Phuket Insight

Phuket is deservedly one of the world’s favorite holiday and retirement destinations. Imagine the soft, natural sands, coconut trees gently swaying in the breeze, with the azure blue ocean beyond.

Phuket provides many choices for any traveler’s tastes or budget. With a rich culture, renowned cuisine and thousands of hotels/resorts to choose from, Thailand’s biggest island really is ‘’The Pearl of the Andaman’’.

Phuket has so much to offer to both holiday makers and those fortunate enough to call it home, let’s take a closer look, to ensure you will not miss any of it's fantastic attractions.

1. Thai Cuisine

Thai food, well known for being full of complex and subtle tastes, with aromas of spice and lemon grass, is rapidly becoming a sought after cuisine around the world.

Originally, Phuket was one of the major commercial ports of the "Melayu cape".

Phuket's traditional foods are a mixture of Thai, Malay, and Chinese Hakka. You can experience and enjoy the spicy tastes of southern Thai food, aromatics from Malay cuisine and the sweetness of Hakka Chinese food.

Today Phuket, offers an endless variety of choices for discerning diners, from Thai to international flavors, Western, middle Eastern, Indian, Chinese or Japanese fine restaurants are all available, along with the famous local food, street food and markets.

Recommended: Fresh seafood, Thai food at your choice of spicy level, Phuket traditional food.

2. Culture & Festivals

Chalong Temple

Thai culture is renowned as one of the most friendly, polite and rich in the world. Whatever the season, there are always various religious and cultural festivals scheduled around the island.

From religious to fun, formal to informal, the islands cultural mixture of Thai, Malay and Chinese roots make Phuket culture varied and exciting, showing respect to all the islands different religious origins.

Big Buddha

Thai temples Mosques and Catholic Churches are peacefully and harmoniously located side by side within the community. All this and more is waiting to be explored.

Don't miss the signature architecture of Phuket town, famous for the Chino-Portuguese colonial buildings along the "old town" roads. Another highlight is the "fisherman village" on Siray lsland.