Railay on foot: crossing the peninsula
6 stops · 3 km · half a day · reachable only by long-tail boat · 6 stops
- Railay East floating pier
- Diamond Cave
- Railay West and its sunset
- Phra Nang Cave Beach
- Princess Cave shrine
- Ton Sai, the climbers' camp
148 places checked against live OSM, Thai guides and the DNP national parks · no Eater coverage
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This interactive map of Krabi (Thailand) brings together 148 hand-picked places: 52 attractions, 44 restaurants, 25 cafés and 27 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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6 stops · 3 km · half a day · reachable only by long-tail boat · 6 stops
6 stops · 4 km · one afternoon · white songthaew links them · 6 stops
7 stops · 2.5 km · half a morning · all on foot · 7 stops
5 stops · 45 km by taxi · a full day · start at 07:00 · 5 stops
6 stops · 70 km by taxi · one day · the hills when the sea is rough · 6 stops
หาดพระนาง · Railay
Flour-soft sand between limestone walls, turquoise water and a cave shrine stacked with fishermen's offerings.
Tip: Get there before 10:00 — between 11:00 and 15:00 the sand vanishes under tour boats.
🚇 Long-tail boat from Ao Nang, then a 10-min walk from Railay East.
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Show on mapอ่าวไร่เลย์ · Railay
The sunset-facing side: a wide sand strip, cliffs on both flanks and long-tails beached on the shoreline.
Tip: Swim at either end — the middle is the boat lane, and with no pier you'll wade in knee-deep.
🚇 This is where the Ao Nang long-tails land — a 15-min crossing.
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Show on mapหาดไร่เลย์ตะวันออก · Railay
Mangrove, mud and low tide: you don't swim here, but this is where the climbing schools, cheap bars and floating pier live.
Tip: Arriving with heavy luggage? Come in this way: the Ao Nam Mao speedboat is 150 THB every 30 min, no waiting for a full boat.
🚇 Floating pier served by the Ao Nam Mao speedboat; a 5-min walk across to Railay West.
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Show on mapอ่าวต้นไทร · Railay
The climbers' barracks: generators instead of a grid, wooden bungalows and Asia's most famous rock roof overhead.
Tip: There's no ATM: bring cash from Krabi Town or Ao Nang, plus a torch for the trail back after sunset.
🚇 A 20-min jungle walk from Railay West, or a direct long-tail from Ao Nang.
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Show on mapหาดอ่าวนาง · Ao Nang
The destination's centre of gravity: a promenade of restaurants, boat booths and karsts floating on the horizon.
Tip: The east end is the swimmable one — the west is taken over by long-tails. Watch the macaques by the cliff edge.
🚇 White songthaew terminus for Krabi Town right on the beach road.
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Show on mapหาดนพรัตน์ธารา · Nopparat Thara
Three km of casuarina trees and empty sand inside a national park, with Thai food stalls instead of tourist bars.
Tip: It is NOT the same beach as Ao Nang — a creek and a headland split them. You cannot walk the sand between the two.
🚇 White songthaew from Ao Nang, 10 min, crossing the bridge over Khlong Haeng creek.
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Show on mapหาดคลองม่วง · Nong Thale
Half an hour north of the noise: low-rise resorts, calm water and the Phang Nga islands drawn on the horizon.
Tip: The seabed is dead flat: at low tide you walk 100 m out and the water is still waist-deep. Check the tide table first.
🚇 25 min by taxi or songthaew from Ao Nang along Route 4203.
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Show on mapหาดทับแขก · Nong Thale
The map's northernmost beach, at the foot of Khao Ngon Nak: fine sand, almost nobody, the province's best sunset.
Tip: The Khao Ngon Nak trail starts here: sign the register at the brown hut before you go up and again on the way down.
🚇 35 min by taxi from Ao Nang; it's the end of Route 4162.
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Show on mapหาดไผ่ปล้อง · Ao Nang
A hidden bay behind Ao Nang's east headland, reached by a wooden walkway bolted onto the cliff.
Tip: The walkway crosses macaque turf: keep plastic bags out of sight, they read as food.
🚇 A 10-min walk from the east end of Ao Nang beach along the cliff walkway.
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The postcard island: a needle of rock planted in the sea, white sand and swimming-pool water. A fixed stop on the 4-island tour.
Tip: The national park fee is separate from the boat: 200 THB per foreign adult at Nopparat Thara pier. Bring cash.
🚇 Long-tail from Ao Nang beach, 30 min; included in the 4-island tour.
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Show on mapเกาะไก่ · Mu Ko Phi Phi NP
Named for a rock that from the water looks exactly like a hen's head. Snorkelling on the reef along its south side.
Tip: The hen's head reads from the island's NORTH side: if your boat anchors south, ask the skipper to loop around.
🚇 Long-tail from Ao Nang beach, 40 min; a 4-island tour stop.
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The island that at low tide joins its neighbours via a sand path that rises out of the sea and lasts a few hours.
Tip: The sandbar only exists in the two hours either side of low water: ask the tide times before booking the tour.
🚇 Long-tail from Ao Nang, 35 min; a 4-island tour stop.
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Show on mapหาดทะเลแหวก · Mu Ko Phi Phi NP
The 'separated sea': three islands joined by a tongue of sand that emerges at low water and vanishes by afternoon.
Tip: Walk it barefoot but carefully — sea urchins line the rocky edges. And don't stray off the bar once the tide turns.
🚇 Long-tail from Ao Nang, 35 min; the climax of the 4-island tour.
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Show on mapเกาะสี่ · Mu Ko Phi Phi NP
A rock islet south of Poda and Ao Nang's 'local' dive site: a soft-coral wall and clouds of glassfish.
Tip: This is the site Ao Nang schools schedule May-October; Phi Phi and the King Cruiser only return to the calendar in November.
🚇 40 min by long-tail from Ao Nang beach with a dive centre.
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Show on mapเกาะกลาง · Khlong Prasong
A mangrove island facing Krabi Town: a Muslim fishing village, rice paddies and buffalo, not a single bar.
Tip: It's a practising Muslim community: cover shoulders and knees, and no alcohol on the island.
🚇 A 10-min long-tail from Chaofa pier on the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapเกาะเหลาลาดิง · Than Bok Khorani NP
A limestone horseshoe hiding a tiny beach between vertical walls; it is THE shot of the Hong archipelago.
