Top Things to do in Phe
8 Things to Do in Phe That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Phe, Thailand including Mae Ram Phueng Beach, Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park, Ban Phe Market, Khao Laem Ya, Roi Sao Market, The Sopha Arboretum, Sobha Botanical Garden, Nuanthip Pier.
Restaurants in Phe
1. Mae Ram Phueng Beach
Overall Ratings
4 based on 94 reviews
Reviewed By David B - Rayong, Thailand
January-February is the season of high tides along Rayong Province's many Beaches, and with the high tides come dramatically increased levels of rubbish.
The rubbish, which includes plastic, polystyrene, glass, fishing nets, and other assorted flotsam and jetsam is dumped by ships and boats plying the Gulf of Thailand, and is washed ashore by the high tides.
I walk my dogs on Mae Ram Phueng every morning and now I have to literally watch every footstep as I pick my way through this ghastly mess.
Mae Ram Phueng is polluted at the best of times. At the moment it is particularly unsavoury.
2. Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By Nick K
Nice place if your not lazy to walk a bit on rocks and steps.... nice views and can walk through jungle. ?
3. Ban Phe Market
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By Mr_Nobody_1979 - Krakow, Poland
Well, it's a covered day market which sells mostly packed staff like dry fruits, dried fish and other consumables. Items repeat themselves on almost every single stall. Pretty abandoned at a time of our visit (late afternoon). We found it one stop one time attraction, not really much to write home about.
4. Khao Laem Ya
Overall Ratings
4 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By EnzOnTour
It may seem like there is nothing much, but if you get there and really let yourself go and relax you will find the place very enjoyable. Get into the water if you have time. They have decent toilets and shower rooms. You can spend 2 hours to half a day there.
5. Roi Sao Market
Overall Ratings
4 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By tony v - Brussels, Belgium
This is a shopping hall the size of a football field. The things on sale are roughly the same as what you can find in the markets near the pier of Ban Phe, a impressive variety of dried fish, shells in all sort and sizes, ..., and the usual Chinese stuff of mediocre quality.
6. The Sopha Arboretum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By David B - Rayong, Thailand
This week I am playing host and tour guide to friends from Australia, so a trip to the old fishing village of Ban Phe was in order.
As we were driving right past it, we decided to have a look at the Sopha Arboretum, which is just 200 meters down the road to Ban Phe after you turn off Highway 26.
The Gardens are a mess and badly maintained with almost no signage to inform you of what you are looking at.
The only saving grace is a 100 year old traditional Thai teak wood house with an interesting collection of old Thai ceramics, including some in the pre-historic Ban Chiang style.
7. Sobha Botanical Garden
Overall Ratings
3 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By David B - Rayong, Thailand
Sobha Botanical Gardens, near Ban Phe in Rayong Province, boasts one of the largest collections of trees, shrubs and plants in Thailand. The main problem is a lack of signage, so unless you know what you are looking at a tour of the Gardens is not very educational.
For me the highlight was three traditional Thai teakwood houses, all more than 100 years old, which have been carefully preserved and renovated. The houses are fully furnished with period furniture and many tools and utensils of a long bygone era.
There is also a classical Thai sala in the Gardens. A sala is a square or rectangular open sided building used for meetings, gatherings or just relaxing.
Finding Sobha Botanical Gardens can be confusing because the various signs pointing to it are confusing in themselves. The easiest way to find it is to take Highway 36 south from Rayong City. About 17 km down there is a sign pointing to the right to Ban Phe. Take this turn and 200 meters down the road, just past a large blue archway over the road which welcomes you to Ban Phe Municipality is the Gardens. But you have to continue a further 500 meters down to do a U-turn and head back up. Don't blink or you will miss it because the gateway signage is small and easily missed.
Sobha Botanical Gardens is open everyday except Thursday. I suspect that the staff who run the Gardens are fair weather people because if it is raining or even wet you are likely to find the gates closed and locked.ntique
8. Nuanthip Pier
Overall Ratings
3 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By David B - Rayong, Thailand
Nuanthip Pier is the most popular way for Thai and overseas tourists to catch a ferry from the Mainland to the popular tourist resorts on Koh Samet.
Most buses and taxis drop their passengers here, although there are other piers with Ferries and speed boats that will take you to the island.
The earliest ferry is about 8.30 a.m., and then they run on the hour until 6 p.m.
The trip across takes about 40 minutes and drops you at Koh Samet's Nadan Pier.
Tickets cost Baht 100 per person return, and the return ticket is good for any time or day you wish to come back. Make sure you don't lose the return stub.
On your approach to the pier it is likely you will be approached by touts offering you a speedboat ride across, which will cost Baht 200 baht per person for a minimum of five people.
I always ignore them, because I actually enjoy the slow pace of the chug-a-lug ferry.
If you have a bit of a wait before the next ferry, there is an excellent coffee booth plunked right in the middle of the approach to the ticketing office.
