Koh Samui Guidebook

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Koh Samui Guidebook

Neighborhoods

Maenam Beach Koh Samui is one of the most pristine on the island. With crystal clear sand and not at all touristy.
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Mae Nam
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Maenam Beach Koh Samui is one of the most pristine on the island. With crystal clear sand and not at all touristy.
Koh Samui's busiest and biggest town has sprung up around one of the island's best beaches.
Chaweng Beach Road
Chaweng Beach Road
Koh Samui's busiest and biggest town has sprung up around one of the island's best beaches.
Pristine jungle shrouded beaches and stunning views of Anthong Marine National Park combine to make Taling Ngam one of the most picturesque parts on the island.
Taling Ngam
Pristine jungle shrouded beaches and stunning views of Anthong Marine National Park combine to make Taling Ngam one of the most picturesque parts on the island.

Food scene

Mae Nam’s walking street on Thursday evenings, is a lovely family experience. It's only a couple of hundred metres long but it’s packed with interesting stalls, snack vendors and even mobile cocktail bars.
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Mae Nam Night Market (Thursday)
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Mae Nam’s walking street on Thursday evenings, is a lovely family experience. It's only a couple of hundred metres long but it’s packed with interesting stalls, snack vendors and even mobile cocktail bars.
Traditional Italian cuisine on Koh Samui. Italian manager, Italian chef. Outdoor and air conditioning room.
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Pepenero Koh Samui
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Traditional Italian cuisine on Koh Samui. Italian manager, Italian chef. Outdoor and air conditioning room.
Prava is a fusion cafe located on Maenam Walking Street.
Prava Tiki Tapas
Prava is a fusion cafe located on Maenam Walking Street.
The Cliff Bar and Grill provides luxurious Mediterranean cuisine and the best dinner that Koh Samui has to offer, located between Lamai and Chaweng with the best views.
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The Cliff Bar & Grill
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The Cliff Bar and Grill provides luxurious Mediterranean cuisine and the best dinner that Koh Samui has to offer, located between Lamai and Chaweng with the best views.
Real Catalan tapas restaurant. The jamon iberico, baby octopus and the stuffed mussels keep us coming back for more.
Tapas Barcelona
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Real Catalan tapas restaurant. The jamon iberico, baby octopus and the stuffed mussels keep us coming back for more.
My Cafe and restaurant is in a fantastic atmosphere at the edge of lagoon and available for seating indoor and outdoor. The deco is combined the "loft" and "country" style. A variety of food including Thai and western are served here.
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My Cafe & Restaurant
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My Cafe and restaurant is in a fantastic atmosphere at the edge of lagoon and available for seating indoor and outdoor. The deco is combined the "loft" and "country" style. A variety of food including Thai and western are served here.
The Road Less Travelled is a stylish space to savor great coffee, healthy food, classy cocktails, home-made cocoa, and cakes.
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The Road Less Travelled Samui
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The Road Less Travelled is a stylish space to savor great coffee, healthy food, classy cocktails, home-made cocoa, and cakes.
Fisherman’s House Cafe is a great option for brunch, serving baked goods and organic Northern Thai Arabica prepared in several methods, from drip to nitro to espresso machine.
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Fisherman House Cafe
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Fisherman’s House Cafe is a great option for brunch, serving baked goods and organic Northern Thai Arabica prepared in several methods, from drip to nitro to espresso machine.
The meaning of “Tai” is red snapper in Japanese. The meticulously prepared food is a combination of European food with a Japanese taste, as well as some classical and very contemporary Japanese favourites.
Tai by Red Snapper
The meaning of “Tai” is red snapper in Japanese. The meticulously prepared food is a combination of European food with a Japanese taste, as well as some classical and very contemporary Japanese favourites.
Sunset Bar and Kitchen. Handcrafted cocktails, all day dining and epic sunsets. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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The Social
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Sunset Bar and Kitchen. Handcrafted cocktails, all day dining and epic sunsets. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Pecore Nere means “black sheep” in Italian. Their name is a signal that they do things differently – in addition to the wide choice of toppings, they use three days slow-rising dough made with a mix of three flours. Located at the end of the strip in Choeng Mon, opposite the yellow bank, this little restaurant knocks out some seriously good pizzas.
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Pecore Nere
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Pecore Nere means “black sheep” in Italian. Their name is a signal that they do things differently – in addition to the wide choice of toppings, they use three days slow-rising dough made with a mix of three flours. Located at the end of the strip in Choeng Mon, opposite the yellow bank, this little restaurant knocks out some seriously good pizzas.

