Landmarks

Landmarks

Windmill Viewpoint: Promthep’s Quieter Neighbor With the Better Bay View

Two minutes before the tour buses reach Promthep Cape, a smaller parking bay on the ridge…

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Wat Chalong: Phuket’s Great Temple, Where the Island Actually Prays

Firecrackers are the first surprise: periodic bursts crackling from a brick kiln in the courtyard, lit…

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Old Phuket Town: The Heritage District That Became the Island’s Second Destination

For decades, tourists treated Phuket Town as the place the airport taxi drove past. Then the…

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Khao Rang Hill: Phuket Town’s Balcony, Best at Dusk

Every proper town keeps a hill to look at itself from, and Phuket Town’s is Khao…

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Karon Viewpoint: The Three-Bays Postcard, and How to Beat Its Buses

Every brochure shot of Phuket’s west coast — three turquoise bays stacked in receding crescents, headlands…

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The Heroines’ Monument: Two Sisters at the Island’s Crossroads

Every driver on Phuket knows the monument before knowing the story: two bronze women, swords drawn,…

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