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Nai Yang Beach is a very beautiful beach set in a national park at the north of the island on the west coast. Phuket's locals like to visit it. If you are looking for gorgeous nature, a laid-back atmosphere, a romantic setting and very friendly people (kids want to shake your hand and people say hello as they pass) - do consider this beach! The beach itself is quite long and bordered by pine trees and surrounded by the national park (this means peace and no tall ugly buildings). Along a section of the beach are sun chairs and cute little beachside bars and restaurants under shady trees with extensive menus, great food and you eat right on the beach with your feet in the sand! Very romantic at night. The beach never gets crowded and it you leave the middle part where the restaurants are, you can have a large section of the beach all to yourself! There is also a small coconut tree-covered "island" that you can walk to during low tide (the snorkelling reef is on the other side). If you walk to the opposite side of the beach around a small headland, you will come to Mai Kao Beach, which is pretty much deserted. Nai Yang is conveniently located next to the airport, it is fun to watch the planes landing (they are not noisy) as they look as if they are flying right into the forest. There are some diving places, travel agents, massage places and tailors, convenience and souvenier shops and internet cafes. I also read in another person's travel description of this beach that there are only 2 hotels. This isn't correct, there are more hotels and also private bungalows. The park service is busy rebuilding their's. But in highest season book ahead because we got one of the last availabilities when we just showed up (xmastime). Everything behind the beach is in a very natural setting amidst tropical plants and trees - no noisy streets. Excellent job done cleaning up the tsunami damage - everything looked great, only the park service is busy rebuilding some of their bungalows. Directions: Only 5 or so minutes from Phuket's airport! On the northwest coast.
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| | | | More beaches and caves: Rawai Beach & Sunshine Bar | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Rawai Beach & Sunshine Bar We had Mr. Mors father pick the 9 of us up in the Phuket Pro Dive Ute (just like a big tuk tuk) and take us to Rawai Beach for dinner. We went to the little stalls and picked out what seafood, drinks etc we wanted, then went and sat on our mats on the beach. It’s a lovely setting and not full of tourists, very relaxing. The bill for 4 of us came to about 1200Baht, this included seafood cocktails, steamed rice, fried rice, whole BBQ mackerel (absolutely delicious) chili octopus, oysters, a pork dish plus 4 beers and a couple of Bacardi breezers and soft drinks. Bargain!! After dinner we went over the road to the Sunshine Bar for a couple of hours, what a fun place, the girls that work there sing their hearts out. It’s the sort of place when you have had a few drinks (maybe a few too many) and want a sing-along, everyone joins in. Richard orgainsed this outing for us - Contact him at: richard@phuket-scuba-diving.com
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| | | | More beaches and caves: At least make a day tour the island | Tip Rating: | | | | |
I stayed in town. In the first day I made a day tour, get around the island by local transport (Tuk Tuk). As about 70% of the island is mountainous so all along the way is in great landscape, great view, scene of mountain and sea view. I visited many beaches, very beautiful and famous in the west / south of the island, but peaceful, quieter along east coast. Some places is rather touristy and some just easy living areas, different in just few kms far apart. I enjoyed so much traveling around and met many nice locals. beside getting around the island, also good opportunity to see some other attractions such as some beautiful temples, the town is also nice, particularly around Ta Lang street. In the last day I even got a rental car drive it by myself. I recommend you to take at least one day tour the island then only just hang out at one area. It's worth! Leave a Comment
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