Tip: It sits in a DIFFERENT national park from the 4 islands: Than Bok Khorani charges its own fee, 300 THB per foreign adult.
🚇 Speedboat or long-tail from Nopparat Thara pier, 50 min, on the Hong island tour.
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Show on mapถ้ำพระนางใหญ่ · Railay
A cliff-foot shrine where fishermen leave carved wooden phalluses for the sea princess in exchange for a good catch.
Tip: This is a living place of worship, not a curiosity: don't sit on the offerings or move them for a photo.
🚇 At the south end of Phra Nang Cave Beach, a 2-min walk off the sand.
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Show on mapอ่าวถ้ำพระนาง · Railay
The bay closing Railay to the south, where the cliff drops sheer into the water and climbers deep-water solo without ropes.
Tip: Deep-water solo clinics run May-October, when there's swell; from November the sea flattens and schools switch to roped routes.
🚇 A 5-min walk south of Phra Nang Cave Beach along the rock edge.
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Show on mapวัดถ้ำเสือ · Krabi Noi
1,260 concrete steps to a golden Buddha 278 m up, with a 360-degree sweep over a mosaic of karsts and palm.
Tip: It's 1,260, not 1,237 — the old number predates the repairs. Climb at 07:00-08:00, shoulders and knees covered. Entry is free.
🚇 20 min by taxi northeast of Krabi Town; a return from Ao Nang runs about 1,500 THB.
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Show on mapวัดแก้วโกรวาราม · Pak Nam
Krabi Town's white temple, raised on a naga staircase; inside, modern murals painted wall to wall.
Tip: Take off your shoes before the ubosot's last step and sit with your feet tucked back: pointing them at the Buddha is a serious slight.
🚇 An 8-min walk from the Krabi Town riverfront, on Issara Road.
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A 15 m reclining Buddha carved against a cliff wall, exactly halfway between Krabi Town and Ao Nang.
Tip: Almost nobody stops, which makes it the one Krabi temple you'll have to yourself. Leave an offering in the altar box.
🚇 On Route 4034 between Krabi Town and Ao Nang; the white songthaew stops at the gate.
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Show on mapมัสยิดบ้านคลองแห้ง · Ao Nang
The Khlong Haeng neighbourhood mosque: a reminder that 40% of Krabi is Muslim, and that's where its best food comes from.
Tip: You don't go in uninvited, but the Saturday market across the street is almost all halal and it's excellent.
🚇 A 10-min walk north of Ao Nang Landmark, on Khlong Haeng road.
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Show on mapศาลหลักเมืองกระบี่ · Pak Nam
A gilded riverfront pavilion where Krabi folk come to ask for luck before a trip or an exam; incense all day.
Tip: Flowers and incense are 20 THB at the stall by the gate; you don't pay a monk, you leave it on the tray.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, a 5-min walk from Chaofa pier.
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A municipal gallery of southern Thai painting and photography; small, air-conditioned and free — perfect for a downpour.
Tip: It shares a building with the Andaman Beads Museum: one door, two rooms. Closed Mondays.
🚇 An 8-min walk from Maharaj market, in central Krabi Town.
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Glass and stone beads two thousand years old — proof this coast was already trading with India and Rome.
Tip: The key pieces are the Indo-Pacific 'eye' beads from Lang Rongrien cave, 30 km from here.
🚇 Same building as the Andaman Art Museum, central Krabi Town.
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An entire warship beached on dry land by the river, turned into a museum you walk through below decks.
Tip: Pair it with Klong Jilad pier: they're 10 min apart on foot — the perfect excuse before a ferry.
🚇 10 min by taxi south of Krabi Town, on the way to Klong Jilad pier.
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A beach made of shells fossilised 40 million years ago: slabs of compressed snails that look like paving.
Tip: The slabs are only visible at low tide; at high water the sea covers them and you've paid to look at the ocean.
🚇 20 min by taxi south of Krabi Town along Route 4204, at Laem Pho.
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Show on mapท่าปอมคลองสองน้ำ · Khao Thong
The 'two-water canal': a crystal stream where spring fresh water and tidal salt water visibly layer on each other.
Tip: The two-water effect only shows on a rising tide with high sun: go between 10:00 and 14:00 on a clear day.
🚇 40 min by taxi north of Krabi Town on Route 4, in Khao Thong district.
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Two 100 m limestone towers guarding the river mouth and stamped on the province's crest; inside, stalactites and a bit of theatre.
Tip: The boat is charged PER BOAT (about 300 THB), not per head, plus 30 THB for the cave. The skeletons inside are an installation, not a find.
🚇 A 10-min long-tail from Chaofa pier on the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapเขาหงอนนาค · Nong Thale
Krabi's best hike: 3.7 km of jungle and roots to a rock prow 500 m up, hanging over the whole bay.
Tip: They won't let you start the climb after 14:00 and charge 200 THB per foreign adult. Budget 5 h round trip with stops.
🚇 Trailhead at Tubkaek, 35 min by taxi from Ao Nang.
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Show on mapจุดชมวิวเขาทอง · Khao Thong
A balcony over Phang Nga Bay with dozens of needle islands lined up; you drive right to it, no climbing.
Tip: Come in the morning: after midday the heat haze erases the far islands and the shot washes out.
🚇 45 min by car north of Krabi Town, on Route 4039 at Khao Thong.
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A red-earth lookout over a karst valley that fills with mist at dawn and reads like a dry Ha Long Bay.
Tip: The sea of mist only shows up between November and February, on cool dawns after a rainless night.
🚇 40 min by car north of Ao Nang, off Route 4 near Nong Thale.
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The 'buffalo-nose point': a crag closing Thalane bay, best seen from a kayak between mangrove walls.
Tip: Launch on a rising tide: at low water the mangrove channels are mud and you end up dragging the kayak.
🚇 From the Ao Thalane launch, 40 min by taxi north of Ao Nang.
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A mangrove maze between limestone towers: the kayak trip that puts you a paddle away from macaques and kingfishers.
Tip: This is the bad-weather-proof plan: the bay is sheltered and you can paddle even when open water is rough.
🚇 40 min by taxi north of Ao Nang via Routes 4 and 4039.
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Show on mapท่าเรือท่าเลน · Ao Thalane
The wooden jetty where every mangrove kayak starts; long-tails to the northern islands leave from here too.
