- Family resorts in Thailand
- Active and athletic
- Relax in full
- TOP 3 best resorts in Thailand
Thailand and beach holidays have long become synonyms for compatriots who prefer not to wait for favors from the weather at home. Thousands of tours to the best resorts in Thailand are sold annually in Russia. The same number of fans of the blue sea and white beaches fly to the kingdom on the Indochina peninsula on their own.
In Thailand, you can do more than just sunbathe and swim. Enjoy diving, sailing and scenic cruises. You will learn to eat snakes and scorpions, buy a whole heap of fashionable clothes and get acquainted with ancient temples that have kept the most important secrets of bygone eras for more than a thousand years.
Family resorts in Thailand
If you decide to fly to Thailand with children, be especially careful when choosing a resort and hotel. Evaluate the cleanliness of the beach and the sea, the unwanted proximity of too "adult" entertainment and the possibilities for the implementation of the excursion program:
Pattaya
Pattaya has a very controversial reputation, but still every year it gains its positive reviews from parents with children who dared to fly here.
The best beaches for a safe holiday with preschoolers and older children are Jomtien Beach on the southern outskirts of the resort, Pratumnak with children's playgrounds and a gentle entrance to the water, Naklua Beach in the north and Palm Beach next to it. Another option to swim in the clear sea is to buy a tour to the coral islands, where tourists are delivered by scheduled boats.
But with entertainment at one of the best Thai resorts, there will be no problems. The first and most popular option for a whole day with the whole family is a visit to the RamaYana Water Park. The largest among its kind in the country, the water park has fifty different attractions and entertainment complexes. For young naturalists, walks through the Pattaya Zoo and the Nong Nooch Tropical Park will be unforgettable. The first delights visitors with acquaintance with the diverse fauna of the tropics. The open-air cages in the zoo are open-ended and you can walk alongside with most of its inhabitants. In the Nong Nooch park, visitors will see an elephant show, a visit to a crocodile farm and an excursion to the botanical garden.
Phuket island
In Phuket, guests with children will be very welcome in the Karon Beach area. The cleanest and most beautiful beach of the island offers to spend a vacation, staying in one of the hotels of the category from three to five stars, and enjoy the comfort and excellent service. The only caveat is the frequent roughness of the sea during the rainy season, and therefore even experienced swimmers should not ignore the warnings of the rescue services.
The necessary infrastructure for family tourists is located on the Karon Beach promenade. Here are concentrated shops, cafes with food adapted for baby food and a market. There are playgrounds right on the beach, and the hotels have children's pools.
Koh Samui
Koh Samui's North Coast is another useful address for those looking for a quiet family beach getaway. The island is very popular with parents with children and because of the high purity of the sea. There are no noisy nightlife in the hotels of the northern coast, and therefore even the little ones will be comfortable and cozy here.
The hotels have playgrounds and swimming pools. In many hotels, a special menu is prepared, adapted to the needs of young guests.
The parents will be able to entertain the young generation, and even themselves, in the Paradise Park, where representatives of the local fauna are kept in conditions as close as possible to natural conditions, and in the Coco Splash Water Park with dozens of attractions and water slides.
Samet Island
Samet is an equally popular holiday destination for family tourists. The main arguments in favor of Samet are excellent infrastructure and a shallow sea off the coast of the island.
The coast of the island is very clean, the beaches are covered with soft and fine white sand, and the water is clear and always warm. Strong waves and currents are absent even during the rainy season, and therefore you can relax in the resorts of the island calmly and comfortably.
But there is no children's entertainment in the usual sense of the word on the island, and therefore parents with kids prefer to spend their holidays here, for whom only the sea and the sun are enough.
Krabi island
It is also possible to have a pleasant rest with the whole family on the island of Krabi, where, in addition to white beaches and a turquoise sea, tourists will find an aquarium with several open-air ponds, a water park with a fish farm and dozens of attractions and a rope park with obstacle courses, which have to be overcome in close proximity to the curious and sociable monkeys.
Active and athletic
Almost any beach or resort in Thailand has the opportunity to spend time actively, but among adherents of rest "one hundred percent" are usually popular Pattaya, Ao Nang Bay on Krabi and Patong beaches in Phuket and Chaweng on Koh Samui.
Diving in the waters of Thailand will not be pleasant everywhere: diving off the coast of the most popular and noisy resorts is not the best idea. But if you while away the time in Pattaya, you will have a chance to enjoy your favorite kind of rest. You just need to go on a scheduled boat to the islands located in Pattaya Bay. The closest dive site to the resort can be found off the coast of Ko Krok. In its western part there is a wall of corals under water, inhabited by many variegated fish. Wreck diving fans love to dive in the coastal waters of Ko Phai. In 2003, a military ship was sunk here, and over the years the sea has turned the ship into a real underwater reef.
Patong is often referred to as Little Pattaya - the beach is so reminiscent of a bustling Thai resort that its patrons seem to be constantly moving from island to mainland and back. Patong Beach, stretching for four kilometers, is literally packed with entertainment. Here you can rent equipment for water sports, taste all the popular cocktails this summer, take a couple of motorbike driving lessons, take a massage course, attend all the parties and stay at the noisiest until the morning, buy a lot of fashionable things quite inexpensively and cheer for your favorite participant in the battles at the muay thai stadium. There are dive centers in the Patong area offering excursions to diving sites and diving instructors. At nightfall, Patong turns into one big nightclub with discos, a solid bar menu and a variety of entertainment, including for adults only.
