Phuket Travel Guide and Blog
A fun temple festival and fair [toc] Wat Chalong Fair is a festival with rollicking stage shows, firecrackers, chaotic markets and spinning carnival rides. Not something you’d expect to find at a Buddhist temple, but for about 10 days each year Phuket’s largest temple is host to just such an event. This year, the Wat Chalong Fair is set from 20 to 27 January. Every year during the Chinese New
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Where to Celebrate New Year's Eve 2023 in Phuket? [toc] What are the Best Party Places for New Year's Eve in Phuket is the big question coming up soon. New Year is a day like no other, and this is the place to be! Phuket is pretty much party all year round, so you can expect some serious happening all around the island. Every hotel will have a gala dinner
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What is the Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2022? [toc] The Phuket Vegetarian Festival (or Nine Emperor Gods Festival) happens once a year, during the ninth lunar month, and is one of the most auspicious events on Phuket island. For this unique occasion, a crowd of devotees assemble in every Chinese shrine around the island, followed by an even bigger horde of photographers avid to get the shot of their life. The
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What is Loy Krathong Festival? [toc] Loy Krathong is a significant festival occurring every year in Thailand; it is even popular in surrounding countries. Everyone celebrates it on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar, November 8th, 2022. On this night, everyone goes to the closest river, lake, beach or swimming pool to release a floating offering, hoping for good luck
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Phuket is ready to host its first international marathon since the pandemic this June 11 and 12 The Supersports Laguna Phuket Marathon is set to take place this year on June 11 and 12, 2022, 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
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What are the main events and festivals in Phuket? [toc] Phuket festivals play an essential role in island life. The history of Phuket goes back a long way, and the whole year is peppered with many traditional festivals or newly created events. Some are celebrated nationwide, while others have a special meaning to Phuket people. Not all the events are listed here yet, but we'll add them as we join
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What is the Songkran Water Festival? [toc] Songkran Festival Phuket happens on April 13, 2023. The dates vary depending on Thailand's regions, and the festival can last several days in the north. Songkran festival in Phuket (how it used to be!) Songkran festival on a normal year If you choose to come to Phuket or Thailand in April in a 'normal year', you'd better know what this event
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Chinese New Year in Phuket [toc] Phuket Chinese New Year 2023 is set to ring on January 22, with several days of festivities to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. With its large ethnic Chinese population descending from migrants to the island in the past, Phuket’s Lunar New Year festival is an important annual event. It seems to get bigger and more colourful with each passing year as the number
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Paradise Complex Patong [toc] Paradise complex in Patong Beach has been the heart of the Phuket Gay party zone for more than twenty years. I don't know if the fancy name had any influence on the choice of location, but it's really easy to find, right at the foot of the 'Paradise Hotel' a 24-floor tower erected in the middle of it like a lighthouse, well you get the picture.
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Phuket Vegetarian Festival Typical Schedule and Calendar In case you are coming to Phuket in October, here is a Phuket Vegetarian Festival Schedule and Calendar of each day event, in which temple each event will occur, and when and where the famous processions will happen. Remember to bring a mask for the smoke, and ear protection as the firecrackers sound will leave you deaf for a day. Events [table id=53
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