Fun in the Sun on Koh Samui

Banana Fan Sea Resort is positioned  at Koh Samui’s prime beach location at the center section of Chaweng Beach. The hotel is situated directly at the beachfront.

This hotel is very popular for its white sand beach, ideal swimming conditions, large free-form swimming pool, children’s pool, Jacuzzi, baby-sitting, business counter, internet, and walking distance to Chaweng shopping and entertaiment, Koh Samui’s leisure hot spots. Click this link for Banana Fan Sea pictures and more information.

Banana Fan Sea Resort has an excellent open-air restaurant Baitong Restaurant, and a very comfortable Terrace Beach Bar.

The hotel offers 64 bungalows and villas of various sizes. All rooms have air-conditioning, bath tub and shower, terrace, satellite T.V., fridge/mini-bar, international direct dialing telephone, in-room safe, coffee and tea making facilities and more.

In total there are 11 room types, e.g. Superior Bungalow 3,100 Baht per night (low season) to 5,300 Baht per night (high season), pool villa 9,200 Baht per night (low season) to 10,600 Baht per night (high season), 2-bedroom beachfront villa from 12,100 Baht per night. Click here for all Banana Fan Sea room types, rates and online booking.

At a scenic hillside between Chaweng and Lamai with dazzling views over Chaweng Beach and the emerald extend of the Gulf of Thailand is a truly spectacular hotel: The Best Western Samui Bayview Hotel. The resort has four free-form swimming pools cantilevered over the edge of the cliff and offer swimmers a dramatic outlook over Koh Samui’s coast line and the endless blue of the horizon.

The Best Western Samui Bayview Hotel celebrates Koh Samui’s Green Season from the 16th of September 2006 to the 19th of December 2006 with steep discounts on all room and villa types:

• Superior Garden View Rooms are discounted from 2,600 Baht to 1,650 Baht per night.
• Deluxe Seaview Rooms with a regular high season rate of 3,400 Baht cost only 2,500 Baht per night.
• The rate for the Honeymoon Suite and Executive Suite is reduced from 7,500 Baht to 5,400 Baht per night.
• Review the hotel rate sheet for all room types, rates and seasons.

Note that November and early December are the wet season on Koh Samui with more frequent rain showers. Yet the rooms at Best Western Samui Bayview Hotel are so comfortable, guests are very happy to spend some time inside. And after a tropical downpour the air is even fresher and clearer than before. Green Season is popular, especially with prices so low. Reserve your Best Western Samui Bayview room or suite now.

Since 1996 Central Samui Beach Resort enjoys undiminished popularity for its comfort and fantastic location directly on Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui’s longest and finest beach. The hotel has a huge swimming pool and children’s pool, tennis courts, fitness center, spa and shopping arcade (see pictures of the Central Samui Beach Resort). Guests at the Central Samui enjoy superb dining at five restaurants. In addition there are several lounges, coffee shops, pool and beach bars on this resort.

The more than two-hundred deluxe hotel rooms and suites at the Central Samui are all sea-facing and the design of the resort complex accentuates the natural tropical environment. All rooms come with standard features such as TV with international satellite news and entertainment channels plus in-room movies, music channels, mini-bar, tea and coffee making facilities and in-room safe. The hotel restaurants provide 24-hour room service from an extensive in-room dining menu.

Prices for Deluxe Rooms start at 5,500 THB during low-season and go up to 9,900 THB for Xmas/New Year peak season. Junior suites with one bedroom and one living room range from 13,550 THB to 17,550 THB. The room rate for Royal Suites with one bedroom, one living room and one dining room is approx. 30,000 THB per night. Further details are found on the Central Samui hotel price list.

After opening in summer 2005 Buri Rasa Village gained popularity very quickly. Several factors make this relatively small hotel a well accepted destination:
Buri Rasa Village is situated on a prime spot on Chaweng Beach, where the swimming conditions are superb and the sand is powdery and white.
When guests step out of the front entrance they find themselves in the heart of Chaweng boutique and souvenir shopping. In this vicinity many of Koh Samui’s most distinguished restaurants are found, including the well established steak house “Chez Andy” and “Zico’s” Brazilian Grill. Tropical Murphy’s is THE Irish Pub on Koh Samui, with live music and live sports events on large screen TVs, right in the neighborhood of the Buri Rasa. Chaweng’s discotheks and night clubs are also not far, still within walking distance or a short ridet on one of the open busses that commute on Chaweng Boulevard.
Back at the hotel, guests enjoy a calm village atmosphere that radiates from the architecture, décor and landscaping of this unique hotel. Accommodations are either a small private villa, some with private dip pool, or spacious studio suites with bedroom, living room and Jacuzzi bath.
All rooms are decorated in traditional Thai style with a draped four-poster bed in the center. Buri Rasa rooms offer modern facilities like air conditioning, Cable TV, CD player, mini bar, IDD telephone, in-room safe, hairdryer, bathrobes.
Buri Rasa Restaurant offers fine candle light dining on an open patio serving international gourmet cuisine and authentic traditional Thai dishes.
The hotel has a Massage & Spa Center where guests may choose from a variety of pampering and rejuvenating treatments.
Here is what Guido W. wrote after he visited Buri Rasa Village from 1. October 05 to 14 October 05:

The resort is very tasteful. All rooms are nicely furnished and very clean. It is located at the best area of Koh Samui´s nicest beach Chaweng. The personnel was very friendly and helpful. Service was excellent. The pool and beach area were well taken care of and tasteful created. The breakfast was OK but little variation and sometimes it took a little too long for refilling. The included restaurant was not too good but very close by the “eat sense” was the nicest restaurant we found on Koh Samui. All in all we can fully recommend Buri Rasa and we will very likely come back.

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Buri Rasa Village Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui

Chaweng’s newest boutique hotel and spa resort, Buri Rasa Village, quickly became a popular holiday retreat because of its central location in midst of Koh Samui’s main tourist area Chaweng Beach and for its unparalleled charm and village character. Now through April 15, 2006 Buri Rasa Village offers two holiday packages which make staying at the hotel even more attractive:

The Romantic Honeymoon Package

4 days, 3 nights stay at Buri Rasa Village:

• Hotel accommodation in a Deluxe Garden Court Room with daily American breakfast
• Romantic heart shape flower decoration in room on welcome
• One bottle of Sparkling Wine and a romantic gift set
• One candle-light dinner for two persons on the beach
• Spa treatment for two at the Jan Dara Spa

The price per couple for The Romantic Honeymoon Package is 27,900 Baht. The price includes round-trip Samui Airport transfer. The hotel package is available for internet booking through Koh Samui’s online reservation network R24.

A Touch of Buri Rasa Village

4 days, 3 nights stay at Buri Rasa Village:

• Hotel accommodation in a Deluxe Room with daily American breakfast
• One bottle of wine
• One spa souvenir set
• One romantic dinner on the beach
• Two spa treatments per person at the Jan Dara Spa

The price for “A Touch of Buri Rasa Village” package is 26,800 Baht for two persons and includes round-trip Samui Airport transfer. The hotel package is available for internet booking through Koh Samui’s online reservation network R24.