The Best Things to Do in Phuket
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The best things to do in Phuket, according to the experts: the World's 50 Beaches and Vogue have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Freedom Beach comes out on top.
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Getting to Freedom Beach means either hiring a small boat from Patong or pushing through a half-hour jungle trek, and the beach seems perfectly fine with that arrangement. The reward is 300 meters of white sand tucked between jungle hills and the Andaman Sea, with shallow, calm water good for swimming. Ranked 27th on the World's 50 Best Beaches list, it draws the crowd that actively read the fine print before showing up.
The awards
- World's 50 Beaches World's 50 Beaches: #27 · The World's 50 Best Beaches
- World's 50 Beaches #27 · The World's 50 Best Beaches
Why #1, not #2
Both places show 89. This one's exact Score is 89.49 and the next is 88.54, so it ranks first. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #1 Freedom Beach (this place) 89.49
- #2 Layan Life by Anantara 88.54
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A medi-spa inside the Anantara Layan resort in Phuket, Layan Life runs a menu of over fifty treatments spanning ancient Thai therapies and clinical medical offerings, which is the kind of range that makes "I'll just see what they recommend" a perfectly reasonable strategy. It's built for multiday retreats or the genuinely undecided, with a roster of specialized practitioners who can diagnose the problem before you can name it. Vogue named it among the 100 Best Spas in the World.
The awards
- Vogue 100 Best Spas in the World
Why #2, not #1
Both places show 89. This one's exact Score is 88.54 and the one above is 89.49, so it ranks second. We round what you see, but we rank on the exact number.
- #1 Freedom Beach 89.49
- #2 Layan Life by Anantara (this place) 88.54