Phuket — Sights
Andaman beaches and an old tin-boom town
- Phi Phi Islands & Maya Bay — An emerald bay walled in by limestone cliffs; paddle, don't swim
- Phang Nga Bay & James Bond Island — A day canoeing between limestone towers rising out of the sea
- Similan Islands snorkelling trip — A sea that opens seven months a year, white sand under Sail Rock
- Big Buddha — A white marble Buddha on a hilltop with the south of the island at its feet
- Wat Chalong — A gilded chedi holding a relic of the Buddha, where Phuket comes to pray
- Phuket Old Town & Sunday Walking Street — Pastel shophouses built on tin money; a night market every Sunday
- Promthep Cape — The island's southern tip, where everyone gathers to watch the sun drop into the sea
- Karon Viewpoint — One roadside hill, three curving bays in a row
- Patong Beach — Phuket's loudest beach: swimming by day, Bangla Road by night
- Kata Beach — A calmer family beach than Patong, with surf in the wet season
- Nai Harn Beach — A quiet beach at the island's southern end, lake and hills behind
- Bangla Road — After dark the cars are gone and the neon and bass take over
- Simon Cabaret — A sequinned lip-sync revue by trans performers, Patong's classic night out
- Phuket FantaSea — A Thai-myth theme park by night: buffet, then a big show with elephants
- Jungceylon & Banzaan Market — An air-conditioned mall and a seafood market side by side: Patong's shopping base
- Khao Rang (Rang Hill) Viewpoint — Phuket Town rooftops and the south of the island from one terrace
- Phuket Thai Hua Museum — How tin and Chinese settlers built Phuket
- Baan Chinpracha — A 1903 tin baron mansion, still home to the family
- Shrine of the Serene Light (Sang Tham Shrine) — An old Chinese shrine with a dim, incense-filled hall
- Soi Romanee — A lane of colourful shophouses, the Old Town photo spot
- Laem Singh Viewpoint — A roofed lookout on the coast road; sunset fills the lay-by
- Bang Pae Waterfall — A cool waterfall in the island's last rainforest
- Sirinat National Park (Nai Yang Beach) — A tree-lined northern beach, a step back from Patong
- Phuket Elephant Sanctuary — Elephants you watch, never ride
- Kata Noi Beach — A small cove south of Kata, clear and quiet