Arina Boutique Residence

The rooms at Arina Boutique Residence measure between 26 and 40 m² and sleep from two to four guests. Several of them look out over the city, and a Family room sleeps four guests with bunk beds and single beds. Rooms can have air conditioning, a flat-screen TV, a refrigerator and an in-room safe box, depending on the room.

Bed set-ups vary from room to room, with a queen bed in the Standard Double Room, a king bed in the Triple and bunk beds in the Family room. Most rooms have a private bathroom with a shower and toiletries, and satellite and cable channels are part of the in-room television.

Guests have a 24-hour front desk, a concierge, luggage storage and safety deposit boxes. Daily housekeeping, dry cleaning and laundry service are available, tours and ticket services can be arranged, and bicycles can be rented. There is an airport transfer, a shuttle service and car hire too, and a taxi service is also available for getting around the island.

Dining options include restaurants on site, a bar, a coffee shop, room service and food delivery, and there is a kitchen. Free parking is available on site, and free WiFi is in all rooms. Internet services and WiFi in public areas are also available, air conditioning covers the public areas, and a garden is on the grounds.

Chaweng is the busiest beach area of Koh Samui, a long bay lined with hotels, restaurants and bars, and its evenings are lively. Arina Boutique Residence sits in this part of the island, so the sand and the evening strip are close at hand, and the bars and restaurants of the bay are a short walk away. Street-food stalls and massage shops line the beach road, and the area is busy in the evening.

Chaweng Noi Beach is 850 m away, and Tops Market Samui, a supermarket, is 400 m from the hotel. Central Festival Samui, the island's large shopping centre, is 1.7 km away, and Samui Airport lies 3.5 km off, so the airport transfer covers a short distance. The hotel offers bicycle rental and car hire for trips around the island.

A day out could start at the Big Buddha, a hilltop statue 5.9 km away with views over the coast, and continue to Wat Plai Laem, the temple with its large Guanyin statue. The Na Muang Waterfall, in the hills of the island's interior, offers a change of scene and a different kind of stop before you head back to the coast, and the whole route is easy to cover by car from the hotel.