Patong gay area
Discover gay Pukhet and the vibrant nightlife of Patong including the best gay bars and clubs, hotels, things to do, and more.
Grab a water gun, head here in mid-April and you have a legit free pass to spray water at any cutie you see walking down the street!
Songkran is the Buddhist New Year festival, which takes place every year in mid-April. Around this time, Phuket and Bangkok host some of the biggest gay parties across all of Asia. But the thing to do in Songkran is chuck water at everyone.
Seriously – in Buddhism, this symbolizes the washing away of bad luck from the previous year. It cleanses you! And oh boy do we gays love a bit of cleansing? Trust us to take this to a whole unlike level, using it as an excuse to sashay the streets topless (it is, after all, super hot here in April!), chuck water at each other, and form it into a massive party!
Phuket continues the festivities right after Songkran when Phuket Pride kicks off. Though to be frank, we found Phuket to be one enormous gay partyville throughout the entire year. There's an entire area of
Phuket&#;s gay nightlife scene is concentrated in a small area of Patong known as the Paradise Complex. This is a vibrant enclave of gay businesses in front of the Royal Paradise Hotel, just off Rat-U-Thit Road. As well as bars and discos, the area also features restaurants, Internet caf&#;s, saunas and some accommodation.
The Boat Bar, a disco offering nightly cabaret shows and an outside terrace bar, is probably the most popular and well-known of the venues here. Another long-standing favourite is My Way. This stylish gay &#; go-go also puts on a lively cabaret performance every night.
There are only a couple of gay venues in Patong to be found outside of the Paradise Complex: E-san La-prao and Maeng Cup, both tucked away down a small street at the southern end of Patong. Both are local style gay karaoke bars and are open very belated.
For more information on the gay scene in Phuket check out
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Gay Guide Phuket
The largest island in Thailand, around the size of Singapore, is linked by two bridges to the mainland and lies to the south of Myanmar on the isthmus, which runs westward towards Malaysia. Phuket has around , inhabitants, who mostly stay in Phuket Town, which it is an important business centre and the provincial capital. The large, hilly island offers wonderful beaches, and is surrounded by numerous tiny islands just offshore. As a outcome, Phuket is an ideal starting gesture to visit the beautiful islands of Surin and Similan, which are both national parks. The main centre for gay tourists is Patong Beach, around 13km from Phuket Town. Phuket's multifaceted and charming gay scene is firmly established in Patong Beach. The adj setting and numerous leisure activities, travel to make it a perfect year round destination for gay travellers. It's not just the many outdoor beer bars and restaurants so typical of Patong, or the developing Phuket style of nightlife, which makes the place so interesting. The hard sell of Bangkok and Pattaya makes the friendliness of Thais
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