Tip: You pay cash and per kayak, not per person: two paddlers pay what one pays. Bring a dry bag.
🚇 40 min by taxi north of Ao Nang; the last stretch is a dirt track.
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A concrete walkway into the mangrove behind Krabi Town: fiddler crabs, aerial roots and zero tourists.
Tip: Go two hours before low water: that's when the mud opens up and thousands of crabs come out at once.
🚇 A 10-min walk north of the Krabi Town riverfront, past the Poo Dam market.
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Where Krabi Town exercises at sunset, with the river, the Khanab Nam towers behind and food carts along the path.
Tip: At 18:00 a free open-air aerobics class kicks off on the esplanade: join in, nobody will look twice.
🚇 A 15-min walk south of the Krabi Town riverfront, on Utarakit Road.
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A giant bronze crab facing the river: Krabi Town's most photographed monument and its meeting point.
Tip: Shoot it at blue hour: it's lit from below and the Poo Dam market across the road is already glowing.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, on Utarakit Road.
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Krabi swapped its traffic-light poles for concrete cavemen: an inexplicable, perfect piece of town planning.
Tip: There's a second junction with a sabre-toothed cat 400 m up Maharaj: both nod to the Lang Rongrien fossils.
🚇 Maharaj and Khongkha junction, central Krabi Town.
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Krabi Town's other sculpted junction: four concrete smilodons holding up the lights over Maharaj Road.
Tip: Stop at the iced-coffee cart on the corner: served in a bag with ice and a straw, the way it's drunk here.
🚇 On Maharaj Road, a 5-min walk north of Maharaj market.
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Show on mapปลาใบ · Ao Nang
Ao Nang promenade's monument: a sailfish silhouetted against the karsts exactly as the sun drops behind them.
Tip: Stand on the sea side and shoot into the light 20 min before sunset: that's when the karst goes full silhouette.
🚇 On the Ao Nang beach promenade, opposite the long-tail landing.
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Show on mapหอยชักตีน · Ao Nang
A giant sea snail on the Ao Nang roundabout: the hoi chak teen, boiled and dipped in fish sauce across the province.
Tip: Try the real thing at Baitoey in Krabi Town: roasted with the southern chilli dip, not boiled for tourists.
🚇 Ao Nang's entrance roundabout, a 5-min walk from Ao Nang Landmark.
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Show on mapถ้ำเพชร · Railay
A lit cave with a walkway over formations that glitter like quartz, and outside it one of the gentlest climbing sectors.
Tip: The crag at the entrance is shaded all morning: it's where the schools take absolute beginners.
🚇 A 12-min walk from the Railay East floating pier along the north path.
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Show on mapท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติกระบี่ · Nuea Khlong
The gateway: two terminals, three million passengers a year and 15 km of road into Krabi Town.
Tip: It's still Krabi International Airport, run by the Department of Airports, not AOT: different desks, different fees.
🚇 Airport bus to Krabi Town and Ao Nang; a fixed-price taxi to Ao Nang runs about 600 THB.
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Show on mapท่าเรือคลองจิหลาด · Pak Nam
Krabi's passenger port: ferries to Phi Phi and Lanta leave here, as do long-tails to Railay East.
Tip: It's spelled Klong Jilad or Khlong Chilat depending on who's writing: SAME pier. Phi Phi ferries leave at 09:00 and 13:30.
🚇 10 min by taxi south of Krabi Town; it's the official ferry pier.
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Show on mapท่าเรือเจ้าฟ้า · Pak Nam
The downtown jetty: long-tails to Khao Khanab Nam, to Koh Klang and the mangrove tour all leave from here.
Tip: Agree the price and the time BEFORE you board, and make it per boat: 300 THB to Khanab Nam, 400 THB adding Koh Klang.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, beside the Chaofa night market.
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Show on mapท่าเรือนพรัตน์ธารา · Nopparat Thara
The national park jetty: speedboats to Phi Phi and Hong leave here, and it's where the 4-island park fee is paid.
Tip: The park fee is 200 THB for the 4-island tour and 400 THB if you're heading to Phi Phi: two separate gates, not a combo.
🚇 10 min by white songthaew west of Ao Nang, on Nopparat Thara beach.
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Show on mapท่าเรืออ่าวนาง · Ao Nang
There's no pier: long-tails beach on the sand and you wade in knee-deep. Ticket booths sit at both ends.
Tip: Buy at the booth, NEVER from the boatman: Railay is 100 THB (150 after 18:00) and the boat leaves once 8 passengers gather.
🚇 At the east end of Ao Nang beach, on the promenade.
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Show on mapอ่าวน้ำเมา · Ao Nam Mao
The shortcut to Railay nobody uses: a scheduled speedboat, a concrete pier and no waiting to fill a boat.
Tip: 150 THB one way, every 30 min from 08:00 to 18:00, dropping you at the Railay East floating pier, dry.
🚇 15 min by taxi east of Ao Nang on Route 4204.
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Show on mapท่าเรืออ่าวไร่เลย์ตะวันออก · Railay
Railay's only concrete structure: a floating walkway that rises and falls with the tide over mangrove mud.
Tip: Last speedboat at 18:00. Miss it and the only plan B is a private long-tail, 600-800 THB from Railay West to Ao Nang.
🚇 Speedboat from Ao Nam Mao every 30 min; a 5-min walk across to Railay West.
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Show on mapสถานีขนส่งผู้โดยสารจังหวัดกระบี่ · Pak Nam
The Talat Kao station: night buses to Bangkok and minivans to Phuket, Trang and Hat Yai all leave from here.
Tip: It's well out of the centre: allow 15 min by songthaew. Buy the Bangkok bus a day ahead — overnights sell out.
🚇 5 km north of Krabi Town on Route 4, in the Talat Kao neighbourhood.
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Show on mapที่ทำการอุทยานแห่งชาติหาดนพรัตน์ธารา-หมู่เกาะพีพี · Nopparat Thara
The office that charges for and runs the islands: buy the park ticket here and check which areas are open.
Tip: The ticket covers EVERY gate of the park for that day: keep it if you're doing two trips in one day.
🚇 Next to Nopparat Thara pier, 10 min by songthaew west of Ao Nang.
