A Brief Guide For Your Travel To Phuket

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Phuket is a beautiful island in the Andaman Sea popular among tourists for its beautiful white sand beaches. While Phuket is grown into a modern city but still retains its old town heritage, Patong is the major resort town popular for nightlife and parties. The city is known for its bustling markets as well as calm and serene beaches. The town is home to various high-end resort properties and spas. You can enjoy beach activities like snorkeling, scuba diving, and kayaking on the islands. Enjoy a host of outdoor activities as well as the rocking nightlife of Phuket. Surely a memorable experience awaits you in Phuket.

Best time to Visit
The peak seasons of Visiting Phuket are from November to February. This is the time when Phuket is highly flooded with the tourists. However, the climate is warm year-round, and the island has usually a mild climate wherein being the coastal area it rains occasionally. The weather is suitable to travel for the tourists, as the temperatures are ideal all the year round.

Amazing places of interest
Driving on the main road of Phuket town, you'll find the monument of two heroines, which was built in the memory of Thao Thep Krasattri and Thao si suntan, two brave girls who fought for their nation against Burmese invaders. Among historical places, you can visit the old Phuket town, that has Sino-Portuguese buildings on both sides of the streets. Enjoy Thalang National Museum, which showcases many historical artifacts and materials that were used during the war with Burma.
Visit Wat Chalong- most important Buddhist temple of Thailand is dedicated to two monks who are well respected and worshipped by Thai people. Visit the Big Buddha. You can also enjoy Phuket aquarium experience, where you can see beautiful sea creatures and amazing sea life.

What to eat? Hunger Bells
Enjoy local Thai as well as popular cuisines from the world over in every area of Phuket. To enjoy the authentic local Thai cuisine you can have the taste of Kuay Tiew(Noodle soup), Khao Pad (fried rice), Pad Thai(fried noodles), Tom Yum Goong (lemongrass and herbs soup)and massaman curry(coconut milk and bay leaves curry). these local cuisines are enjoyed by foreigners and locals alike.

Best areas to stay
Patong, Kata, and Karon are the best areas to stay in Phuket, because of popular places of shopping nearby, a wide variety of resorts and restaurants and an amazing Nightlife. This is the reason why tourists usually stay in these areas.

Where to shop
Get your bags ready because you can shop as much as you want, because of amazing local markets where you can do shopping at very affordable prices. Popular places of shopping are- Phuket walking street, which is in the old Phuket town and is a market for clothes, artificial jewelry and lots more. Talad Tairod is an amazing market for clothes and flowers. For Fresh and exotic fruits, you can go to Banzaan market. Another local market is Karon temple market, which is held twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Its a popular market for handbags and jewelry. among the popular malls comes Jungceylon shopping mall, which is near major hotels and markets.

Major sightseeing
For the picturesque views visit Phi Phi islands. Popularly a long tail boat is taken to reach the island. There you can enjoy beach activities like snorkeling, kayaking, and scuba diving. among the other islands popularly visited by tourists are Similan islands, known for lively coral reefs, Hong island, and James bond island. In the evenings you can visit Phuket Fantasea show, which is a highly entertaining show performed by artists and involves elephants on stage. Also, you can enjoy Simon cabaret show which is also an authentic dance show. At night you can go to Bangla road to enjoy the nightlife. You can also take the Phuket city tour and enjoy the views of authentic Thai Culture. Surely this trip will be memorable and amazing for you.