Saphan Hin’ or ‘Pa Mai Kanom Jeen Restaurant’

      Little Nyonya Hotel

      Little Nyonya Hotel

        Little Nyonya is a small hotel located on the outskirts of Phuket Town. While it is modest and a little basic, it combines old Phuket heritage style and affordable price.

        Quip Sky Bar Rooftop

        Quip Sky Bar Rooftop in Phuket Town

          Quip Sky Bar is an unexpected rooftop bar and restaurant at the top of Quip Hotel in Phuket town. The hotel itself is really original and fun to visit, with an old Austin car used as a reception counter.

          Chillva Market Phuket

          Chillva Market Phuket

            Chillva Market Phuket is one of the best weekday night markets on the island. Everyone seems to love them, Thai teenagers, more than everyone else.

            Kopi de Phuket

            Kopi de Phuket

              Kopi de Phuket, a very small restaurant, has made its name in Phuket Town for a while. It looks strangely familiar and serves some really typical Phuket dishes in an eclectic decor, but what Kopi de Phuket does best is coffee in Phuket style.

              Raya Restaurant in Phuket Town

              Raya Restaurant

                Raya Restaurant is a unique restaurant combining all the right ingredients to make it a perfect local experience. They serve great food in a superb setting in an old Thai house kept just the way it has always been, with no excessive renovation but well maintained.

                Shrine of Serene Light in Phuket Town

                Shrine of the Serene Light – Saengtham Shrine ⛩️

                  The Shrine of the Serene Light is a beautifully decorated Chinese Temple on Phang Nga Road, one of the most famous streets of Phuket Town. It used to be ‘the little hidden Chinese temple’ tucked away at the end of a small path, right under your nose. While most Thais knew all about it, only a few foreigners were aware of its existence, and those who knew would proudly whisper its secret location to newbies like an old secret passage to some mystic temple.

                  Blue Elephant Phuket

                  Blue Elephant Phuket

                    Blue Elephant Phuket is a high-end Thai restaurant built in a Thai house set in an immense garden in Old Phuket Town. Pracha Phra Pitak Chinpracha Mansion is a fantastic old mansion that used to be a governor’s house but was abandoned for a long time.

                    Wat Kao Rang

                    Wat Khao Rang Samakkhitham and Phuket Golden Sitting Buddha

                      Wat Khao Rang (Kao Rang Temple) is a modest temple in Phuket town that would be somewhat anonymous if it was not for its large and majestic golden sitting Buddha. But is the giant Buddha not supposed to be much bigger and made of white marble? True, this one is the golden Buddha of Phuket Town, one of the first sitting Buddha in Phuket, built long ago on the hillside of the famous Khao Rang Hill.

                      Tunk Ka Cafe Phuket

                      Tunk Ka Cafe in Phuket Town

                        Tunk Ka Cafe is one of our favourite restaurants in Phuket Town, a long-established hillside place beautifully built on top of Khao Rang Hill, with striking panoramic views of Phuket city. Tunk Ka Cafe is a romantic place, with three separate terraces framed with large trees, and a nice breeze flowing through always keeps the place cool.

                        Chinese Temples and Shrines in Phuket

                        15 Chinese Shrines in Phuket ⛩️

                          There are quite a few Chinese shrines in Phuket, and each has its own characteristics and unique features, which always offer excellent photo opportunities. The large ones are very popular during the Chinese New Year in February or the Phuket Vegetarian Festival in October. They can get extremely crowded, not to mention very loud, from firecrackers.

                          Monkey Hill Phuket

                          Monkey Hill Phuket Town

                            Phuket Monkey Hill is the best-known monkey playground on the island, a hill covered with immense red and white antennas in the back of Phuket Town. That hill may be easy to see but not as easy to reach: the road climbing to it is opposite the provincial hall