Sightseeing

A small but very colorful Chinese temple well worth a visit.
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Chao Eng Sae Shrine, Mae Nam
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A small but very colorful Chinese temple well worth a visit.
A majestic set of two cascades on Koh Samui, show that the island’s beauty is not limited to its beaches.
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Na Muang water fall 2 - upper natural pool & rocks
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A majestic set of two cascades on Koh Samui, show that the island’s beauty is not limited to its beaches.
Ethical elephant sanctuary for rescued elephants who have worked exhausting hours in the logging and tourism industries. ​ Feed the elephants, walk with them, and observe our gentle giants as they roam, socialise, bathe, play in the mud, and enjoy a peaceful life that they so deserve.
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Samui Elephant Sanctuary
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Ethical elephant sanctuary for rescued elephants who have worked exhausting hours in the logging and tourism industries. ​ Feed the elephants, walk with them, and observe our gentle giants as they roam, socialise, bathe, play in the mud, and enjoy a peaceful life that they so deserve.
Ang Thong National Marine Park is a pristine archipelago of 42 islands in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Mu Koh Angthong National Marine Park
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Ang Thong National Marine Park is a pristine archipelago of 42 islands in the Gulf of Thailand.
Koh Mat Sum (Koh Madsum) is a small Island next to the bigger neighbour Island Koh Tan (Koh Taen). It is located only a few minutes from the south costs of Koh Samui.
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Ko Mat Sum
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Koh Mat Sum (Koh Madsum) is a small Island next to the bigger neighbour Island Koh Tan (Koh Taen). It is located only a few minutes from the south costs of Koh Samui.
Crystal Bay is the best beach in Koh Samui and both travelers and expats agree.
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Crystal Bay Beach Resort
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Crystal Bay is the best beach in Koh Samui and both travelers and expats agree.
If you only visit one temple on Ko Samui, make it Wat Plai Laem. The active Buddhist temple boasts several eye-grabbing statues on either side of an ordination hall that appears to float above a pond filled with fish.
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Wat Plai Laem
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If you only visit one temple on Ko Samui, make it Wat Plai Laem. The active Buddhist temple boasts several eye-grabbing statues on either side of an ordination hall that appears to float above a pond filled with fish.
One of Koh Samui's most impressive landmarks and one that is difficult to miss is the Big Buddha.
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Big Buddha
Wat phra yai
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One of Koh Samui's most impressive landmarks and one that is difficult to miss is the Big Buddha.
Koh Samui’s Mummified Monk at Wat Khunaram is an unusual sight yet it offers a unique insight into Buddhist and Thai culture. The monk Luong Pordaeng died in 1973 in a seated meditative position, and ever since his body has been on display in an upright glass case at the temple.
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Mumified Monk
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Koh Samui’s Mummified Monk at Wat Khunaram is an unusual sight yet it offers a unique insight into Buddhist and Thai culture. The monk Luong Pordaeng died in 1973 in a seated meditative position, and ever since his body has been on display in an upright glass case at the temple.
Probably the best viewpoint in Koh Samui, the Overlap Stone is still an underrated tourist attraction.
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Overlap Stone
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Probably the best viewpoint in Koh Samui, the Overlap Stone is still an underrated tourist attraction.

Activities

Santiburi Samui Country Club's 18-hole championship golf course has been an essential stop on the PGA Asian Tour for many years.
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Santiburi Golf Course
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Santiburi Samui Country Club's 18-hole championship golf course has been an essential stop on the PGA Asian Tour for many years.

Shopping

Fisherman’s Village Samui is a historical part of Bophut, with rustic-style buildings housing boutique stores, trendy restaurants and a small selection of hotels lining the narrow Beach Road. Every Friday, the whole area becomes the site of the Fisherman’s Village Walking Street market, attracting huge numbers of shoppers from across the island for the amazing variety of wares and the lively atmosphere.
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Fisherman's Village Bophut
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Fisherman’s Village Samui is a historical part of Bophut, with rustic-style buildings housing boutique stores, trendy restaurants and a small selection of hotels lining the narrow Beach Road. Every Friday, the whole area becomes the site of the Fisherman’s Village Walking Street market, attracting huge numbers of shoppers from across the island for the amazing variety of wares and the lively atmosphere.
Central Festival Samui describes itself as “the most complete and largest lifestyle shopping complex in Samui'; there could not be a better description for this.
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Central Festival Samui
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Central Festival Samui describes itself as “the most complete and largest lifestyle shopping complex in Samui'; there could not be a better description for this.

