As one pedestrian street running from Patong Beach up to Rat-U-Thit Road, with much of the action on the side sois. The gogos cluster on Soi Seadragon, the beer bar complexes are on Soi Tiger and Soi Crocodile, and the Tiger complex and Illuzion sit on the main strip. The massage shops are around the Rat-U-Thit end. Soi Sansabai is a smaller beer bar soi to the south, and Banzaan Night Market is a short walk away behind Jungceylon.

Away from Patong, so budget for a ride. Café del Mar is on Kamala, the next beach north, and Catch Beach Club is further up the west coast at Bang Tao. Baba Nest, the rooftop infinity-pool bar at Sri Panwa, is on Cape Panwa in the south-east, opens for sunset only and needs booking. Beach clubs are afternoon-to-sunset places, so do them by day and be back in Patong for Bangla Road.

Yes, but it's a different night from Patong, on the other side of the island. The Old Town has small cocktail bars in the Sino-Portuguese shophouses, Timber Hut is a live-music club with a mostly Thai crowd, and Chillva Market mixes container bars with food stalls. It is more Thai than touristy and better for a relaxed evening than for bar girls, so most visitors make it one night out rather than their base.

On different nights, so check before you go. The Naka Weekend Market near Chalong, the island's biggest, runs on Saturday and Sunday. The Lard Yai walking street fills Thalang Road in Phuket Old Town on Sunday nights, and Karon Temple Market runs on Tuesday and Friday. In Patong, Malin Plaza and Banzaan Night Market are open daily and are the easy food stops before a night on Bangla Road.

About ten kilometers in a straight line, and further by road, because the route climbs over the hills between the west coast and the town. That makes it a taxi or Grab ride each way rather than a hop. The Old Town bars on Soi Romanee and Thalang Road and Timber Hut are close together, with Chillva Market a short ride north, so give the town a whole evening rather than a quick visit.

Karon is about five kilometers south of Bangla Road as the crow flies, with Kata just beyond it, so you need a ride, not a walk, after a night out. That is the trade-off of staying there: quieter beaches and calmer nights, but a taxi or Grab every time you want Bangla. Karon's own nightlife is modest; on the map, the Karon Temple Market on Tuesday and Friday evenings is the main event.

Two are pinned, both close to Bangla Road. Tai Pan, on Bangla itself, is a live-band club that fills with freelancers late, and Banana Disco, on Thaweewong Road by the beach, is a few hundred meters away and known as a pick-up spot. Both run from about 10pm to 4am, but Patong establishments turn over every season, so check both are open before you head out.

Mostly the beach clubs, markets and massage shops. Café del Mar in Kamala and Catch Beach Club in Bang Tao open in the late morning, Malin Plaza's food stalls start in the early afternoon and the Rat-U-Thit Road massage shops open around noon. Baba Nest at Sri Panwa runs only at sunset and needs booking. Bangla Road doesn't really start until about 7pm, with the gogos opening around 8pm.