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Show on mapครัวธารา · Nopparat Thara
Krabi's seafood temple: live tanks, an open shed on the creek and the pla tod sam rot everyone orders.
Tip: Pick your fish from the tank by weight and ask for it 'sam rot' (three flavours): sweet-sour, hot and salty at once.
🚇 10 min by white songthaew west of Ao Nang, next to Nopparat Thara pier.
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Show on mapร้านอาหารใบเตย · Pak Nam
A Krabi River seafood house where locals celebrate: crab curry, roasted wing shells and a karst view.
Tip: Order the roasted wing shell with garlic-lime nam chim: it's the mollusc on Ao Nang's monument, and here they nail it.
🚇 A 12-min walk south of the Krabi Town riverfront, on Utarakit Road.
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Show on mapวังทราย ซีฟู๊ด · Ao Nang
A waterside seafood grill in Ao Nang: charcoal squid, fish gaeng som and tables on the sand.
Tip: Gaeng som is the sour southern curry and it genuinely burns: say 'mai phet' if you'd rather not sweat through dinner.
🚇 On the Ao Nang promenade, a 5-min walk from the long-tail landing.
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Show on mapแนงแอ่น ซีฟู้ด · Ao Nang
A seafront wooden shack that only opens in the afternoon: day-boat fish, crab fried rice and a free sunset.
Tip: Book a front-row table for 17:30: by 18:00 nothing facing west is left.
🚇 On the Ao Nang promenade, next door to Wang Sai.
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Show on mapระเบียงทะเล · Ao Nang
Everyday Thai cooking in the middle of Ao Nang, with a long menu and the prices locals actually pay.
Tip: Order khua kling: pork dry-fried in southern curry paste, the dish that defines this province.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main street, steps from the sailfish junction.
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Show on mapซัฟฟรอน · Tubkaek
The Thai restaurant of Banyan Tree Krabi, a two-MICHELIN-Key 2026 hotel: royal Thai cooking facing the Tubkaek sea.
Tip: It's open to non-guests, but you must book: the room is small and the hotel seats its own first.
🚇 35 min by taxi north of Ao Nang, on Tubkaek beach.
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Show on mapเดอะนาคา คิทเช่น · Tubkaek
Banyan Tree Krabi's casual kitchen: grill, open wok station and tables on the Tubkaek sand.
Tip: It's the way into a two-MICHELIN-Key hotel without resort-restaurant prices: come at lunchtime.
🚇 35 min by taxi north of Ao Nang, Tubkaek beach.
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Show on mapเบิร์ดเนสต์ · Tubkaek
Wooden nests suspended over the beach where dinner is served inside: Krabi's most copied visual trick.
Tip: Only two nests and they book days ahead: ask for the 17:30 sunset slot, when the light justifies the bill.
🚇 35 min by taxi north of Ao Nang, inside Banyan Tree Krabi.
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Show on mapซ้อฝีย๊ะ ธารา · Pak Nam
Southern Muslim cooking in Krabi Town: khao mok gai, goat massaman and roti off the griddle. No alcohol, all real.
Tip: Ask for khao mok gai (Thai biryani) with the green mint sauce: the top seller, and it's gone before 13:00.
🚇 A 12-min walk south of the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapเปเป้ · Pak Nam
A Krabi Town classic with pavement tables: fried rice, southern curries and a menu unchanged in twenty years.
Tip: Sit outside: from the pavement you watch the Walking Street roll past Friday to Sunday from 17:00.
🚇 Right in central Krabi Town, on Maharaj Road.
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Show on mapร้านโชคดี · Pak Nam
A Krabi Town corner canteen where breakfast is khao tom and lunch is chosen by pointing at the trays.
Tip: Trays are made in the morning and run out: after 14:00 you're down to half the choice.
🚇 A 5-min walk from the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapน้องโจ๊ก · Sai Thai
A joke stall — Thai broken-rice congee with ginger and a raw egg, which is what breakfast actually is here.
Tip: Ask for it with the raw egg in ('sai khai') and a splash of soy: the rice's heat cooks it on the way to the table.
🚇 On Route 4034 between Krabi Town and Ao Nang; a white songthaew stop.
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Show on mapสมคิด อาหารเจ · Pak Nam
A jay (Buddhist vegan) canteen in Krabi Town: trays with no meat, dairy or garlic, served by weight and dirt cheap.
Tip: Opens early, shuts mid-afternoon. During October's Vegetarian Festival it packs out and adds special dishes.
🚇 Steps from the Krabi Town Walking Street, on Maharaj Soi 8.
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Show on mapร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวเป็ด · Krabi Noi
Duck noodles in a five-spice broth, the Sino-Thai bowl eaten standing up on the way out of Krabi Town.
Tip: Order it 'haeng' (dry, broth on the side): that's how you taste the soy caramel on the duck.
🚇 On Route 4 towards the airport, 10 min by taxi from Krabi Town.
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Show on mapฮาลาลฟู้ด · Pak Nam
A downtown halal canteen: massaman, khao mok and roti at any hour, under the green sign that works as a guarantee here.
Tip: Order the sweet condensed-milk roti as 'roti kluay khai': banana and egg, dessert and breakfast at once.
🚇 In central Krabi Town, steps from the Vogue Shopping Center.
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Show on mapมากันบุฟเฟต์ · Sai Thai
A neighbourhood grill buffet where Sai Thai families gather at weekends: meat, seafood and unlimited jaew sauce.
Tip: Each table gets its own brazier: build the broth in the outer ring first and use the central dome for meat.
🚇 15 min by taxi west of Krabi Town, Sai Thai neighbourhood.
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Show on mapทับแขก ซีฟู้ด · Tubkaek
An unpretentious seafood shack on the northernmost beach: salt-baked whole fish, plastic tables, the sea two steps away.
Tip: Pla phao gluea (salt-crusted grilled fish) takes 30 min: order it the second you sit down, then everything else.
🚇 35 min by taxi north of Ao Nang, on Tubkaek beach.
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Show on mapแมงโกรฟ · Railay
A terrace over the Railay East mangrove: honest Thai curries, cold beer and macaques making noise overhead.
Tip: Eat early: in Railay almost everything shuts at 22:00 because the power is generator-fed and rationed.
🚇 A 5-min walk from the Railay East floating pier.
