Friday, July 9, 2010

The Samui Mermaid Resort, Bang Rak

The Samui Mermaid Resort, Bang Rak

This resort has been around since I came to Samui, 11 years ago by now and it's very conveniently located near the Seatran pier where the ferries leave for Koh Phangan and Koh Tao and besides being near the pier, it's also very near to the airport. Did I mention convenient already?
For my dive and IDC courses I have used this resort plenty of times and many of my customers stayed there for a couple of nights.

The resort has 78 rooms and a whole bunch of them are located at the 'other side' of the road, near their excellent restaurant. Here the rooms are very cheap, ranging from 400,-THB to 600,-THB per night, pending on the season. There's a pool at this side of the road as well but it's directly at the end/beginning of the airports landing strip, so ideal for early risers.

The room sat the ocean side are more expensive but still very cheap considering the location and you won't pay a lot over 2.000,-THB in any of the rooms. This isde also has a pool and it's own restaurant.

Bang Rak itself has plenty of Thai and Western restaurants on offer and directly opposite the resort is the fantastic Bravo Pizzeria. There are also plenty of bars and all is in walking distance.

If you need to catch a ferry or are just transiting on Samui, this is the ideal place to stay, cheap and convenient.

Booking by Agoda

Booking by Hotels Combined


Standard room at the airport side


Deluxe room, ocean side


Superior Sea View Room


Pool ocean side


Garden and rooms ocean side


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