Phuket Travel Guide and Blog
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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Where to stay in Bang Tao Beach? [toc] Bang Tao has been steadily growing in popularity in the past thirty years, but the amount of hotels has not changed much. Most of the resorts in Bang Tao Beach are in The Laguna Complex, in the Cherngtalay subdistrict. This is almost a self-contained complex, and guests from any of the main hotels are welcome to use other resort facilities: restaurants, of
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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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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 is Stand Up Paddleboard? [toc] Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) as a sport has been around Phuket for quite some time but is still one of the world's most popular water sports mainly because of its wide range of recreational uses, including fitness, fishing, yoga, racing and surfing. Stand Up Paddle in Phuket is user-friendly and allows all ages and abilities to embrace the sport. How does Stand Up Paddleboard
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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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Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket Review [toc] Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket is a beautiful classic hotel in Bang Tao Beach, in a prime location on the west coast of Phuket Island. The resort has an elegant Thai design, and the rooms are superb; most are just a few steps from the beach. This hideaway is a perfect place to escape frantic city life, relax and enjoy the beauty of the Andaman
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A great French restaurant on the beach of Bang Tao [toc] The Beach Cuisine is a seaside restaurant hard to find on Bang Tao Beach, open for lunch and dinner and serving excellent western and Thai food. The French chef proposes some unique specialities. The setting by the sea is amazing, and when the weather gets stormy as it was on the day we visited, it somehow feels like being
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A beach bar on Bangtao Beach [toc] Beach Pig Phuket is a cool beach bar on Bang Tao Beach serving tacos, nachos, Thai food and cocktails; it is a perfect spot to end your beach day with a sunset over the Andaman Sea. The bar is right on the sand, just in front of the SAii Laguna Resort and is entirely made of wood with thatched roofs and bamboo. The
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SAii Laguna Phuket Review [toc] SAii Laguna Phuket is a large luxury resort set right on the sand of Bangtao Beach on the west coast of Phuket Island. The hotel was recently renovated, and the new design, mostly visible around the pool area, takes advantage of the amazing 300-meter-long direct beach access. With this new look and such a unique location, combined with the legendary Thai hospitality, a stay at
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A great beach club on Bang Tao Beach [toc] Carpe Diem on Bang Tao Beach is the latest Beach Club in Phuket, serving appetizing Mediterranean and Italian cuisine with creative cocktails and a long list of fine wines. Because the beach in front of the club is not very wide, people come here for drinks, dinner and to enjoy great music at the end of their day. Carpe Diem is
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