Nai Yang Beach Guide

Nai Yang is just a five-minute drive south of the airport and is very popular with Thai locals. Here you'll find what beach life is all about. Fringed with casuarina trees providing picnic areas for locals, it's a shady spot for souvenir and food vendors.

Laid back to the extreme, most people who stay here find absolute relaxation. Parts of the of the beach are inside Sirinath National Park which also includes the reef at the north end of the beach.

Where to Stay in Nai Yang Beach (Editor's guide)

Accommodation is pretty limited as there aren't many hotels here, although there are some good choices. The hippest being the Indigo Pearl.

See inside for more details from e-concierge.

Alternatively you can find hotels by price, hotels by location or hotels on a map.

The Beach (our guide for all you beach lovers)

Spending time on Nai Yang beach, you wouldn't believe that the 'busy tourist island of Phuket' exists at all. Reasonably quiet all year round, the busiest time is in December and January. This beach is probably one of the best beaches in Phuket for a lazy and quiet day, with all the food, drinks, shade and breeze you can dream of.

Occasionally turtles come ashore to lay their eggs in the sand at night. Every April, one of the Songkran (Water Festival) activities is to release baby turtles into the sea. (Read more...)

Nai Yang Beach Nightlife & Dining

'Low key' is the phrase that comes to mind when thinking of Nai Yang nightlife. There's a string of informal restaurants and bars set into the sand in the middle part of the beach. When was the last time you had a lazy barefoot lunch on the sand of a tropical beach? These establishments offer Thai, seafood and Western dishes under the sun or the stars. Even the obligatory local Reggae Bar is modest in size and character: 'Broken English spoken here perfect 100%'.

Put simply, if you hanker for seafood pizza and a cold beer in a relaxed seaside atmosphere, look no further. For a more trendy dinner visit the 'Rivet Grill' at Indigo Pearl.

Shopping in Nai Yang

There are quite a few souvenir shops (and shacks) all along the beach road.

The convenience store is the 'we sell most things you need but if we haven't got it then you probably won't find it in Nai Yang' shop. Among other items you'll find drinks, snacks, ice creams, newspapers, sun cream, plasters and postcards on the shelves. Prices tend to be a little high which is no surprise considering the lack of competition. There is also an ATM.

Nai Yang also has two diving shops and four tailors that can cut you a suit in 24 hours!