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( 0 7633 0015;
www.boathousephuket.com
;
2/2 Th Kata, Patak West, Hat Kata)
Offers a fantastic week-
end Thai cooking class (per person one/two days 2200/3500B) with its renowned chef.
Blue Elephant Restaurant &
Cookery School
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( 0 7635 4355;
www.blueelephant.com
;
96 Th Krabi, Phuket Town; half-day class 2800B)
Phuket's newest
culinary school is in the stunningly restored 1903 Sino-Portuguese-style Phra Phitak
Chyn Pracha Mansion. There are a variety of options from short group lessons to five-
day private training (78,000B). Morning classes include a market visit.
Phuket Thai Cookery School
( 0 7625 2354;
www.phuketthaicookeryschool.com
; Ko Sireh; courses per day from 2900B; 8.30am-5pm)
Get intimate with aromatic Thai spices at this popular cooking school set on a quiet
seafront plot on Ko Sireh's east coast. Courses can last up to six hours. It provides hotel
pick-ups, market tours and a cookbook.
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Pum Thai Cooking School
( 0 7634 6269;
www.pumthaifoodchain.com
; 204/32 Th Rat Uthit, Patong; classes 500-7500B)
This restaurant
chain (with three locations in Thailand, two in France and one in the UK) holds several
daily one-dish (30 minutes) to six-hour classes. Longer classes begin with a kitchen and
pantry tour and end with a meal and three take-home cookbooks.
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Tours
It's not hard to find elephant rides and 4WD tours of the island's interior, though none of
these will win their way into the hearts of animal-rights activists or environmentalists. So
why not take a bike ride?
Amazing Bike Tours
( 0 7628 3436;
www.amazingbiketoursthailand.asia
; 32/4 Moo 9, Th Chaofa, Chalong; day trips adult/child from
1600/1400B)
Phuket's best adventure outfitter, Amazing Bike Tours leads small groups on
half-day bicycle tours through the Khao Phra Thaew Royal Wildlife & Forest Reserve,
and offers terrific day trips around Ko Yao Noi and the gorgeous beaches and waterfalls
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