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Show on mapเดอะฮาร์ท · Railay
Where climbers eat between sessions: huge portions, smoothies and wifi that actually holds.
Tip: It's Railay's informal notice board: this is where people pair up to share a guide and a rope the next day.
🚇 An 8-min walk from the Railay East floating pier.
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Show on mapแซนด์ซี · Railay
Tables on the Railay West sand facing the sunset: a decent pad thai and the best seat on the peninsula.
Tip: Grab a front-row table 45 min before sunset and order drinks only; eat afterwards, inside.
🚇 On Railay West sand, where the Ao Nang long-tails land.
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Show on mapอารี บาบา · Ao Nang
Family Thai cooking on an Ao Nang side street, well off the promenade and at half the beachfront price.
Tip: Order the lamb massaman: it's the house dish, made with the southern paste, drier than Bangkok's.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, a 5-min walk off the beach promenade.
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Show on mapวรรณา · Ao Nang
An Ao Nang institution since the nineties: broad Thai menu, long breakfasts and tables that turn over fast.
Tip: Breakfast starts at 07:00 and that's the moment: by 09:00 there's a queue of people heading out on tours.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main street, across from the beach promenade.
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Show on mapตันตา · Ao Nang
Thai cooking and seafood with street-side tables in Nopparat: popular with people back from the island tour, starving.
Tip: Between 16:00 and 17:00 it's empty and the kitchen turns plates in 10 min; after that it fills all at once.
🚇 On Nopparat Thara road, an 8-min walk from the pier.
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Show on mapซีซอลท์ · Ao Nang
Seafood and southern cooking in the heart of Ao Nang, with the day's fish on ice at the door so you pick.
Tip: Confirm the price PER KILO before they weigh it: it's the commonest argument in any Ao Nang seafood place.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main street, steps from the sailfish junction.
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Show on mapลักกี้ยิ้ม ซีฟู้ด · Ao Nang
A street grill in Ao Nang where the seafood chars over charcoal in plain sight and the bill doesn't scare you.
Tip: Get the charcoal tiger prawn with nam chim seafood: the green garlic-lime-chilli sauce is the real dish.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, a 5-min walk from the beach promenade.
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Show on mapโกวินดา · Ao Nang
Ao Nang's Indian-Thai vegetarian, the refuge for anyone who can't look at another fish: dhal, thali and gentle curries.
Tip: It's all vegetarian but not all vegan: say so if you want no ghee or yoghurt — the thali has both by default.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main road, a 5-min walk from the promenade.
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Show on mapจ๊ะเหยียน · Ao Nang
An Ao Nang halal stall where khao mok gai comes out of a giant pot and the queue is workers, not tourists.
Tip: Get there before 12:30: the khao mok pot is made once a day and when it's gone, it's gone.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, behind the main street.
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Show on mapดานียะห์ · Ao Nang
A family-run halal canteen in Ao Nang with roti canai, goat curry and hand-pulled milk tea.
Tip: Ask for teh tarik: milk tea pulled jug to jug until it foams. They do it right in front of you.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, a 6-min walk from the beach promenade.
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Show on mapครัวซิลมี · Ao Nang
Southern Muslim cooking in Ao Nang with gaeng tai pla, the fermented fish-gut curry that defines the region.
Tip: Gaeng tai pla is intense and salty: order extra rice and a plate of raw cucumber alongside, the way it's eaten here.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang 15, at the top of the main street.
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Show on mapร้านอาหารหอมลินดา · Pak Nam
A neighbourhood restaurant north of Krabi Town: long Thai menu, a garden and town prices, not beach prices.
Tip: Here you really will be eating among Thais: order yam som-o, the pomelo salad with dried shrimp.
🚇 10 min by taxi north of Krabi Town, towards the Talat Kao market.
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Show on mapไพเรทส์ เฮาส์ · Pak Nam
A wooden bar-restaurant on the Krabi Town riverfront, live music and a view of the Khanab Nam towers.
Tip: The band starts at 20:30, Thursday to Sunday. The river-corner table is the only one with a clean view.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, steps from the Chaofa market.
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Show on mapศศิ สเต็กเฮาส์ · Pak Nam
The Krabi Town bistro that's been doing peppercorn steak for twenty years, for when you can't face rice again.
Tip: It's not an Argentine grill: ask for medium and you'll get medium-well. Want it juicy? Ask for rare.
🚇 An 8-min walk north of the Krabi Town Walking Street.
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Show on mapซิกเนเจอร์ไทย · Pak Nam
Careful Thai cooking in central Krabi Town, with southern dishes plated as if they came from a hotel.
Tip: Order khao yam: the rice salad with herbs, toasted coconut and southern budu. Here it arrives deconstructed.
🚇 In central Krabi Town, a 5-min walk from the Vogue Shopping Center.
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Show on mapร้านอาหารเรือนไม้ · Sai Thai
A wooden house among palms in Sai Thai: Krabi's southern-cooking benchmark, with real gaeng tai pla and khao yam.
Tip: It shuts mid-afternoon and never opens at night: lunch or nothing. Arrive before 13:00 at a weekend.
🚇 15 min by taxi west of Krabi Town on Route 4034, in Sai Thai.
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Show on mapโรตีบางนรา กระบี่ · Pak Nam
A Krabi Town roti stall with dough flung through the air and the chicken curry of the southern Muslim breakfast.
Tip: Order it savoury, with the chicken curry: sweet roti is dessert, but breakfast here is really 'roti kaeng'.
🚇 In central Krabi Town, steps from the Walking Street.
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Show on mapโรตีบางนรา 2 · Ao Nang
The Ao Nang branch of the Bang Nara roti: same dough, same griddle, open late for the beach crowd.
Tip: The late-night classic is 'roti kluay khai': banana, egg and condensed milk. Say no extra sugar or it's a brick.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang 15, at the top of the main street.
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Show on mapดินแอนด์ดาว · Pak Nam
A Krabi Town garden courtyard mixing modern Thai cooking with cocktails — the new spot the town has adopted.
Tip: Evenings only, and the courtyard fills at weekends: message ahead or turn up before 19:00.
🚇 A 10-min walk north of the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapแป๊ะยิ้มติ่มซำ · Pak Nam
Sino-Thai breakfast dim sum: steamer baskets stacked from 06:00 and Chinese tea thrown in, as across the south.
