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Old Phuket Town (Thalang Road)
7° 53.1′ N · 98° 23.5′ E
The old tin-mining town's grid of Sino-Portuguese shophouses and early-20th-century mansions along Thalang, Phang Nga, Krabi, Dibuk and Yaowarat roads, now cafes, galleries and museums. On Sunday evenings Thalang Road becomes the Lard Yai walking-street market.
Practical
Lard Yai runs every Sunday 4pm-9pm along about 360 m of Thalang Road and has spread onto Phang Nga Road (Phuket 101). Ranong Road fresh market, the largest local market, is open daily for provisioning (Noonsite, Wikivoyage). About 30 minutes by road from Chalong or Boat Lagoon.
Best for
A Sunday-night market and old-town wander
Nearby
- Phuket Town Central Market (Ranong Road Fresh Market)0.4 NM away
- Phuket Vegetarian Festival (Jui Tui Shrine, Phuket Town)0.5 NM away
- Monkey Hill (Khao Toh Sae), Phuket Town0.7 NM away
- Khao Rang Viewpoint (Rang Hill)0.8 NM away
- Phuket Provincial Immigration Office (Phuket Town)0.9 NM away
- Loy Krathong at Saphan Hin, Phuket Town1.3 NM away
- Bangkok Hospital Phuket / Vachira Phuket Hospital1.5 NM away
- Central Phuket Mall (Festival and Floresta), Phuket Town1.5 NM away