Patong Beach is a beach on Phuket’s west coast, and to the town adjoining it. It is the main tourist resort in Phuket.  If you are looking for some exciting nightlife and cheap shopping on the island, this is the place to visit.  Patong Beach became popular with western tourists, especially Europeans, in the late 1980s.  Numerous large hotels and chain hotels are located in Patong.

Patong Beach is the most popular & well-developed beach on Phuket Island.  Long recognized as one of the world’s Top 10 diving sites, Phuket is now Thailand’s most important tourist destination, offering a variety of beaches, attractions and exciting night life.  Koh Phuket is Thailand’s largest Island.   It is 50 km long north to south and 21 km wide and joined to the mainland by Sarasin bridge.

Phuket Island was assumed by geologists to be once part of the mainland in the form of a cape sticking out into the Andaman Sea but millions of years later the cape was gradually eroded by natural forces and finally detached from the main land.

Phuket Island has 17 sandy beaches.  Click here for the  Patong Beach Guide

The Seafood Festival in May is designed to promote seafood, this festival that happens all over Phuket is also a celebration of the cornucopia of indigenous fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices available in such abundance here. Your mouth will water at the sight of stalls laden with red snapper, rainbow runner, lobster, prawns, mussels, baby clams, squid, octopus and crab. Your taste buds will tingle, especially at Patong beach as you indulge in a freshly squeezed mango juice, an ice cream or sorbet made with passion fruit, papaya or coconut… sheer heaven!

Click on these links for more information

Welcome to Patong Beach and Phuket

Phuket Tourist Information

Professor Beach’s Worlds Best Beachtowns Website where you will find airport information, chamber of commerce info, photos and more!

Tags: Patong, Phuket, Seafood Festival, Thailand

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