Samui traval guide - Attractions Beach & Bay

This wonderful beach has the greatest concentration of venues, and most of the nightlife at the central of this area. A good choice of music venues ranging from traditional Thai to jazz, rock to roots-reggae, are serve for someone who are crazy in songs, moreover; many of them keeping open until dawn. There are plenty of bars and restaurants right on the beach, offering a dreamy view of the Gulf in the quieter evening. The good chance for food lovers can find just about anything, both are Thai and western fare, especially, fresh seafood to offer you every day.
The great recognize one thing in Chaweng is night dive off therefore, it 's not strange to find many diving accessories shops along the beach side. However, Chaweng still maintains the classic image of a palm-fringed tropical beach that attracts many tourists to visit

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Lamai beach

The second popular beach in Samui is Lamai Beach. It is a quieter, looser, and a little cheaper than Chaweng Beach. There is something distinctly boom-town about the main strip, which is generally referred to as Lamai Gulch, with its bars, diners and shops crammed together along the roadside and down the dusty side lanes. Ride or walk to the back of the beach road and you're in the heart of banana groves and coconut plantations, and you can take a mountain bike ride up the hill tracks and into the rugged interior... Or follow the road down past the headland where the infamous Grandfather and Grandmother's rocks attract picnic people.
Moreover, Lamai is home to a charming old temple with a tiny museum, and a number of local gyms where you can learn Thai boxing lesson. You will also find a choice of dive shops and even a couple of meditation centers.After the sun set this place become the center of the lively night and many shopping centers. Furthermore, there are some real home-style alfresco places with Thai and western food, pub/saloons featuring live bands, video movies on show and several discos which start swinging 'round about midnight. Central Lamai has a broad selection of bungalow type accommodation, ranging from budget lodgings to the magnificent, the latter with tended landscaped gardens, swimming pools and sweet seclusion.

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Lipa Noi & Taling Ngam Beach

Ta-Ling Ngam Beach is a quiet and remote enclave, far from the crowds, with one luxury resort being almost the only building here.

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Maenam Beach

Samui's most popular destination for shoestring travelers, Maenam Beach is some two kilometers to the west of Bophut. There is a large village here with several small restaurants and some dive and windsurfing centers. Ban Maenam is the fishing village, in the central of the bay, one of the few places on Samui where there is more to life than tourism. Maenam has a clear white beach running for four kilometers along the calm, scenic bay. This is a pleasant, secluded spot for swimming and sun bathing attracts families and the couple of lovers.

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Big Buddha Beach

Big Buddha Beach is in the east of Bophut and takes its name from the twelve meter tall statue sitting out on an islet connected to Samui by a causeway. This is part of the Koh Farn temple, which is the focal point of this area; there is no town as such, although there are plenty of little shops and restaurants around the temple. The beach has very clean and calm water which is very quiet and peaceful for spend your time relaxing.

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Choeng Mon Beach

Choeng Mon Beach is white sandy beach is lined with casuarina trees on eastwards past Big Buddha that can be seen kilometers away on the approaching road. A remote and quiet part of the island it has several smaller capes and bays, some of which have been developed into self-contained resorts. The meditation temple is a tourist sight. Lately some mytical stetues have been added at the entrance, adding to those in a landscaped pond opposite. The geography of Choeng Mon there is no central village: this really is where you can get away from disturbance.

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Bang Po Bay

Bang Po Bay is fringed with coral reefs and with its calm sea is one of the better places for snorkeling. There is some attractive bungalow style accommodation to be had here.

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Thong Krut Bay

Thong Krut Bay is at the south side of the island. There is a tiny village here and some inexpensive accommodation. This is also a jumping-off point for Koh Taen, also known as Island of No Dog, and an unscheduled boat service will ferry you across the three kilometer stretch of water where those wishing to stay overnight can find bungalow accommodation.

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Hua Thanon

The real nature on the island, Hua Thanon is the biggest anchorage for fishing boats on the island. A charming Hainanese style fishing village straddles the main road, while there is a Moslem fishing community on the south side of the beach, noted for its colorful boats. Some lovely old houses can be seen in the coconut groves. It 's suitable the colorful nature lovers.

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Bophut

The quite two-kilometer beach attracts a mix of young and old travelers, as well as families. Bophut is one of Samui's oldest settlements and remains a quaint little fishing village, with several of the seafront shop houses converted into restaurants. The beach itself is some two kilometers of white sand, and the tranquility of the bay makes this a popular spot for water skiing. At night there is a charming, romantic atmosphere. Bophut is perfect for a little privacy, however ; it mostly maintains a sleepy village feel.

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Nathon

The island at the top of the long western coast, is a frenetic half-built town where is most travellers use only as a service stations before hitting the sand. Here can still be found all the government offices.The town 's layout is simple and the two piers come to land at the promenade, including the immigration department, plus the general post office, main police station, and the major banks. There are some antique wooden houses in the town, and a few hotels. A sight worth seeing is the catch landed by the fishermen on the seafront every evening for sale on the beach road to offer the flesh seafood.

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