One of the best ways to enjoy the rest with the family in Thailand is to visit parks. Well, of course Thailand has a long list of them, but the fact that some of them worth of more attention is obvious. Thus let’s turn to 3 of the most interesting ones.

Phuket Fantasea

Phuket Fantasea is located on the shores of Ala (Kamala Beach), on the western part of the island. This is a unique Thai Theme and amusement park. The park covers an area of 56 hectares; it can be divided into 3 parts: First, the Festival and Village. There are many shops and stalls here thus you can buy various souvenirs starting from Thai crafts up to thematic souvenirs. Walking down the park you can find lots of representatives of the Thai of various years, as all houses are built in different styles and do not resemble each other.

For children there is the cave of Umana (Hanuman’s Lair) – monkey god. Here the younger visitors will get surprised with the tons of games. Parents can also rest in a restaurant, open-air Kamala Pier beer garden, there’s beer and snacks, and an abandonment of the pleasant music. This part of the park hosts various events, festivals, festive procession and the excellent fabulous restaurant Golden Kinnaree Restaurant. The overall interior of the restaurant leaves a bright impression as here everything is gilded. Everywhere the visitors can have a look at the various pictures and sculptures of the mythical creature – half-human and half-bird, in honor of which the restaurant was named after. The restaurant offers not only Thai cuisine, but also cuisine of other countries of the world: traditional continental, Italian, Indian, Japanese, etc.

Another impressive thing of the park is the “Elephant presentations” shows at the Palace of the Elephants. The palace itself is built with the Thai design and there are extraordinary sculptures of elephants almost everywhere. One of the parts of the presentation is devoted to the elephants, they are doing a variety of stunts, dance and disappear with the help of the magician. Also, the show involves other jugglers, athletes, gymnasts and clowns. This is a wonderful blend of Thai cultural traditions and ultramodern technologies of La ace. The park also includes musical fountains.

Mini Siam

Park is a smaller works of architectural creations from different times and nations, gathered in one single spot. Park is divided into two parts and was created about 20 years ago. They are Siamese and European parts. The European part has Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Eiffel Tower, the Palace Schall, totem, the Sydney Opera, Johann Strauss monument in Austria, Germany, Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Trevi Fountain, Abu Simbel, a set of Pisa, the Colosseum, sculpture The Pieta “the famous masters of the Renaissance Michelangelo, the Parthenon – the famous Greek temple is located on the mountain, the Statue of Liberty in America, Mount Rushmore in the United States, St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. All models are equipped with special monument signs, which reflect a summary of each of them.

After visiting the first part we will move to the so-called, Siamese part. There is no doubt that it is much more space and, unlike the European, mainly represents a huge number of ancient temples situated on the territory not only Thailand, but its the neighboring states such as Cambodia, Laos and Burma. In Thailand there are about 27,000 temples. Siamese part is represented by such major landmarks as the temple of the goddess Arun, the Grand Royal Palace, Wat Arun, the monument of Freedom, right Paton chedi, the Government House in Bangkok, the building of the first television in Bangkok, Ayutaya Historical Park, the bridge over the River Kwai, Wat Chang Lom, a railway station in Bangkok built for a famous king of Thailand, Rama 5, the international airport in Bangkok, Thai-style houses, a bridge dedicated to Rama 9, Pattani mosque, the Cambodian temple of Angkor Wat.

Nong Nooch

A magnificent garden with its beautiful flowers and plants, as well as various kinds of exotic animals. An excellent example of landscape design and plant; interesting cultural performances and the most fun show of elephants, which you can not imagine.

Initially, as a botanical reserve, garden gradually evolved into a place which has become attractive to tourists with fully equipped cottages in a Thai style. In the territory there are houses, villas, halls for seminars, banqueting halls, swimming pool, restaurants, as well as other buildings designed for the convenience of tourists.

Currently, tropical garden is the place where you can see the colorful Thai cultural show and see the biggest and most beautiful botanical garden in the south-east Asia. More than 2000 visitors from around the world are visiting the garden every day. In the tropical garden is constantly working to improve the look of the garden. All tropical garden sets a goal of the teaching, study and preservation of existing plants in the garden, as well as of the Extensive collections of palms, which is the jewel of a garden, as well as a number of other tropical plants.

An interesting feature of the garden lies in the fact that all plants are planted in pots. This is due to the fact that in this way is easier to change the floral garden. The collection of plants is constantly being replenished; many plants are going sales to hotels, as well as private individuals. In the park there are about 5000 plants.