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Phuket · East / inland

Old Town

Phuket Town's Old Town is the island's cultural heart: Sino-Portuguese shophouses, indie cafés, street art and night markets. There's no beach, but it's the pick for solo travellers and anyone tired of resort strips.

★ANDAMAN SEA
  • Bang Taoupscale · long-stay
  • Surinupscale · quiet
  • Kamalacalm · families
  • Patongnightlife
  • Karonquieter beach
  • Kataall-rounder · my pick
  • Nai Harnswim beach · calm
  • Rawailong-stay value
  • Old Town ★culture · no beach
Andaman coast · each area pinned, not borderedCoastline © geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0)

Guides that cover Old Town

Living hereThailand Privilege Files My 90-Day Report: ฿0 in Cash, One Point, Back the Same Day7 min readGetting aroundGetting Around Phuket: What I Actually Use, and the Day It Stops Working9 min readLiving soloIs Phuket Safe? After Two Years Living Here, the Risk Is the Road — Not the Crime9 min readAn ordinary street of shophouses in Phuket Town — green awnings, a 7-Eleven, sugar palms and overhead power lines under a bright skyLiving soloWhere to Live in Phuket (2026): Pick Your Budget, Not Your Beach — and Why ฿25,000 Buys Two Different Lives10 min readA currency exchange rate board at Value Plus in Phuket, timestamped 14:49:50 on 26 August 2026, listing buy and sell rates for around 25 currenciesLiving hereExchanging Money in Phuket (2026): The Rate I Actually Got, and How to Check Any Booth in Ten Seconds8 min readLiving hereWhat Utilities Actually Cost in a Phuket Condo (2026) — and the Rule That Caps What Your Landlord Can Charge9 min readA single bowl of Phuket Hokkien mee — thick stir-fried yellow noodles with prawn, pork and a fried egg on top — with one pair of chopsticks and a spoon resting across itLiving soloIs Living Alone in Phuket Lonely? What Every Guide Gets Wrong About the Question8 min readLiving hereRenting a Condo in Phuket (2026): One Week, ฿75,000 Down, and ฿0 to the Agent12 min readA white recessed LED downlight sitting flush in a white textured condo ceilingLiving soloA Light Died in My Phuket Condo: It Wasn't a Bulb — and Fixing Both Cost ฿2689 min readKaron beach at sunset, looking south — the sun just above the horizon over the Andaman, the wooded headland that separates Karon from Kata at the left with buildings among the trees, the islet of Koh Pu beyond its tip, people swimming in calm water, and footprints across wet sand in the foregroundWhere to stayWhere to Stay in Phuket (2026): Kata, Patong, Karon or Old Town — Who Each One Suits9 min readThe Bangkok Hospital Siriroj sign on the street wall in Phuket TownLiving hereDo You Need Health Insurance in Phuket? An Uninsured Resident's Honest Take (2026)6 min readA single plate of pork gaprao — minced pork with basil and chilli — beside a mound of rice topped with a fried egg, three slices of cucumber, and one fork and spoon, on a granite table in daylightLiving soloThe Real Cost of Living in Phuket in 2026 — I Budgeted ฿40,000. I Actually Spend ฿50,000.13 min read