In the town center near the beach, with a cheaper cluster to the south. Soi Bintabaht is the main bar soi, with beer bars and a couple of hostess bars, and Soi Selakam is right next to it, so you can walk both in an evening. The Soi 80 beer bars, off Phetkasem Road south of the center, are cheaper and popular with expats. For a view, Vana Nava Sky is a rooftop bar with a glass-floor ledge.

Yes, but on a small scale. Hua Hin is a seaside resort town popular with Thai weekenders, families and long-stay expats, and its bar scene is a few streets rather than a district, with nothing on the scale of Walking Street. A typical night is a seafood dinner at the night market, a few beers on a bar soi and a rooftop drink. It suits a quieter break from Bangkok or Pattaya rather than a party trip.

Cicada Market runs Friday to Sunday, from about 4pm to 11pm, on Soi Hua Hin 101 south of the town center, with arts, crafts and live performances. Tamarind Market next door is the food-focused one and opens Thursday to Sunday. The Hua Hin Night Market on Dechanuchit Road, strong on seafood, opens every evening in the center, so it is the one to use from Monday to Wednesday.

Hua Hin is on the Gulf coast south-west of Bangkok, usually around three to four hours by road depending on traffic. You can take a private car, a bus or minivan, or the train, which is slower but scenic. Many visitors combine a few nights in Hua Hin with Bangkok at the start or end of a trip.

In the town center, near Soi Bintabaht. On the map Soi Bintabaht, Soi Selakam, the Hua Hin Brewing Company at the Hilton and the Hua Hin Night Market on Dechanuchit Road all sit within about 300 meters of each other, so a full evening stays on foot. Staying further south puts you nearer Cicada and Tamarind markets and Vana Nava Sky, but means a ride back to the bar sois each night.

Just under a kilometer as the crow flies, south of the center off Phetkasem Road, so it's a walk on a cool night or a short ride. The Soi 80 beer bars are cheaper and popular with expats, and they open from about 5pm, an hour before the center's bar sois, which makes them a good early start before Bintabaht. Check they're still trading before you head out.

About three and a half kilometers south of Soi Bintabaht as the crow flies, so take a ride. Cicada and Tamarind markets sit side by side, and Vana Nava Sky, the rooftop bar with the glass-floor ledge, is only a couple of hundred meters away on the map. That makes an easy evening: a rooftop drink from 5pm, dinner at Tamarind or the Cicada stalls, then back to the center for the bars.

Around 1am, for most of them. Soi Bintabaht, Soi Selakam, the Soi 80 beer bars and the Hilton's brewpub all run to about 1am, Vana Nava Sky closes around midnight, and the markets wind down between 11pm and midnight. No late-night club is pinned in Hua Hin, so it isn't a town for a 4am finish; for that you need Bangkok or Pattaya.