Beach Chaweng on the east coast of Koh Samui is called the island's water sports center. During the day, windsurfing, jet skiing, jet skiing and beach volleyball battles are popular on the beach. In the evening, Chaweng turns into a single dance floor, and its discos are thundering throughout the district.
Bay Ao Nang on the island of Krabi, it is well known to adherents of water sports. Windsurfers and snorkelers are occupying local hotels, competing in check-in speed with divers, who are also abundant on Krabi. The reason for the popularity of the resort is very simple - the picturesque nature on land and water, reasonable prices for services and a completely modern infrastructure, which, however, does not violate the primitive and pristine nature. The beaches of Ao Nang are covered with white sand and seem to have come down from the pages of advertising brochures. Some of them are well equipped, others leave a lot of opportunities for fans of complete merging with nature. At the resort, you can rent a bike and go around the surroundings or go rock climbing - in the vicinity of Ao Nang Bay, there are one and a half hundred routes for those who cannot live without mountains.
Relax in full
If noisy entertainment is not your profile, and you expect peace and opportunities to recover from the stress of many working months from vacation, choose resorts where your plans will come true and will bring a lot of energy and strength for future work achievements.
Beach Kamala Beach in Phuket - the perfect place for solitude and relaxation. On the map, you will find him on the west coast of the island. Choose the northern part of the beach, where there are very few people even during the peak of the high season. The hotel fund of a small resort is represented by small inexpensive hotels, and it is pleasant to have lunch and dinner on Kamala Beach in coastal cafes where fresh seafood is prepared. If your soul asks for entertainment, you can go to the Phuket FantaSea theme park. He is famous not only in this resort, but throughout the country. The park has a special effects show dedicated to the history of the kingdom every day.
Cape Nai Yang known not only for the fact that Hollywood movies were filmed on this beach in Phuket, but also for the complete ban on active entertainment with the participation of motorized sports equipment. The silence on Nai Yang is enjoyed by a few adherents of a quiet holiday, who prefer to spend their holidays in the territory of the marine national park. Tourists are provided with pleasant encounters with sea creatures - turtles and crabs, and fans of diving - the opportunity to study the inhabitants of the coral reef ridge, built by many generations of underwater inhabitants off the coast of Nai Yang.
TOP 3 best resorts in Thailand
Choosing a resort in Thailand, a tourist will certainly weigh all the components of a good rest: the level of comfort in hotels and prices in restaurants, the proximity of excursion routes and convenient flights, the ability to come at any time of the year and the presence of active entertainment right on the beach. In this sense, the top best resorts are usually represented by Pattaya, Koh Chang and Phi Phi Islands:
Diverse Pattaya
His longtime fans advise starting acquaintance with the kingdom from Pattaya. The city is able to satisfy a variety of requests and offer options for recreation and entertainment for every taste.
Pattaya is not too expensive, direct charters from Moscow and other Russian cities fly daily during the season, and Bangkok, with its transport capabilities, is only two hours away by car.
There are even more options with hotels in the most popular Thai resort - from a huge number of hostels where young people come to sleep a couple of hours after a disco, to "fives" with a solid list of services and luxury villas with pools for rent.
The restaurants of the resort are able to feed everyone: both fans of exotic dishes and sufferers, exhausted by fried grasshoppers and a fiery tom-yam and lusting for a Kiev cutlet and borscht with sour cream.
Pattaya beaches can hardly be called perfectly clean, but there are many of them and, if desired, everyone will find their own without any problems.
Active youth, couples with children, lovers of water sports and even adepts of meditations at dawn feel great at the resort.
Tranquil Koh Chang
Koh Chang is the complete opposite of the bustling Pattaya. Fans of quiet delights and walks along paradise beaches, covered with perfect white sand, come here.
It is pleasant to spend a honeymoon or vacation on Ko Chang, in which he decided to abandon the benefits of civilization, although there is all the necessary tourist structure on the island.
Chang is part of a marine reserve, and the nature of the island makes an indelible impression on the European city dweller. Tourists who choose Ko Chang spend time on excursions to waterfalls and fishing, boating and diving to the bottom of the sea.
You will find hotels in different price categories on the island. It is realistic to stay on Koh Chang both in a bungalow on the beach with a minimum set of amenities, as well as in a comfortable hotel room, where the service is no different from the European one.
The wonderful islands of Phi Phi
The only inhabited island of the Phi Phi archipelago is worthy of attention, if only because of the beautiful scenery. It is chosen by adherents of a calm rest and divers who remain in constant delight after exploring the underwater world of one of the best resorts in Thailand.
The most secluded places on the coast of Phi Phi Island are located in the area of Nui Beach, Laem Thong and Lo Bahao in the north and northeast. If you still want to have fun and chat, Lo Dalam and Tonsai Bay beaches are waiting for you and invite you to take part in parties and celebrations. They start every day at sunset.
Swimming with children is most comfortable on Long Beach, where the entrance to the sea is shallow and the depth begins a few tens of meters from the shore.
On the uninhabited islands of the archipelago, you can truly retire: local guides will willingly take you to the wild beaches of Phi Phi on their own boats.
Holidays in Thailand are always a holiday. They are waiting for it and want to repeat it again and again, because at every resort in the kingdom, tourists are greeted as welcome guests and strive to show them all the best. When choosing a tour to Thailand, do not hesitate for a minute: your vacation will be remembered for a long time and will become one of your brightest impressions, and memorable photos will decorate your family album or social media account.