Cocktails

The Drink Gallery is a unique dining platform unseen in Koh Samui. It’s an island first – an upmarket bar and restaurant where one can sip on an amazing drink, groove to some tunes and still hear each other speak.
Drink Gallery in The Library
The Drink Gallery is a unique dining platform unseen in Koh Samui. It’s an island first – an upmarket bar and restaurant where one can sip on an amazing drink, groove to some tunes and still hear each other speak.
Proper mixology.
Tikibox Bar Samui
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Proper mixology.
Chill out factor: 10! No doubt - a very nice place for hanging around, enjoying the infamous Koh Samui sunsets and having cool drinks - try the food as well...
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Sunset by Angelina
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Chill out factor: 10! No doubt - a very nice place for hanging around, enjoying the infamous Koh Samui sunsets and having cool drinks - try the food as well...
Coco Tam's is a fun and extremely popular beach bar located just outside of The Wharf Samui. With beanbags on the beach, swing seats at the bar, cabanas, shisha and even a large projector screen, it is the ideal tropical relaxation spot and one of the top nightlife attractions in Fisherman's Village.
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Coco Tam's is a fun and extremely popular beach bar located just outside of The Wharf Samui. With beanbags on the beach, swing seats at the bar, cabanas, shisha and even a large projector screen, it is the ideal tropical relaxation spot and one of the top nightlife attractions in Fisherman's Village.

Consejos para la ciudad

Cómo moverse

Download NaviGo (Mobile Taxi Booking App)

NaviGo is an application which allows customers to easily book a taxi where prices are strictly on the meter.
Costumbres y cultura

Don't ride elephants, don't take photos with captured wild animals.

Unbeknown to many travellers, newly-captive and captive-born Asian elephants are traditionally subject to systematic abuse in order to ‘train’ them to accept riders and perform in shows. Having a picture taken of yourself with a gibbon on your shoulder, an eagle on your arm, a python around your neck or a tiger’s head on your lap. This might sound like a strange and even dangerous practice to most of us, but unfortunately for a lot of others it is seen as a nice souvenir of a holiday to Thailand. Not only is the use of animals for entertainment inhumane and unacceptable from an ethical point of view, but also extremely damaging from a conservation perspective. Most of the wild animals exploited for tourists are poached from ever-decreasing wild populations, if this continues then there will be none left. The Facts – Reasons why you should not support the “photo-props” on your holiday Almost all are poached from the wild; a complete family of gibbons will be killed just to obtain one baby gibbon. The animals suffer greatly – they are often drugged, mistreated and passed from one stranger to stranger all day and until late into the night. Most animals can only be used when they are young and therefore are dumped by their owners when they mature and become aggressive – natural behaviour for an wild animal – or too large to handle. Having a photograph taken with a tiger at any venue, even the infamous “Tiger Temple” does not help the conservation of the species. These practices are merely a way to make money and further exploit the poor animals that are regularly drugged and beaten to make them more docile for the visitors. Some people, as well as some gibbons, carry diseases that can be transferred from animals to people and vice versa. You can actually get deadly diseases from these animals such as TBC and Hepatitis-B if you kiss and hug them or don’t handle them professionally. Lorises, those cute bundles of fur photographers use as props, have particularly sharp teeth and toxis saliva; one bite from them could lead to severe blood poisoning.
Frases útiles

