Kandaburi Resort & Spa, Chaweng

Kandaburi Resort & Spa, Chaweng

The four-star Kandaburi resort & Spa is located at the Northern end of Chaweng, just outside the hustle and bustle of the busy Chaweng beach and street scenes and life but still comfortably near enough. It's about a 15 to 20 minute walk to Chaweng and the beach in front of the hotel is great.

The hotel has actually two parts and is separated by the main beach road. Both parts have their own swimming pool, the side at the beach has a separate children's pool and there's a big 23 meter long pool on the hill side, overlooking the breakfast area.

The Kandaburi resort & Spa offers 183 rooms designed in an exotic yet modern style. You can enjoy Thai, Mediterranean and International cuisine at the four dining options available on the premises. It's possible to spend the day lounging by the poolside, or if you feel adventurous partake in the various water sports available.

The location is good and it's a fairly new resort with medium priced rooms.

For an enjoyable and quiet stay in Chaweng, I can highly recommend the Kandaburi Resort.

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The hotel interior on the hill side

Superior hill side room

Premium room

Beach side pool and view

Beach front

Six Senses Hideaway Samui, Plai Laem

Six Senses Hideaway Samui, Plai Laem

This amazing resort ranks easily amongst one of the more luxury resorts on the island.

It's located on the most northern point of the peninsula at Plai Laem and every day when we return from a days diving, this resort one of the first things we see when reaching Samui.

Part of the world renowned Six Senses group, the Sila Evason hotel offers no compromise in creating refined tranquility on a tropical island setting. Set amongst 20 acres of tropical and untouched plantation with incredible views of the surrounding beach and islands. The world renowned spa offers an array of sensory pleasures to please even the most discerning of spa goers. Putting an emphasis on space, villas feature open plan bathrooms and infinity pools adding to the feeling of being in a secluded paradise. Guests are just 6km from the airport with easy access to the islands exuberant nightlife and popular sightseeing attractions such as of Koh Tao and Koh Nang Yuan. After a day soaking up the sun, feel free to retreat to your villa’s private pool and be met by your personal butler serving up a chilled drink.

Although dining is very good at the Six Senses Hideaway, it seems that all reviews of the resort consider it well overpriced and recommend renting a car and eat in the near by restaurants of Bophud (aka Fishermans Village) or other villages on Koh Samui.

Dining on the Hill:

The main restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and is located on the top of a small hill, offering seascape views to the north of Samui Island. The restaurant theme varies from very casual and laid back through to stylish. The concept offers several dining areas varying in atmosphere, from which guests can choose according to their desires - from seated on the floor (Thai Style!) with big comfortable cushions, or the more traditional table top dining.

Dining on the Rocks;

Open for dinner and located on the tip of the headland, this restaurant offers 270 degree views of the surrounding sea and outlying islands. When the sun goes down the restaurant undergoes a metamorphosis with both a change of colour and style and recreates itself into a stylish fine dining environment.

Drinks on the Hill & On the Rocks There are two elegantly designed bars attached to the two restaurants.

Wines on the Hill;

A specially designed wine cellar with a large range of wines from many of the world’s most respected regions. Regular wine tastings and wine dinners are held in the cellar.

Six Senses Hideaway is a fantastic experience, not to be missed but it comes with a price tag and is on the high end scale for rates.

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Six Senses Hideaway Pool Villa

Six Senses Hideaway Pool Villa suite

Six Senses Hideaway Pool Villa sea view

Six Senses Hideaway dining and pool

Six Senses Hideaway Villa

Napasai Beach Resort & Villas, Maenam

Napasai Beach Resort & Villas, Maenam

Napasai Beach Resort & Villas in Maenam is a secluded luxury beach resort in Maenam Beach, on the fashionable north coast of Koh Samui. It's a relatively newly opened high end resort.

Napasai is set on a graceful hillside in a secluded position, overlooking Ban Tai beach on the Gulf of Thailand, in seventeen acres of lush tropical vegetation.

It has a small, private sandy beach with a pontoon to which guests can swim, fifty-five cottages, fourteen private villas, two excellent restaurants and the indulgent Napasai Spa. Each room comes with tropical teak furnishings and cotton drapes. All rooms have air conditioning, minibar, satellite TV and fresh flowers. Luxury at it's finest!

The Lai Thai Restaurant serves Thai and international cuisine in a relaxing environment with high ceilings and stone-tiled flooring.

Beachfront Restaurant where light and casual poolside fare are served at the Beachfront Restaurant, specialising in Thai and international dishes for lunch and dinner daily. Guests can enjoy both poolside and ocean views in a casual open air environment.

Highly recommendable but it comes in the higher end budget range.

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Seaview Hill Cottage

Pool Villa living room

Beachfront Cottage Suite

Napasai features a beautiful horizon-edge freshwater pool that appears to flow onto the turquoise sea

Beach view

Maya Buri Boutique Resort, Bang Rak

Maya Buri Boutique Resort, Bang Rak

A newly opened boutique resort in pristine Baan Bang Rak, the Northern part of the island. Maya Buri offers a refreshing choice in relaxing in luxury and tranquility. Designed in Thai tropical style under a backdrop of majestic island mountains, you can enjoy their natural setting but with full technologically modern conveniences at your fingertips like our Infinity Edge pool.

