NIGHTLIFE AND ENTERTAINMENT ON PATONG BEACH

There are too much of Patong’s nightlife is packed into the strip of open-air bar-beers along Soi Bangla and the tiny sois that lead off it. The gay entertainment district is mainly concentrated around the network of small sois and dozens of bar beers in front of Paradise Hotel on Thanon Raja Uthit. If you’re looking for something else with your kids in the evening, the recommended place is House of Horror theme park on Thanon Prachanukho at the southern edge of Patong beach (daily 5pm-2am), where an old hospital has been converted into sixteen horror chambers, each inspired by a different horror movie and populated by role-playing actors to get you spooked. Alternatively, survey the nearby transvestite Simon Cabaret, or the spectacular show at Phuket Fantasea.