10 Best Beaches in Phuket to Visit | Beautiful Beaches
More than anything else, Phuket is famous for its outstanding beaches. With over 30 stunning beaches around the Island, offering a wide variety of scenery, atmospheres, and sand textures, it’s always challenging to answer the question regarding the best beaches in Phuket.
If you’re heading to Phuket to relax away from the busy life or a digital migrant looking for a taste of paradise, choosing one of the ten best beaches in this guide will guarantee you make the best of your trip.
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Top 10 Best Beaches in Phuket
mazingly, every Phuket beach is on the west coast, which extends by 45 km from the Northern Mai Khao beach to the Southern Rawai. In the southern half of the island are the three main tourist beaches: Patong, Karon, and Kata. Let’s take a look at our top 10 Phuket beaches. Do you agree with our picks?
Surin Beach: Excellent For Sunbathing
The beach used to be home to top beach clubs and a busy local market, but it’s not anymore. However, the beach still has its raw natural beauty and clean tropical seas intact. Surin offers the best spots for families and friends to spend their day. There are also a few nearby hotels, like the Twinpalms Phuket, which are only a short walking distance away.
Surin Beach Location Location
Bang Tao Beach: Great Surfing Opportunities
Bangtao is one of the longest beaches in Phuket, stretching to 6 km and halfway between the airport and Patong on the west coast of the Island. Here, you will find some of Phuket’s top hotels, clubs, and restaurants, making it a popular destination for diverse visitors.
The beach is fast becoming one of the most lively and famous beach destinations in Phuket, with many beach clubs, bars, and a wide selection of dining options. If you plan a holiday vacation at Bang Tao, Sarayah Phuket’s luxury four-bedroom villa allows you to book an all-inclusive stay for a memorable and stress-free trip to the beautiful Island.
Bang Tao Beach Location
Freedom Beach: The Hill and Thick Jungle Experience
Freedom Beach has some of the finest sand in Phuket, and it is isolated from a pristine desert island. Freedom, as opposed to its name, is not easily accessible to everyone as it can only be accessed by a long-tail boat or walking down a steep path. Here, you won’t find the usual parasailing and jet skis, and its quiet and peaceful nature makes it a perfect spot to chill out.
Freedom Beach Location
Patong Beach: The Busy Beachfront
It would be impossible to complete this list without including Patong Beach. It is the main beach on the west coast of Phuket, and the town has a lot of restaurants, markets, shops, clubs, and bars. While the northern side is stunning and relatively quiet, the middle area of the beach is usually busy. With plenty of activities and attractions, the town behind the 2.5 km Patong Beach is home to the best Phuket nightlife. So are you in Phuket to party? Patong is the place to be, where you get to enjoy cheap and tasty street food and fruits.
Patong Beach Location
Karon Beach: Destination for Families and Couples
This is one of the most popular and the second longest beaches in Phuket. During the high season, it offers an excellent stretch of fine and soft white sand and clear blue water, and it never really gets busy. Since there are no rocks by the beach length, you can take a cooling dip without the thought of hurting your feet. By the main beach road are a lot of hotels but Centara Grand Beach Resort is the only one with beach access.
Karon Beach Location
Kata Beach: Fantastic Day by the Sea
Everything beautiful resides at Kata Beach, the second most cherished beach after Patong. It has beautiful soft sand, clean waters, and pendulous palm trees. During the high season, it’s a suitable choice for families to enjoy the white sand with an amazing blue sea view. In the low season, the beach is quieter, less crowded, and not a perfect choice for swimming.
The beach offers a wide selection of street shopping, dining, and little nightlife. In the middle of the town, there are low-priced shopping spots and local food restaurants. The beach also offers a selection of 4-star hotels to affordable hotels.
Kata Beach Location
Nai Harn Beach: Great for Surfing
Located in the South of Phuket Island, the Nai Harn Beach is surrounded by appealing green hills and small islands. It’s close to the fun and busy area of Rawai and quietly offers an experience different from the tourist beaches like Patong, Kata, and Karon Beaches. From November to April, the high season, the sand is usually soft with a bright blue water.
Nai Harn Beach Location
Kamala Beach: Excellent Sunbathing Spot
Kamala Beach in Phuket is a quiet beach that is regarded as the center of attraction due to the presence of beautiful scenery. Here, the sand is golden, and the water is warm greenish-blue, making it a conspicuous tourist’ haven for sunbathing and water sports for families. Around, there are colorful restaurants, shops at local places, and some of the beautiful viewpoints. Kamala is a quiet area that is perfect for people who do not want to visit crowded places in Phuket.
Kamala Beach Location
Paradise Beach: The Party Beach
As the name suggests, Paradise Beach is on a tropical island with blue water and white, powdery sand. It has become a theme park with an entry fee and a home to great facilities, including restaurants, sea kayaks, beach chairs, bars, and more. Occasionally, the beach hosts Phuket’s only Koh Phangan-style beach parties.
Paradise Beach Location
Banana Beach: Vibrant Scenery and Photo Spots
One of Phuket’s lesser-known beaches, Banana Beach, is a perfect place for snorkeling and tanning on the stunning sandy shore. It requires a very short trek to get there, and for this reason, it is recommended to get there by motorcycle or public transport since there is no parking nearby due to the mountain terrain. It is a calm beach relatively unknown to tourists and is tucked away, making it a great place to relax and enjoy the scenery.
Banana Beach Location
Categories of the Beautiful Beaches in Phuket
From our research, we categorized all the Phuket’s beaches into four:
1. Beaches to Spend the Day: Nai Harn, Freedom, and Surin
There are little or no accommodations, but they are perfect for those who plan to spend the day by the fine sand and clear water. They also offer a relative calmness not found in Kata or Patong Beach, especially during the high season.
2. Popular Beaches With Hotel Booking: Patong, Kata, Karon, Kamala and Bangtao Beach
Most people book their accommodation at these beaches for convenience. They are busy spots that offer many restaurants, shops, and nightlife.
3. Remote and Hidden Beach: Naithon, Ao Yon, Bang Tao, Mai Khao, and Kata Noi Beach
These beaches offer you the option to stay away from the most crowded beach, Patong Beach, during the high season. These beaches are incredible with enough restaurants and shops to enjoy your holiday vacation. There is no nightlife but there are some bars where you can always end the day with great drinks and music.
4. Private beaches: Pansea, Cape Panwa, Karon Noi Beach
Although there is nothing like private beaches in Thailand, some hotels and resorts bought the whole land around their beach so that only their guests can experience the excellent and peaceful spots.
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Conclusion
Phuket is home to some of the best beaches in the world, offering you extensive options to choose from, whether you decide to come during the high or rainy season or desire to stay away from the crowds for a quieter beach experience.
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