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Surat Thani

Surat Thani (สุราษฎร์ธานี) is a city and a province on the Central Gulf Coast of southern Thailand. Wikivoyage

Population 130,703 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for Thailand

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Surat Thani. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Hae Pha Hom Pharthat Si Surat Lae Thammachat Khao Tha Phet Fair

    March

    Held annually in March in Muang Surat Thani

  2. Surat Thani Food Fair

    March

    Held annually in March along the Tapi River in Muang Surat Thani

  3. Surat Thani Songkran Festival

    April

    Thai New Year water festival is celebrated every year on 13 April

  4. Boon Sad Dean Sib Festival

    August

    Held on the full moon of the 10th month in traditional calendar (about August). People go to the temple in remembrance of ancestors

  5. Rambutan and Thai Fruit Festival

    August

    Rambutan trees were first planted in Surat Thani at Ban Na San in 1926 by Mr. K. Vong, a Chinese Malay. The annual Rambutan Festival is held during the August harvest

  6. Chak Phra Festival

    October

    Celebrates the return of Gautama Buddha from heaven to earth to be greeted by multitudes. The celebration takes place every year immediately after the end of three month rain retreat, about October.

  7. Surat Thani Loy Krathong Festival

    November

    Held on the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar. In the Western calendar this usually falls in November.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Surat Thani); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 5 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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