Tip: Served 06:00 to 10:00 and then it shuts: dim sum here is breakfast, not lunch or dinner.
🚇 10 min by taxi north of Krabi Town, Talat Kao neighbourhood.
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Show on mapร้านอีสานส้มตำ หัวสะพาน · Pak Nam
An Isaan stall at the foot of the bridge: som tam pounded to order, charcoal chicken and sticky rice in a basket.
Tip: Ask for 'som tam Thai' if you can't take heat: 'som tam pla ra' has fermented fish and is another sport entirely.
🚇 10 min by taxi north of Krabi Town, by the Talat Kao bridge.
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Show on mapก๋วยเตี๋ยวสุโขทัย คุณจันทร์ · Sai Thai
Sukhothai-style noodles in a Sai Thai shed: sweet broth, crisp pork, peanuts and raw long bean on top.
Tip: This is a northern dish, not a southern one: the owner brought it, and it's the only decent version in the province.
🚇 12 min by taxi west of Krabi Town, on Route 4034.
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Show on mapทับแขก ซันเซ็ต · Tubkaek
A Tubkaek beach shack with your feet in the sand: beer, charcoal seafood and the sun dropping between islands.
Tip: Agree your taxi back BEFORE you sit down: after sunset nothing comes down this road and no app works here.
🚇 35 min by taxi north of Ao Nang, on Tubkaek beach.
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Show on mapดิ มาเร · Tubkaek
A seafront trattoria at Tubkaek where the morning's catch ends up in a pasta by lunchtime.
Tip: Ask what the day's fish is before opening the menu: what came in that morning isn't always printed.
🚇 35 min by taxi north of Ao Nang, Tubkaek beach.
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Show on mapโกดัง 8 · Krabi Noi
A converted warehouse outside Krabi Town: draught beer, a grill and local bands at weekends.
Tip: You won't see tourists here: music starts at 21:00 and the menu is Thai-only, though it has pictures.
🚇 10 min by taxi north of Krabi Town, towards Talat Kao.
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Show on mapริมเล ซีฟู้ด · Khlong Prasong
A stilt seafood house in the Koh Klang fishing village: what you eat came out of the water under the floorboards.
Tip: Muslim island: no alcohol served and none brought in. Arrange the return boat with the same skipper before you step off.
🚇 A 15-min long-tail from Chaofa pier, on Koh Klang.
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Show on mapคาเฟ่ อเมซอน · Railay
The green chain Thais actually drink, with a branch even in Railay: here you order oliang and cha yen, not a latte.
Tip: Ask for 'oliang' (black iced coffee) or 'cha yen' (orange iced tea). For unsweetened, say 'mai wan' twice.
🚇 On Railay's main path, a 2-min walk from Railay West.
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Show on mapมิตรโอชา · Pak Nam
An old Sino-Thai tea and coffee house: fluorescent-orange cha yen, kaya toast and formica tables.
Tip: Cha yen goes with kaya toast (coconut-and-egg jam): that's the southern breakfast, not a dessert.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, near the Chaofa market.
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Show on mapดอยช้าง · Nuea Khlong
The coffee brand from the Chiang Rai mountains, grown by the Akha people: the Thai arabica that goes worldwide.
Tip: It's the last chance to buy Thai beans before you fly: a Doi Chaang bag costs half what it does abroad.
🚇 Inside Krabi International Airport, departures hall.
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Show on mapปะการัง · Pak Nam
A second-hand bookshop and tea house in a wooden Krabi Town shophouse, with French pastry and vinyl.
Tip: French toast comes out at breakfast and sells out: order before 10:00 or you won't see it.
🚇 In central Krabi Town, steps from the Walking Street.
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Show on mapอีซี่คาเฟ่ · Pak Nam
Krabi Town's benchmark flat white, in a small riverside room with a full breakfast and air conditioning.
Tip: Opens at 07:00 and is one of the few places with sockets and stable wifi for a full morning's work.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, steps from Chaofa pier.
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Show on mapสปรูซี่ · Pak Nam
Krabi Town's third-wave coffee: a minimalist room facing the river, pour-over and its own pastry.
Tip: Ask about the northern bean: when they have Doi Chaang or Akha Ama they run it through a V60 and it's another thing.
🚇 A 10-min walk north of the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapมัชแอนด์เมลโลว์ · Pak Nam
A Krabi Town coffee-and-cake shop the city adopted: banana cake, strawberry shortcake and specialty coffee.
Tip: Cakes come out of the oven mid-morning: at 11:00 everything is whole, by 16:00 it's leftovers.
🚇 In central Krabi Town, a 5-min walk from the Walking Street.
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Show on mapชูจิ คอฟฟี่ · Pak Nam
A small Krabi Town bar roasting its own in plain sight, with the neighbourhood queueing at 08:00.
Tip: Try the espresso tonic with Thai lime: only here, and it's the antidote to 14:00 heat.
🚇 An 8-min walk north of the Krabi Town Walking Street.
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Show on mapนกฮูก คอฟฟี่ · Pak Nam
A Krabi Town corner café, the one for long breakfasts and people working on laptops all day.
Tip: There's an Ao Nang branch with the same menu: if you're beach-side, don't cross town for this.
🚇 Steps from the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapตาล คาเฟ่ · Pak Nam
A Krabi Town neighbourhood café with an inner courtyard, homemade ice cream and the fan right over the good table.
Tip: The coconut ice cream with toasted peanut is the one: made with grated coconut from Maharaj market.
🚇 An 8-min walk from the Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapชลิตา คาเฟ่ · Pak Nam
A café and diner on the Krabi Town river, where Thai and Western breakfast share one menu.
Tip: Order khao tom (rice soup) with pork: it's what the long-tail skippers eat before heading out.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, facing Chaofa pier.
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Show on mapคาเฟ่ 8.98 · Ao Nang
Ao Nang's specialty coffee spot: slow pour-over, proper breakfasts and live music several nights a week.
Tip: The name is Ao Nang's latitude: 8.98° N. Order the cold brew — they steep it 18 h and you can tell.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main street, steps from the beach promenade.
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Show on mapคาปูชิน · Ao Nang
A café on the Ao Nang road with its own roast, a decent croissant and the strongest air conditioning around.
Tip: It's the best place to wait out an afternoon squall: sockets on the wall and nobody rushes you.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main road, a 6-min walk from the promenade.
