A tourism community that is full of classical histories, "Takupa old town" was established before 43 BC. Formerly called Muang Tak Kol la which refers to the cardamom, later transformed into Takola and finally, people called it “Takuapa”, the legendary tin mining city and multicultural hub; Thai. Chinese, Indian and Arab. Takuapa used to be the port for trading. Nowadays, it has become another tourist city of Phang Nga province.
Takuapa, a community that used to flourish as a port of the Andaman coast and a lively trading community in the mining era. Today, though the prosperous period has passed, it left the traces of the glorious era; the Sino-Portuguese architecture, the costume culture, the local food and simple community’s lifestyle…
