Phuket · Sports & events

Muay Thai cards several nights a week just off Bangla Road, with foreign fighters on the undercard. Tickets band roughly 1,500–2,500 THB.

Held at Bang Tao in the cooler end of the year, alongside a long-course race; the swim leg crosses the lagoon and the sea.

Yacht racing off the southern beaches each December, based at Kata; the racing is free to watch from the headlands.

Gyms around Chalong and Rawai take drop-in students by the session or the week, beginners included, with kit hire on site.