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● Avoid this month South · Gulf950 km from Bangkok
Hat Yai
southern food city & old town
Hat Yai markets and food (popular with Malaysian visitors), street art in Songkhla old town, the mermaid at Samila beach, Koh Yo, Thale Noi lotus lake (Phatthalung)
CityFoodMarketsHistoryBeach Ideal: 3 days950 km · 1h30 flight / 14h train
How to go
Flight DMK → HDY ≈ 900–1,800 ฿ (many flights a day) · Sleeper train ≈ 1,000–1,500 ฿ (15 hrs)
Entry
Mostly free; Hat Yai cable car 200 ฿; Thale Noi boat 500 ฿ per boat
Stay
Hat Yai 600–1,300 ฿; Songkhla old town 700–1,500 ฿
Season in Nov ● Avoid this month
Nov–Dec is monsoon with a risk of floods. Thale Noi lotus flowers bloom Feb–Apr in the morning.
Day-by-day plan
3 days
1Day 1
- Fly to Hat Yai, dim sum breakfast
- Kim Yong market, cable car and big Buddha at Hat Yai Municipal Park
- Lunch: kai thod Hat Yai
- Songthaew to Songkhla (30 min): old town street art, Nang Ngam Road
- Sunset at the Samila beach mermaid
- Greenway night market (Hat Yai)
2Day 2
- Koh Yo — Tinsulanonda bridge, weaving village, Wat Laem Pho
- Grilled fish lunch on Koh Yo
- Songkhla National Museum, Tang Kuan hill (lift)
- Cafés in Songkhla old town
3Day 3
- Thale Noi (Phatthalung, 1.5 hrs) — lotus and buffalo by boat at sunrise
- Back, lunch in Hat Yai, fly back
Food to try
- •Hat Yai fried chicken (kai thod Hat Yai), dim sum for breakfast
- •Kim Yong market, Greenway night market
- •Songkhla: old-town food on Nang Ngam Road, grilled fish on Koh Yo
Good to know
A city for food trips. Penang (Malaysia) is 4 hours by bus — check the visa rules for Myanmar passports first.
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฿6,000 / per person
3 days · 2 people · ฿12,000