Hotels near Samui International Airport - USM, Koh Samui

This hotel should be a 5-star hotel! Everything was perfect: big room, amazing pool and great view (just in front of the sea), very good breakfast and the staff was very nice and friendly. I would recommend this hotel at 100%.

The best thing that comes in mind is that the location is close, by car, to some important sightseeing, such as Golden Buddha, the Grandmother and Grandfather Beach, the Fisherman Village (2 km, the latter), the Waterfall 2 park, as well as to some of the greatest restaurants on the island: Coco Tam (best beach setting and great food), Jungle Club (the best setting, and amazing view with high quality in food), Suppatra Dining (probably the best dining on the island) and Dr. Frogs (great view, but the food did not met our expectations). The Central Festival Shopping Mall is also close, as well as the airport of Samui, that looks like a cartoon (my favorite airport in the world now). You can drive easily by luxurious van limo at very decent prices. We had the services of Mr. Tee recommended by the staff of our hotel, the Scent Hotel. He was decent, professional and very polite and he uses WhatsApp. There are beaches that appeared to us very intimate, like the one from Scent Hotel, or simply gorgeous beaches like the ones between Lamai and Chaweng.

White sand, safe and convenient sea entrance, a lot of cafes and massage points, great view from each place in the beach, not crowded. A few exists from the beach (5 min by walk) to the the city street with banks, cafes, supermarkets.

Bophut is relatively quite, especially compared to Chaweng, so maybe better suited for families. Lots of nice places to eat though and food in Thailand is just amazing anyway. Coco Tams bar on the beach has a cool vibe and the nightly fire show is amazing. You just sit on a bean bag ahead of the show up to an hour before to secure your spot, order your beer, and wait for the kind of show Health and Safety probably doesn't allow back home

Great coffee at Common Ground where you could have a beanbag or sunbed. Your place reggae bar next door also very nice to get rained into! Tik tok bar across street from The Stay is friendly and welcoming.

Beautiful beach which is quieter and more relaxing than the main Chaweng beach. For relaxation and enjoying a leisurely dip in the sea and a snorkel, Chaweng Noi hits the spot, with crystal clear water and spotting an array of tropical marine fish and crabs. There is not much in terms of choices of restaurants or bars therefore it is better to go into Chaweng or Lamai for more choice for food and drink - this is easily done by using NaviGo or hailing a taxi/hop on hop off red truck from the main road. There is a nice bistro bar which does good happy hour drinks but the mains were pretty mediocre, though the prices were pretty good - the chicken satay there is delicious!