East coast. Start the trip with a stay on Ko Chang, the largest and best-known island on Thailand’s east coast, with a wide range of beaches and hotels.

The most beautiful beaches in Thailand for turquoise bays and breathtaking sunsets - Thailands’s 1,500 miles of coastline offer watersports, beach parties and secluded stretches ...

Map of Thailand’s best islands. Credit: No wonder Thailand is expected to welcome a record-breaking 40 million visitors in 2025, many of whom will be drawn to the country’s dreamy beaches and ...

Swap out a holiday to Phuket for other Thailand Islands like Koh Chang and Koi ... Also in the Gulf of Thailand, east of Bangkok and not ... The south coast is lined with small hamlets and ...

Having first visited Thailand as a backpacker two decades ago - and returned annually ever since - my hotel tally broke 100 some time ago. Thankfully, I've moved on somewhat from early bunkbed days.

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Thailand’s picture-perfect east coast island of Koh Samui has long been popular with travelers and is leading the way for the broader reopening of “The Land of Smiles” for visitors from ...

Shallow coral reefs off the coast are worth exploring – and there’s a dive center on the island. Two villages grace Ko Phra Tong’s coast, both populated by indigenous sea nomads (Moken).

The Andaman Coast deserves superlatives like the tallest karst formations, the softest sands and the bluest water. Phuket, the biggest island, is the region’s hedonistic launching pad.