Living Like Locals in Phuket – Settling into a Surin Beach Apartment

Living Like Locals in Phuket, Thailand – Settling into a Surin Beach Apartment.

Living like locals in Phuket will give you a more enriching experience of the Southern Thai island than staying at a beach resort. Rent an apartment, breakfast with the locals, learn to cook some Phuket food, and you’ll leave with more than a taste of Phuket. Living like locals in Phuket, the Southern Thailand island, … Read more

Phuket Dishes to Try in Phuket Town from Crab Curry to Hokkein Noodles

Phuket Dishes to Try in Phuket Town. ‘Ancient Style Noodles’ at Lock Tien, the oldest food court in Phuket Old Town. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Phuket dishes to try in Phuket Town range from khanom jeen, fresh fermented rice noodles doused with rich curries and served with fragrant herbs and crisp greens, to bowls of Hokkein noodles with plump Phuket prawns and succulent pork. Our first trip to Phuket as travel writers was in 2007 to update restaurants and hotels … Read more

Best Hotel Swimming Pools in the World for Some Serious Swimming

Best Hotel Swimming Pools in the World. Amantaka Resort, Luang Prabang, Laos. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

The best hotel swimming pools in the world for swimming must be big pools where you can get in some laps. Whether they’re enchanting courtyard pools lined by palm trees or sleek infinity pools with sweeping sea views, the bigger the better for some serious swimming. Summer is well and truly underway in the northern … Read more

Best Phuket Cooking Classes Teaching Phuket Dishes

Phuket cooking classes, Anantara Layan Phuket (L), Paresa Resort Cooking Class (R), Phuket, Thailand. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

The best Phuket cooking classes range from hands-on lessons in purpose-built cooking schools with dedicated instructors to chefs giving demo-style classes in the resort restaurant. You can learn Thai standards or you can ask cooking instructors to teach Phuket specialties. We’re pleased to see that cooking schools appear to be replacing spa treatments as one of … Read more