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Koh Samui Award-Winning Hotels: Koh Samui's Best Hotels
Beaches & Hotels

If you love to keep tabs on who's winning gold stars, here's the combined trophy haul for Koh Samui hotels for the year: a total of 41 awards for Koh Samui's best resorts, spas and restaurants

Beaches & Hotels

To help you decide where to stay in Thailand, use this country-wide hotel guide to every major destination in Thailand.

Beaches & Hotels

From plunge pools to infinity pool palaces, there's a tremendous range of choice and lots of new options for returning visitors, too. Enjoy!

Packing

Find out what to wear in Bangkok, at temples, on the beach, and beyond. Plus, get tips for ideal fabrics, the best shoes and more.

Koh Samui FAQs

Koh Samui golf
How to play golf on Koh Samui

Koh Samui Santiburi Golf & Country Club is an 18-hole championship course and is the only full-length course on Samui. Hoping to visit? Here’s what you should know.

Koh Samui sea turtles
Sea turtles, pink dolphins and whale sharks

Sea turtles, like many of us, like a quiet beach and so while we all got fat eating sourdough … at least 838 sea turtle babies have waddled (Flapped? Waddle-flapped?) across empty sand into the ocean to begin life

Koh Samui weekly events
Koh Samui’s best weekly events

The best beach brunches, barbecues, parties, boat tours and live music each week on Koh Samui.

Koh Samui gardens
Koh Samui's best tropical gardens

With alarming enthusiasm, here’s my Koh Samui gardens and tropical plants hit-list: island gardens for you to visit, explore and enjoy.

Nathon Koh Samui
Nathon, Koh Samui: Your total guide

Nathon, Koh Samui’s capital town, will be your first introduction to the island if you’re coming by ferry – otherwise, if flying in and out, you might never see it at all.

"The most enjoyable vacation of my life"

What's inside The Koh Samui Guide? Quick answer: Every detail you need to make incredible plans and arrive an island expert.