Ao Nang attracts the two-week jet-set ingroup to its showy resorts, which outshine the beaches. Sadly, the beach is naught spectacular and the panoptic ‘European’–style esplanade that tourism-boosters boast about is really merely one big mall with souvenir shops, tailors and restaurants. Still, there are some spiffy midrange and top-end resorts with lovely garden pools, appealing enough to construct the location irrelevant.
Ao Nang serves equally the main jumping-off maneuver for Railay, solely a 20-minute long-tail sit away. For your money, Railay is a heaps nicer billet to stay. Ao Nang is appealing, however, if you want to partake in popular island-hopping tours or sea-kayaking adventures, equally about companies are based here. Plus, if having booze with meals is paramount, Ao Nang will do a amend occupation quenching your thirst: many of Railay’s resorts are Muslim owned and don’t serve alcohol in their restaurants (although you may buy beer at the local store and convey it into restaurants that don’t serve).
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