Avani Chaweng Samui Hotel & Beach Club

Avani Chaweng Samui Hotel & Beach Club has sea-view and pool-view rooms, along with suites, and the views from the windows are of the sea and the pool. Rooms can have air conditioning, a mini bar, a coffee and tea maker, a balcony or terrace and an in-room safe box.

Suites sleep up to six guests, and some suites have a separate shower and bathtub. Rooms with a king or queen bed have a private bathroom with a walk-in shower, bathrobes and a hair dryer.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness centre, a 24-hour front desk, a garden and a terrace. It has restaurants, a bar, a poolside bar, room service and a snack bar, and serves buffet and continental breakfast, with a breakfast takeaway service and food delivery also available. The bar also offers happy hour.

Guest services include a concierge, currency exchange, luggage storage, safety deposit boxes, laundry and dry cleaning, an ironing service and daily housekeeping. The hotel offers car hire, a taxi service and an airport transfer, and a doctor or nurse is on call at the hotel. Free parking is available, and free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

Chaweng is one of the best-known beach areas on Koh Samui, a lively stretch of sand with restaurants, bars and shops along its roads. Avani Chaweng Samui Hotel & Beach Club is in the Chaweng area, about 950 m from Chaweng Yai Beach, and the Walking Street, a strip of restaurants and bars, is close by. The beach, the restaurants and the bars make this a good base for a stay that mixes days in the sun with evenings out, and the hotel's own pool gives you a place to swim without leaving the grounds.

Samui Airport (USM) is about 3 km from the hotel, and an airport transfer is offered. Wat Chaweng, a Buddhist temple 1.8 km away, is one of the temples in the Chaweng area, and the Night Market, 1.3 km away, is good for an evening of food and shopping. Big Buddha, 5.4 km away, is one of Koh Samui's best-known landmarks, with a large Buddha statue and a temple complex on a hill above the sea.

A full day could begin with a swim at Chaweng Yai Beach, go on to the Big Buddha temple complex, and finish with dinner and a stroll along the Walking Street. Car hire and a taxi service are offered by the hotel for trips further afield.