The location is good, on what we call the 'Ghost Raod', directly off Bang Rak. The resort is not located on a beach, but it's within a 10-15 minute walk, that's also where the restaurants and shops of Bang Rak are located. Within a 5 - 10 minute drive various other beaches are available.

Presidential Suite

This luxury comfort suite was luxuriously designed and decorated. The adjoining living room and the bedroom has a spectacular view of the pool. This suite is designed for honeymooners and is suitable for a small family as well.

Studio

The smallest but very comfortable rooms of the resort. Has a view of the pool. Double bed, cable T.V., writing desk, air-conditioning, mini-fridge, hot & cold shower, a small balcony and a parking space of its own.

Deluxe

Identical to the Standard room, with the exception of the location which is set in the corner lot. Bigger than standard but with same facilities, the room is equipped with twin bed or queen size bed, cable TV, air-conditioning, hot & cold shower, balcony.

The pool at Maya Buri

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Nora Chaweng Hotel, Chaweng

Nora Chaweng Hotel, Chaweng

This is a very nice hotel, located almost straight where the one way system starts in Chaweng. It's located at the road side of Chaweng beach road, you only have to cross the road and walk down to the beach, just a minute or two away.

Nora Chaweng Hotel is named after a mystical dance. It's brand new, it opened it's doors less than a year ago and has a very pleasant, spacious feel to it with tastefully designed rooms.

All shopping and night life areas are within walking distance and the airport is within a 10 to 15 minutes from the hotel.

The 3 suites and 60 Deluxe rooms are tastefully designed, nice and have all the amenities that you expect and the hotels supports a swimming pool, a spa and a restaurant.

If looking for a nicely priced, medium range hotel in Chaweng, this may be a well suited choice.

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A Deluxe room with King size bed

Tastefully designed bath rooms


A comfortable looking and affordable suite

The stylish and spacious lobby

The swimming pool

Chaweng Cove Resotel, Chaweng

Chaweng Cove Resotel, Chaweng

Come August this year and my sister is to visit Samui once more. Since this is going to be a family affair with 3 children in the 10 to 13 year range, they needed a bit more of a budget place than they used to book during previous visits. Recently I went to have a look at the resort, with my sister, who was here on a very short break visit and it got the thumbs up from both us.

My sister was back in July 2010 and stayed once more at this resort, it suited them just fine for location and also for price.

At the reception they were very accommodating by showing us the various rooms and allowed us to have a look around. Above is the main entrance, just south of Centara in Chaweng. Just outside the busy hustle and bustle of Chaweng but still near enough to be able to walk to Chaweng 'downtown'.

The pool looks spacious and has three different basins and is located near the beach as well. It looks very convenient.

My sister booked two rooms with balcony and this is how they look like, including all you need, a TV, fridge, bathroom/toilet etc.

Chaweng Cove Resotel offers something for everyone and it even has newly built air-conditioned rooms, villas, and bungalows for all these people to enjoy. Amenities at this resort include a swimming pool, available massage services, beach side dining and wireless Internet access.

There are a total 101 rooms varying in size and price.

The layout of the resort was very nice and a feature that catches the eye is this shaded hall way between the reception and the resort. A very nice touch.

Although build in a compact way, it's still comfy to walk around and looks spacious enough to enjoy.

Our impression was overall positive and my sister is looking forward to stay here.

Her final verdict after having stayed for almost two weeks here is that it's value for money and they would stay here again.

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Samui First House Hotel, Chaweng

Samui First House Hotel, Chaweng

Is located in Chaweng Noi, or the most Southern part of Chaweng. It's called First House, since 'back in the days' it was the only and hence 'first' hotel in this part of Chaweng. On the same premises is also First Bungalow Beach Resort located, run by members of the same family.

The First house has two great pools and an almost exclusive part of Chaweng beach, a short stroll from the busier and more crowded main beach area. The latter because there's a 'bend' in the beach at this end of Chaweng, and the First House is just at the other side of this bend and has a secluded beach accordingly completely free of hawkers and has ample space for sunbathing, swimming, and water sports.

This makes the hotel a desirable accommodation for those seeking a peaceful holiday and families with young children. The colorful restaurant and nightlife scene is only a 15-minute walk from the hotel or a few minutes taxi ride away.

There's also the possibility of romantic poolside dining at Samui First House restaurant. All you can eat traditional Thai, Chinese, European and Seafood. After dinner, the bar staff promises that they can whip you up your own unique cocktail to enjoy with soft music most night. There's also a Thai dancing show every Monday night from 7.00 to 9.00 pm.

The hotel boosts 98 rooms comprising of 4 Family rooms, 5 Grand Deluxe rooms, 36 deluxe rooms, 27 Superios Rooms and 26 Standard rooms.

Rooms are fairly low priced and this is a great place for a budget holiday.

Standard room; The rooms are especially designed for the comfort and convenience with modern facilities. Full conveniences with air condition, colour TV, telephone , bath room , hot & cold shower , minibar and internet excess. Room size : 24 sq.m

Family room; The rooms are especially designed for the comfort and convenience with modern facilities. All spacious rooms have highly recommend for mini family, 2 bed rooms with closing door, 1 bath room, room with pool view, private balcony, air condition, colour TV, telephone, hot&cold shower, minibar and internet excess. Room Size : 50 sq.m

Lobby


Swimming Pool

The almost exclusive beach at Samui First House, a really nice stretch of beach

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