# Roots Earth in Phuket: audio stories about 40 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/phuket Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 40 places in Phuket, Thailand, in Asia. The Phuket stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Phuket, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 40 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 40 places in Phuket with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Phuket Big Buddha 2. Wat Chalong 3. Phuket Old Town 4. Patong Beach 5. Karon Beach 6. Kata Beach 7. Kata Noi Beach 8. Kamala Beach 9. Phang Nga Bay 10. James Bond Island (Khao Phing Kan) 11. Phi Phi Islands 12. Maya Bay (Ko Phi Phi Le) 13. Similan Islands 14. Sirinat National Park 15. Phuket FantaSea 16. Ko Racha (Racha Islands) 17. Ko Yao 18. Sarasin Bridge 19. Amanpuri Resort (Pansea Beach) 20. Khao Lak 21. Thalang District 22. Phuket International Airport 23. Phuket Thaihua Museum 24. Soi Romanee 25. Jui Tui Shrine 26. Phuket Vegetarian Festival 27. Khao Rang Hill 28. Saphan Hin Park 29. Phuket Weekend Market (Naka Market) 30. Chalong Subdistrict 31. Rawai Beach 32. Promthep Cape 33. Nai Harn Beach 34. Bang Pae Waterfall 35. Heroines' Monument 36. Kathu Mining Village 37. Wat Phra Thong 38. Bang Niao Shrine 39. Ko Sirey (Sea Gypsy Village) 40. Phuket Walking Street (Lard Yai) ## Is there an audio guide for Phuket Big Buddha? Yes. Phuket Big Buddha has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 40 Phuket places in the app, at 7.8276, 98.31285. Every one of the other 39 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Phuket Open Roots Earth and choose Phuket. The city has its own map of places with all 40 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 40 places in Phuket, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 40 places in Phuket, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Phuket Big Buddha - Coordinates: 7.8276, 98.31285 - In one line: A 45-metre seated Buddha of white Burmese marble crowns Nakkerd Hill above Chalong Bay. ### 2. Wat Chalong - Coordinates: 7.84667, 98.33667 - In one line: Phuket's most revered Buddhist temple, officially Wat Chaiyathararam, honours the monks Luang Pho Chaem and Luang Pho Chuang, who aided villagers during the 1876 Chinese rebellion. Its towering pagoda and gilded halls draw worshippers and visitors alike. ### 3. Phuket Old Town - Coordinates: 7.88571, 98.38756 - In one line: Built on tin-mining wealth, Phuket Old Town preserves rows of pastel Sino-Portuguese shophouses along streets like Thalang and Dibuk. It is the heart of the island's Baba culture, a blend of Hokkien Chinese and Siamese traditions. ### 4. Patong Beach - Coordinates: 7.89306, 98.29833 - In one line: A 2,850-metre crescent of west-coast sand, Patong is Phuket's busiest resort beach. Popular with European visitors since the late 1980s, it backs onto the neon energy of Bangla Road, the island's most famous nightlife and walking street. ### 5. Karon Beach - Coordinates: 7.86111, 98.29167 - In one line: Phuket's second-longest beach, Karon stretches down the island's west coast just south of Patong. Known for fine white sand that squeaks underfoot and a calmer, more relaxed mood, it draws families and, notably, Scandinavian visitors. ### 6. Kata Beach - Coordinates: 7.81972, 98.29694 - In one line: A palm-backed crescent on Phuket's west coast, Kata Beach is a popular family-and-surf bay about 17 kilometres from Phuket Town. Known for monsoon-season waves and the islet of Ko Pu offshore, it hosts an annual surfing contest each September. ### 7. Kata Noi Beach - Coordinates: 7.80639, 98.29889 - In one line: A small, secluded cove just south of Kata on Phuket's southwest coast, Kata Noi nestles below forested hills. ### 8. Kamala Beach - Coordinates: 7.95728, 98.28303 - In one line: Kamala Beach is a quiet 3-kilometre crescent of sand on Phuket's west coast, set beside a traditional Muslim fishing village. ### 9. Phang Nga Bay - Coordinates: 8.28, 98.6 - In one line: Phang Nga Bay is a 400-square-kilometre expanse of emerald water studded with towering limestone karsts, sea caves, and hidden lagoons. Protected as a national park since 1981, it shelters stilt villages, mangroves, and waters shaped over thousands of years. ### 10. James Bond Island (Khao Phing Kan) - Coordinates: 8.27538, 98.50056 - In one line: Khao Phing Kan, known worldwide as James Bond Island, is a pair of leaning limestone islets in Phang Nga Bay. Its slender offshore needle, Ko Tapu, became famous as a villain's lair in the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun. ### 11. Phi Phi Islands - Coordinates: 7.73333, 98.76667 - In one line: The Phi Phi Islands are a six-island group in the Andaman Sea, ringed by towering limestone cliffs and white sand. Famed for diving and beaches, they were devastated by the 2004 tsunami