21 Essential Phrases You'll Need in Thailand

GREETINGS & ESSENTIALS - Sa Wat Dee (sa-wat–dee) / Hello Greet anyone and everyone who crosses your path. You will most likely butcher the word initially, but Thais will readily assist you with pronunciation, and this simple greeting will certainly help you as you continue your travels. - Kawp Koon (kop-koon) / Thank You The more polite you are, the better your experience will be. If you can, learn to perform the “wai” (deep bow) when using this helpful phrase. - Chai / Mai Chai (chai / my–chai) — Yes / No Learning the basics is always a good idea. Even if you do not understand everything that is being said to you, you’ll be surprised how often you can use a simple “chai” or “mai chai”. - Kor Tot (kor-tot) / Excuse Me Thailand is a crowded place. Whether riding the sky train or island hopping by boat, you are going to step on some toes – both literally and figuratively. Be prepared for these scenarios: learn how to say, “excuse me”. - Mai Khao Jai (my–cow-jai) / I Don’t Understand Do not get frustrated when you do not understand something (or everything). Instead, just repeat this phrase over and over until someone can (hopefully) translate. - Lah Gorn (la-gon) / Goodbye Parting ways and unsure what to say? A simple “lah gorn” and/or a “wai” will suffice. DIRECTIONS - Haawng Naam Yuu Thee Nai? (hong-nam-you–tee–nye) / Where Is The Bathroom? Bathrooms are hard to come by in Thailand, and oftentimes you won’t be able to find one until it might be too late. Spare yourself the desperate search with this simple phrase (and be prepared for the squat toilets and bum guns). Leo Sai / Leo Kwaa (lee-yo-sigh/lee-yo-kwa) — Turn Left / Turn Right When it comes to getting ripped off, taxi drivers are the biggest offenders. Arm yourself with a map and the knowledge of how to give some basic directions in Thai, and you will be less likely to arrive at the wrong destination. - Yut / Bai (yut / bye) — Stop / Go Impress your driver with directional basics to help get around with ease. Being able to direct a taxi, tuk-tuk or Songtaew driver will likely save you time and money. - Hai Chah Long (high–cha-lom) / Slow Down This phrase is particularly handy if your tuk tuk driver is hooning along at top speeds and you would like them to slow down. Alternatively, if you are trying to direct someone this phrase can be very useful. IN THE RESTAURANT - Hiu (hee-yoo) / I’m Hungry Thailand has some of the most delicious dishes in the world. Learn how to communicate that you are hungry in a way that does not involve rubbing your stomach. - Mai Sai Nam Tam (my–sigh-nam-tam) / No Sugar Sugar is to Thailand what salt is to the Western world. Sugar and condensed milk make appearances in everything from noodle soup to black coffee. If you like your coffee stiff or simply do not want the extra calories, know this simple phrase. - Chawp Pet Noi (chop–pet-noy) / I Like It A Little Bit Spicy Thai people love spicy food. Sometimes, a restaurant will intentionally make the dish mildly spicy, knowing that a foreigner cannot handle the heat. To reduce your chances of having your mouth set aflame, learn this simple phrase. - Nam (nam) / Water Likely one of the most important words to learn in the Thai language especially if you’re wandering around in the heat of the day and feeling parched. - Aroi (a-roy) / Delicious Want to show some appreciation for the delicious food you just inhaled? While a gratuity is always appreciated, express to your cook that the food was delicious, and you will be sure to receive a smile in return. AT THE MARKET - A Nee Tao Rai? (a-nee–tow–rye) / How Much Is This? Thais are extremely friendly, but in Thailand as elsewhere, foreigners must be wary of scams. Reduce your chances of paying double what a Thai would pay for the same item by learning to ask “how much” in the native tongue. - Phaeng Mark Pai (feng-mak-pie) / Too Expensive Someone charging you a little too much baht for your souvenirs? Speak your mind with this marketplace soundbite. NUMBERS Sun (sun) / 0 Nung (nung) / 1 Song (song) / 2 Sam (sam) / 3 See (see) / 4 Da (da) / 5 Hok (hawk) / 6 Jed (jed) / 7 Baed (bed) / 8 Gao (gow) / 9 Sib (sib) / 10 MAKING FRIENDS - Gin Khao Lou Mai? (gin-cow–lou–mye) / Have You Eaten Yet? In Thailand, this phrase is used in more ways than it’s literal meaning and can even be used as a form of “hello”. It’s a conversation filler and a way to check in to see how someone is faring. - Suay / Lo Mak (soo–way / low-mak) — Very Beautiful / Handsome The power of a compliment cannot be underestimated, especially when traveling in a foreign country. FOR EVERYTHING ELSE - Ron Mak (ron-mak) / I Am Very Hot Thailand reaches scorching temperatures in the hot season and can be a little confronting at times. Learn this phrase to interact and commiserate with your local hosts or to explain why your red, dripping with sweat and in need of assistance. - Mai Bpen Rai (my-pen-rye) / No Problem Missed a flight? Mai bpen rai. Food poisoning taking its toll on your bowels? Mai bpen rai. Thais hate losing face, so the more you can brush off any unpleasant experience, the better you will fare among locals.