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Show on mapเรดจินเจอร์ · Ao Nang
An Ao Nang café and bakery with an inner garden, tropical fruit smoothies and cakes that aren't from a supermarket.
Tip: The mangosteen smoothie is seasonal (May to September): outside that, go for passion fruit with lime.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main road, a 6-min walk from the promenade.
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Show on mapเย็นลี่ ยัวร์ · Ao Nang
The Thai mango chain: mango sticky rice, mango ice cream and smoothies, with the fruit cut in front of you.
Tip: Nam dok mai is the good mango and it's seasonal (March to June): the rest of the year they use imports.
🚇 At Ao Nang Landmark, a 10-min walk from the beach promenade.
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Show on mapโรตี 12 · Ao Nang
An Ao Nang roti cart with twelve different fillings: banana-Nutella through to egg with dry curry.
Tip: Watch the dough get stretched before ordering: if it's flung and goes translucent, the roti will be crisp.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, a 5-min walk from the beach promenade.
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Show on mapแอนโคอา · Ao Nang
An artisan ice cream shop in Ao Nang with local flavours: burnt coconut, durian, nam dok mai mango and tamarind.
Tip: Be brave and try the durian: made with fresh fruit, it's the only one on this coast that doesn't taste of essence.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main street, steps from the sailfish junction.
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Show on mapมหาราชเบเกอรี่ · Pak Nam
Krabi Town's old bakery, next to the market: sweet milk bread, pandan sangkhaya and egg tarts.
Tip: Ask for the steamed bun with pandan sangkhaya: fluorescent green, entirely natural, and the cheap local breakfast.
🚇 Next to Maharaj market, in central Krabi Town.
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Show on mapอาเดลาห์ เบเกอรี่ · Ao Nang
A halal bakery in the Khlong Haeng neighbourhood: coconut buns, pandan bread and pastries hot at 06:00.
Tip: Come Saturday morning: it lines up with the Khlong Haeng market, which starts at 15:00 across the road.
🚇 A 10-min walk north of Ao Nang Landmark, Khlong Haeng neighbourhood.
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Show on mapเซาเทิร์น คอฟฟี่ · Ao Nang
A roastery and bakery on the Ao Nang road, selling southern beans whole and baking bread all day.
Tip: You can buy southern Thai beans to take home: ask them to grind for your brewer.
🚇 On Route 4203 into Ao Nang, 8 min by taxi from the promenade.
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Show on mapคอฟฟี่สเตชั่น · Railay
Railay's only decent coffee bar: the owner makes the cha yen by hand and the mocha arrives in a little jug.
Tip: Opens at 07:00 — the only café on the peninsula awake when the climbers set off.
🚇 On the path between Railay West and Railay East, a 3-min walk.
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Show on mapบ้านต้นไม้ · Nopparat Thara
A garden house among trees near Nopparat Thara: coffee, Thai cooking and wooden tables in the shade.
Tip: A natural stop coming back from Klong Muang or Tubkaek in the afternoon: right on the way, shuts at 18:00.
🚇 10 min by taxi north of Nopparat Thara, towards Klong Muang.
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Show on mapเขาทองฮิลล์ · Khao Thong
A café hung off the Khao Thong cliff with the Phang Nga islands below: the best view for the price of a latte.
Tip: Come early morning: after midday the haze swallows the islands, and by 17:00 the terrace is packed.
🚇 45 min by car north of Krabi Town, on the Khao Thong hill.
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Show on mapอินทู เดอะ ฟอเรสต์ · Ao Thalane
A jungle café on the way to Ao Thalane: a wooden deck among karsts, specialty coffee and no phone signal.
Tip: Pair it with the mangrove kayak: it's 5 min from the launch and opens before the tours.
🚇 35 min by taxi north of Ao Nang, towards the Ao Thalane launch.
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Show on mapคลองม่วง คาเฟ่ · Nong Thale
The only coffee bar in Klong Muang outside the resorts: decent espresso, bread and village prices.
Tip: If you're staying at a Klong Muang resort, the same coffee costs a third here: just cross the road.
🚇 On the Klong Muang main road, 25 min by taxi from Ao Nang.
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Show on mapถนนคนเดินกระบี่ · Pak Nam
Krabi Town's weekend street fair: a live music stage, southern food at 40 THB and local craft.
Tip: Friday, Saturday and Sunday only, 17:00-22:00. Monday to Thursday the night market is Poo Dam, on the river.
🚇 On Maharaj Soi 8, beside the Vogue Shopping Center, central Krabi Town.
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Show on mapตลาดปูดำ · Pak Nam
The every-night market, opposite the crab sculpture: street food, fruit and cheap clothes.
Tip: This is the Monday-to-Thursday plan, when the Walking Street is shut. Best 17:00-19:00, when the food lands.
🚇 On Utarakit Road, facing the black crab, Krabi Town riverfront.
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Show on mapตลาดซิตี้ · Pak Nam
A covered arcade a block from the Walking Street: food, clothes and accessory stalls open most of the day.
Tip: It's the roofed fallback when it rains in the afternoon: open 10:00-23:00, long before the street fair.
🚇 On Maharaj Soi 10, a block north of the Walking Street.
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Show on mapตลาดสดมหาราช · Pak Nam
Krabi Town's morning market: Andaman fish, southern curry paste, grated coconut and budu by the drum.
Tip: Opens at 05:00 and by 10:00 they're packing up: to see the day's fish, come before 08:00.
🚇 On Maharaj Road, in central Krabi Town.
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Show on mapตลาดสดบ้านตลาดเก่า · Talat Kao
The province's wholesale market north of town: this is where the restaurants buy before Maharaj even opens.
Tip: It starts at 04:00: pair it with an early bus, since the terminal is right there.
🚇 10 min by taxi north of Krabi Town, next to the bus terminal.
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Show on mapโว้ก ช้อปปิ้ง เซ็นเตอร์ · Pak Nam
Krabi Town's department store: supermarket, food court and clothing, with the Walking Street right alongside.
Tip: Mind the name: this is the Krabi Town Vogue; Amari Vogue is a resort at Tubkaek, 40 km away. Not the same thing.
🚇 In central Krabi Town, on Maharaj Road.
