Phuket Old Town is the historic centre of Phuket City, built during the tin mining boom of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its streets, such as Thalang Road and Soi Romanee, are lined with colourful Sino-Portuguese shophouses with arched walkways. Chinese shrines, mansions of tin barons and small museums tell the town's story. A Sunday night market fills Thalang Road.

Patong Beach is the busiest beach resort on Phuket, on a wide bay on the west coast. The three-kilometre beach of white sand is lined with hotels, restaurants and water sports. Bangla Road, behind the middle of the beach, is the centre of Phuket's nightlife. The beach was badly hit by the 2004 tsunami and has since been rebuilt.

Promthep Cape is the southernmost point of Phuket island. The headland juts into the Andaman Sea, with views over small islands and the coast. It is the most popular place on the island to watch the sunset. A shrine to Brahma on the hill is surrounded by many wooden elephants given as offerings, and a lighthouse stands nearby.

Phang Nga Bay is a wide shallow bay between Phuket and the mainland. Over a hundred steep limestone islands rise from its green water, many with caves, hidden lagoons and mangroves. Much of it is protected as Ao Phang Nga National Park. Boats and sea kayaks explore the islands, and the fishing village of Ko Panyi is built on stilts against a rock.

James Bond Island is the popular name of Khao Phing Kan, a pair of limestone islands in Phang Nga Bay. It became famous after appearing in the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun. Just offshore stands Ko Tapu, a narrow pillar of rock about 20 metres tall that is wider at the top than at the base. It is one of the most visited spots in the bay.

Ao Nang is the main beach resort of Krabi province, on the mainland facing the Andaman Sea. Its long beach is backed by limestone hills, and long-tail boats leave from the shore for Railay, the Phi Phi Islands and the Four Islands. The beach road is lined with shops, hotels and restaurants. The sunset over the karst islands offshore is a favourite sight.

Railay is a peninsula near Krabi town, cut off from the mainland by limestone cliffs, so it can only be reached by boat. Its beaches of soft sand lie below tall karst walls. Railay is one of the most famous rock climbing areas in the world, with hundreds of routes. Phra Nang Beach nearby has a cave shrine filled with wooden offerings.

Wat Tham Suea, the Tiger Cave Temple, lies northeast of Krabi town. It is named after a cave where, according to legend, a tiger once lived. Its main draw is a climb of 1,260 steep steps to the top of a limestone peak, where a golden Buddha image and a small chedi stand with views over Krabi, the mountains and the sea.

Ko Phi Phi Don is the largest island of the Phi Phi group in Krabi province. Two curved bays joined by a narrow sandy strip form its centre, where Ton Sai village has guesthouses, bars and the ferry pier. A steep path leads to a viewpoint over both bays. The island was badly hit by the 2004 tsunami. Boat trips go to nearby beaches and coves.

Maya Bay is a small bay on Ko Phi Phi Le, ringed by limestone cliffs over 100 metres high. It became famous after the film The Beach in 2000. Heavy crowds damaged the coral, and the bay was closed in 2018 so it could recover, reopening in 2022 with limits. Swimming is no longer allowed, and boats moor on the far side of the island.

The Emerald Pool, or Sa Morakot, lies in a forest park in Khlong Thom, Krabi province. A spring feeds a clear pool whose water looks bright green or blue because of minerals in the limestone. A boardwalk leads through the forest to the pool, which is about 1.5 metres deep and open for swimming. Further along, the Blue Pool is too delicate for bathing.

Ko Lanta is a long island in Krabi province, actually made up of two islands, Lanta Noi and Lanta Yai. Its west coast has a row of quiet sandy beaches with resorts. On the east coast, Lanta Old Town has wooden stilt houses and a sea gypsy community. The southern tip is a national park with a lighthouse on a hilltop.

Ko Muk is an island off the coast of Trang province in the Andaman Sea. It is best known for Tham Morakot, the Emerald Cave, a sea cave through which visitors swim about 80 metres in the dark to reach a hidden beach surrounded by high cliffs. The island has small beaches, fishing villages and rubber plantations.

Ko Lipe is a small island in Satun province, at the southern edge of Thailand's Andaman coast near Malaysia. It lies just outside Tarutao Marine National Park. Its beaches of fine white sand include Pattaya Beach, Sunrise Beach and Sunset Beach, linked by a walking street. Snorkelling trips go to the nearby islands and coral reefs.

Tarutao National Park in Satun province covers 51 islands in the Andaman Sea and was the first marine park in Thailand. The main island, Ko Tarutao, is covered in rainforest with long empty beaches. From 1939 it held a prison for political and criminal prisoners, and the ruins remain. The waters are home to dolphins, turtles and coral.