Ananas Samui Hostel

Most rooms at Ananas Samui Hostel are air-conditioned and have private entrances. Some look out over the mountains while others face the garden. The choice includes single rooms of 25 and 30 m², a 62 m² family room for up to three guests and a 50 m² Deluxe Villa with a queen bed.

Beds include king, queen, double and single beds, and the twin room with a shared bathroom has two single beds. Some rooms have a private bathroom with a shower, toiletries and towels, while others share a bathroom or toilet. The family room has a single bed and a double bed between its three guests.

Guests can use an outdoor swimming pool that is open all year, a garden and a terrace. The garden and terrace sit alongside the pool, so guests have several outdoor spaces. There is a shared lounge with a TV area, a game room with a dart board, and on-site entertainment.

The restaurant and the bar serve food and drinks on site, and the hostel offers massage, bicycles, car hire and a shuttle service. Tours are offered, and diving, fishing and snorkelling are also available.

Free parking and free WiFi are available, and the hostel also has currency exchange, luggage storage, lockers, ticket services, daily housekeeping and a laundry service. Languages spoken include English and Thai.

Ananas Samui Hostel sits in Hua Thanon, a village area on Koh Samui, the island in the Gulf of Thailand. The streets around it are lined with houses, small shops and temples, and the area feels local rather than resort-like. Koh Samui is an island, so visitors arrive by air or by boat and then continue by road to Hua Thanon.

Natien Beach is 1.3 km away, and the Buddha’s Footprint Temple, a pagoda with a shrine to the Buddha’s footprint, is 800 m away. The Samui Aquarium and Tiger Zoo is nearby as well, combining marine life with tigers. Farther afield, the Hua Thanon Wet Market is 2.2 km away, the Hin Ta & Hin Yai Rocks, also known as Grandma and Grandpa Rocks, are 4.2 km away, and the Lamai Sunday Nightmarket is 6.3 km away.

A good day could start at Natien Beach, continue to the temple and the wet market, and finish with the night market on a Sunday evening. Getting around the island is usually by songthaew, scooter or taxi, and bicycles are available at the hostel. For a day on the water, the hostel itself offers diving, snorkelling and fishing as activities for guests who want to spend a full day out on the water.