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Show on mapศูนย์อาหารโว้ก · Pak Nam
A coupon-card food court: you load credit at the till, tour the stalls and hand back the balance on the way out.
Tip: Load a small amount first time: the balance is only refunded at the same till, and only before it closes at 20:00.
🚇 Inside the Vogue Shopping Center, central Krabi Town.
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Show on mapตลาดเจ้าฟ้า · Pak Nam
The food market by the river jetty: seafood grills, noodles and communal tables facing the water.
Tip: It's different from the Ao Nang market and the Walking Street: this one is food, opens at dusk and faces the river.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, beside Chaofa pier.
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Show on mapตลาดนัดอ่าวนาง แลนด์มาร์ค · Ao Nang
Ao Nang's night market, every night: grills, mango sticky rice, souvenirs and tables under string lights.
Tip: Open nightly 17:00-23:00, but the grills only fire up at 18:00: before that it's half set up.
🚇 On the Nopparat Thara road, a 10-min walk from the Ao Nang promenade.
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Show on mapตลาดอาหารกลางคืนอ่าวนาง · Ao Nang
A stall yard right on Soi Ao Nang: pad thai, charcoal seafood and cheap beer, every night.
Tip: Prices are on the boards: if a stall doesn't show them, keep walking — that's the classic soi trick.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, a 5-min walk from the beach promenade.
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Show on mapตลาดนัดคลองแห้ง · Ao Nang
The fair of Ao Nang's Muslim neighbourhood: halal stalls, roti, curries and clothes, nowhere near tourist prices.
Tip: The big one is Saturday, 15:00-19:00. Monday, Tuesday and Friday there's a smaller version, 13:30-19:00.
🚇 A 10-min walk north of Ao Nang Landmark, next to the mosque.
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Show on mapตลาดนัดคลองม่วง · Nong Thale
Klong Muang's travelling fair: trucks that set up stalls twice a week and vanish by 19:00.
Tip: It's the only cheap food in the resort zone: charcoal chicken, som tam and fruit at village prices.
🚇 On the Klong Muang road, 25 min by taxi from Ao Nang.
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Show on mapศูนย์จำหน่ายผลิตภัณฑ์ชุมชน · Pak Nam
The official OTOP programme shop: southern batik, coconut oil and craft certified village by village.
Tip: OTOP is the state seal: 'One Tambon One Product'. It certifies the maker's ORIGIN, not quality — still check the stitching.
🚇 In central Krabi Town, steps from Maharaj market.
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Show on mapดาว อาร์ต แกลเลอรี่ · Ao Nang
An Ao Nang gallery-workshop where the painting happens in front of you: karst and long-tail oils signed by Krabi artists.
Tip: Large canvases get rolled into a tube for the flight: ask before paying, they do it free.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, steps from the main street.
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Show on mapแอนดี้ เทเลอร์ · Ao Nang
Ao Nang's bespoke tailor: shirts and suits cut in 48 hours, with the fitting-and-fixing ritual included.
Tip: Insist on TWO fittings before the final finish and pay half on completion: that's the trade's norm in Thailand.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main road, a 6-min walk from the promenade.
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A dive centre on the Ao Nang promenade: local island trips all year and Phi Phi when the sea allows.
Tip: Ask which site runs THAT day: until end-October the calendar is local islands; Phi Phi and King Cruiser return in November.
🚇 On the Ao Nang beach promenade.
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An Ao Nang dive school with PADI courses from scratch and two-tank trips to the Koh Si reefs.
Tip: Ask to see the boat's certificate and the pressure gauges before you pay: in high season they rent in extra kit.
🚇 On Soi Ao Nang, a 5-min walk from the beach promenade.
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One of Railay's founding schools: half-day courses, local guides and the route book everybody uses.
Tip: December to February you book 3-7 days ahead. Right now, in the monsoon changeover, next-day slots exist.
🚇 On Railay's main path, a 3-min walk from Railay West.
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A Railay East school specialising in deep-water soloing and the hard lines on the Ton Sai roof.
Tip: Deep-water solo trips run May to October: come in the dry season and they'll offer the roped Ton Sai Roof instead.
🚇 In Railay East, a 6-min walk from the floating pier.
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Shop and school on the Ton Sai side: shoe and rope rental, and the only place selling chalk on the peninsula.
Tip: Bring cash from Ao Nang: Ton Sai runs on a generator and there's no ATM or card machine in the whole area.
🚇 In Ton Sai, a 20-min jungle walk from Railay West.
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A climbing school on the Ao Nam Mao side: small groups and access to mainland crags without taking a boat.
Tip: This is the option when the sea is rough and the long-tails don't sail: these crags are reached overland, always.
🚇 On Route 4204 towards Ao Nam Mao, 15 min by taxi from Ao Nang.
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An Ao Nang muay thai gym where you train alongside local fighters: drop-in classes for visitors, no commitment.
Tip: Morning classes are at 07:00, before the heat; afternoon at 16:00. Gloves are lent to you.
🚇 In eastern Ao Nang, a 10-min walk from the beach promenade.
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The Ao Nang ring where they actually fight: weekly cards with live musicians playing the rhythm of the bout.
Tip: The good fights are last on the card: the early ones are kids in training. Turn up at 21:00.
🚇 On Route 4203 into Ao Nang, an 8-min walk from Ao Nang Landmark.
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The Thai spa chain you find nationwide, with traditional and oil massage in air-conditioned rooms.
Tip: Traditional Thai massage is stretching, not relaxation: if you want to doze off, ask for the oil one.
🚇 On Ao Nang's main street, steps from the beach promenade.
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A Krabi Town massage house, the one locals use: traditional Thai and foot, without the beachfront markup.
Tip: The one-hour foot massage is the move after Tiger Cave: those 1,260 steps bill you the next day.
🚇 On the Krabi Town riverfront, steps from Chaofa pier.
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The province's hypermarket: Thai snacks, curry paste and dried fruit at supermarket, not market-stall, prices.
Tip: This is where to buy edible gifts: massaman curry paste and cashews cost a third of Ao Nang prices.
🚇 10 min by taxi north of Krabi Town, on Route 4.
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Ao Nang's supermarket: the sensible place for water, sunscreen and beer before an island day.
Tip: Buy your island-day water here: on the boat and on Poda it's triple the price and not always available.
🚇 In eastern Ao Nang, a 10-min walk from the beach promenade.
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