Although pleasantly quiet and unassuming today, Takua Pa was once a famous international port town beginning as early as the 1300s, when the first Indian traders arrived. By the late 1800s, the city was booming thanks to the area’s substantial tin reserves, and by this point the Portuguese, Dutch and British had all firmly planted themselves in the area. During its golden age, Takua Pa was perhaps Thailand’s most culturally eclectic city aside from Bangkok.