and rebuilt, and now sit within a protected national park. ### 12. Maya Bay (Ko Phi Phi Le) - Coordinates: 7.67889, 98.765 - In one line: Maya Bay is a small cliff-ringed cove on Ko Phi Phi Le, made famous by the 2000 film The Beach. After overtourism destroyed much of its coral, it closed from 2018 to 2022 to recover and now welcomes visitors under strict limits. ### 13. Similan Islands - Coordinates: 8.6525, 97.64083 - In one line: The Similan Islands are a pristine Andaman archipelago famed for granite boulder formations, coral reefs, and white sand. A national park since 1982, the eleven islands rank among the world's top dive sites and close each year for the monsoon. ### 14. Sirinat National Park - Coordinates: 8.09, 98.3 - In one line: Sirinat National Park protects 90 square kilometres of beaches, mangroves, and reef on Phuket's quiet northwest coast. Established in 1981, it shelters the island's longest beach, Mai Khao, and a coast where sea turtles come to nest each year. ### 15. Phuket FantaSea - Coordinates: 7.96, 98.29 - In one line: A 60-acre cultural theme park at Kamala Beach, opened in 1998. Its centerpiece is the Palace of the Elephants, a 3,000-seat theatre staging a lavish Thai spectacle blended with illusion, acrobatics, and special effects. ### 16. Ko Racha (Racha Islands) - Coordinates: 7.60611, 98.36639 - In one line: A pair of small islands south of Phuket, Ko Racha Yai and Ko Racha Noi, prized for some of the Andaman Sea's clearest water. White-sand bays and coral make them a favored day-trip for snorkeling and diving. ### 17. Ko Yao - Coordinates: 8.11167, 98.59083 - In one line: A quiet island district in Phang Nga Bay, set among limestone karsts between Phuket and the mainland. Its two main islands, Ko Yao Yai and Ko Yao Noi, hold mostly Muslim fishing villages, rice paddies, and rubber groves far from the resort crowds. ### 18. Sarasin Bridge - Coordinates: 8.20152, 98.29803 - In one line: The first bridge to link Phuket with the mainland, opened in 1967 across the Pak Phra channel. Spanning 660 meters, it ended the island's isolation. Now a pedestrian promenade beside its modern successors, it is a favorite sunset viewpoint. ### 19. Amanpuri Resort (Pansea Beach) - Coordinates: 7.98459, 98.27615 - In one line: Opened in 1988 on Pansea Beach, this was the first Aman resort. Designed by Ed Tuttle in the style of ancient Ayutthaya, its pavilions among the coconut palms launched a new vision of intimate, design-led luxury that reshaped hospitality worldwide. ### 20. Khao Lak - Coordinates: 8.68889, 98.25 - In one line: A stretch of beaches in Phang Nga province, about 60 kilometers north of Phuket, backed by forested hills. Hardest hit in Thailand by the 2004 tsunami, it has since been rebuilt as a quieter resort coast, with memorials honoring those who died. ### 21. Thalang District - Coordinates: 8.032, 98.334 - In one line: Phuket's northern district and former capital, where two sisters rallied the defenders against a Burmese siege in 1785. Now home to the Heroines Monument, ancient temples, and the international airport, it holds the island's oldest layers of history. ### 22. Phuket International Airport - Coordinates: 8.11306, 98.31667 - In one line: Thailand's third-busiest airport, set in Mai Khao on the island's northern tip. Once a modest regional field, it now welcomes over 17 million passengers a year, the gateway for nearly every Phuket arrival. ### 23. Phuket Thaihua Museum - Coordinates: 7.88521, 98.3876 - In one line: A graceful Sino-Portuguese mansion that opened in 1934 as Phuket's first Chinese-language school. Reborn as a museum in 2010, it tells the story of the island's Hokkien settlers, the tin boom, and Baba heritage. ### 24. Soi Romanee - Coordinates: 7.88485, 98.3883 - In one line: Old Phuket's prettiest lane, lined with candy-colored Sino-Portuguese shophouses. Once the tin-era red-light district of brothels and gambling dens, it is now a beloved street of cafes, galleries, and guesthouses. ### 25. Jui Tui Shrine - Coordinates: 7.88336, 98.38505 - In one line: One of Phuket's oldest and most revered Taoist shrines, founded in 1911 and dedicated to Tean Hu Hoo, patron of the performing arts. It stands at the heart of the island's famous Vegetarian Festival. ### 26. Phuket Vegetarian Festival - Coordinates: 7.8846, 98.3866 - In one line: A nine-day Taoist rite of purification held each autumn, tracing back to 1825. Devotees in white forgo meat while entranced mediums pierce their bodies and walk on fire to honor the Nine Emperor Gods. ### 27. Khao Rang Hill - Coordinates: 7.895, 98.3798 - In one line: A leafy hilltop above Phuket Town, beloved by locals for its sweeping viewpoint, breezy restaurants, and exercise park. Friendly monkeys roam its slopes, and a white pavilion dome crowns the panorama over town and sea. ### 28. Saphan Hin Park - Coordinates: 7.8687, 98.4055 - In one line: A breezy seaside park at the southern tip of Phuket Town, built on a former tin-dredging port. Its drill-bit monument honors Captain Edward Thomas Miles, who brought the first tin dredge to the island in 1909. ### 29. Phuket Weekend Market (Naka Market) - Coordinates: 7.8729, 98.3898 - In one line: Phuket's largest weekend bazaar, locally called Naka Market or Talad Tai Rot, fills a sprawling lot near Phuket Town each Saturday and Sunday evening with secondhand goods, street food, and hundreds of vendors. ### 30. Chalong Subdistrict - Coordinates: 7.8396, 98.3452 - In one line: A subdistrict in southern Phuket wrapped around Chalong Bay, home to Wat Chalong, the island's most revered temple, and a busy pier that serves as the main gateway to nearby islands and dive sites. ### 31. Rawai Beach - Coordinates: 7.7762, 98.3245 - In one line: A working fishing beach on Phuket's southern coast, Rawai is the island's longtail-boat harbor and seafood market, and home to communities of Urak Lawoi sea people who have fished these Andaman waters for generations. ### 32. Promthep Cape - Coordinates: 7.762, 98.3056 - In one line: The southernmost headland of Phuket, Promthep Cape is the island's most celebrated sunset viewpoint, crowned by a Brahma elephant shrine and a lighthouse built in 1996 to mark King Bhumibol's golden jubilee. ### 33. Nai Harn Beach - Coordinates: 7.7747, 98.3033 - In one line: A sheltered crescent of white sand in southern Phuket, Nai Harn Beach has stayed remarkably unspoiled thanks to a Buddhist monastery that owns much of its shoreline. A freshwater lagoon and forested hills frame the bay. ### 34. Bang Pae Waterfall - Coordinates: 8.0167, 98.3792 - In one line: A jungle waterfall in the protected Khao Phra Thaeo rainforest of northern Phuket, Bang Pae is also home to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, founded in 1992 to return captive gibbons to the wild. ### 35. Heroines' Monument - Coordinates: 7.9958, 98.3649 - In one line: A bronze statue of two sword-bearing sisters stands at a busy Thalang roundabout, honoring Thao Thep Krasattri and Thao Si Sunthon, who rallied the islanders to repel a Burmese siege in 1786. ### 36. Kathu Mining Village - Coordinates: 7.909, 98.333 - In one line: Kathu, the cradle of Phuket's tin rush, traces its boom to rich ore found around 1809 at Baan Ket-ho. Chinese miners poured in, reshaping the island's people, food, and faith, a story now told in Kathu's mining museum. ### 37. Wat Phra Thong - Coordinates: 8.0399, 98.3334 - In one line: In Thalang stands Wat Phra Thong, home to a half-buried golden Buddha called Luang Poh Phra Thong. ### 38. Bang Niao Shrine - Coordinates: 7.8823, 98.3906 - In one line: Bang Niao Shrine, one of Phuket's five oldest Chinese temples, anchors the island's Nine Emperor Gods festival. Born of a 19th-century tale of an ailing opera troupe cured by fasting and prayer, it sends one of the festival's two largest processions through the streets. ### 39. Ko Sirey (Sea Gypsy Village) - Coordinates: 7.8833, 98.4333 - In one line: Just east of Phuket Town, a short bridge crosses to Ko Sirey, home to Thailand's largest community of Urak Lawoi sea gypsies. Roughly 1,900 people live in stilt houses by the shore, while a hilltop temple shelters an 18-metre reclining golden Buddha. ### 40. Phuket Walking Street (Lard Yai) - Coordinates: 7.8845, 98.389 - In one line: Every Sunday evening, Thalang Road in Phuket Old Town closes to traffic and becomes Lard Yai, the Big Market. Launched in 2013 along a row of restored Sino-Portuguese shophouses, this walking street fills the historic quarter with food, crafts, and music. ## Roots Earth in short Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people. - No account - Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection - Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app). ## More from Roots Earth - [Asia in the Roots Earth catalogue](https://rootsearth.com/cities#asia): every city in Asia with its number of places and its languages. - [What Roots Earth is](https://rootsearth.com/app): the app in one page, how it works and what is in it. - [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsearth.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection. - [The 7 languages](https://rootsearth.com/languages): the seven languages with their codes and how many cities each one covers. - [Ayutthaya](https://rootsearth.com/cities/ayutthaya): 42 places in Thailand with audio stories. - [Bangkok](https://rootsearth.com/cities/bangkok): 52 places in Thailand with audio stories. - [Chiang Mai](https://rootsearth.com/cities/chiang-mai): 46 places in Thailand with audio stories. - [Chiang Rai](https://rootsearth.com/cities/chiang-rai): 40 places in Thailand with audio stories. 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