Phuket Town: Peranakan Flavours & Old Town Heritage

Duration Half-day / late afternoon & evening

Location Phuket Town, Thailand

Difficulty Beginner

The experience in brief

Private culinary discovery through Old Phuket Town
Explore Phuket’s multicultural food culture and Peranakan influences
Taste local specialities selected with your food guide
Discover flavours including crab and betel-leaf curry, cumin-fried fish and Muslim-inspired sweets
Walk through the historic streets of Phuket Town as evening falls
Dinner included at a local restaurant
Private air-conditioned transfers

Itinerary

Phuket Town: Heritage & Evening Flavours

Dinner

Phuket → Old Phuket Town

Phuket Town: Heritage & Evening Flavours

In the late afternoon, your English-speaking local guide and driver meet you at your hotel.
You then travel to Phuket Town, the island’s historic centre and a district shaped by a rich cultural heritage.
As evening begins, explore the streets of the old town with your food guide. Illuminated heritage houses and lively local streets provide an atmospheric setting in which to discover both the city’s architecture and its multicultural culinary identity.
Along the way, your guide introduces you to some of Phuket’s most distinctive local dishes.
According to the programme, these may include crab and betel-leaf curry, fish fried with cumin, as well as Muslim-inspired sweets.
Passing local food stalls and restaurants, you gain a closer understanding of the different cultural influences that have shaped Phuket’s food traditions.
A dinner at a local restaurant is included during the experience.
After your evening exploration of Phuket Town, your driver takes you back to your hotel.
Meal included: dinner at a local restaurant

Experience details

Cancellation policy

We understand that travel plans may occasionally change. Cancellation fees are calculated according to the date on which the cancellation is received prior to the start of the experience:

More than 30 days before arrival: 25% of the total amount
29 to 16 days before arrival: 35% of the total amount
15 to 9 days before arrival: 50% of the total amount
8 to 3 days before arrival: 75% of the total amount
Less than 2 days before arrival: 100% of the total amount

Should a guest choose to interrupt or leave the experience once it has begun, any unused services will be non-refundable.

In the exceptional event that an experience must be cancelled by one of our local partners due to unforeseen circumstances preventing its proper operation, all amounts paid for the affected experience will be refunded in full. No additional compensation may, however, be claimed.

Our on-the-ground commitments

At Hilaire Expériences, we place particular care in the way each journey is conceived and delivered on the ground.

We favour local partners who share a more responsible approach to travel, with particular attention paid to preserving the environments we visit, respecting local communities and ensuring that tourism contributes positively to the destinations in which we operate.

A number of our experiences are operated by partners working in accordance with recognised standards such as Travelife and ChildSafe, with a continued focus on managing their environmental and social impact responsibly.

We are also progressively reducing the use of single-use plastics across selected programmes. Wherever possible, disposable bottles are being replaced by refillable solutions and drinking-water refill points available in hotels and aboard our vehicles.