Baan Kluay Mai Guest House

The rooms at Baan Kluay Mai Guest House run from a single room and a standard double room with a city view to a deluxe room with a queen bed and triples with either a queen and a single bed or three single beds. Several rooms have air conditioning, a private bathroom with a shower and toiletries, and a dining table.

Guests can use free Wi-Fi in every room, and the rooms are in Chaweng, where the beach and the walking street are close by on Koh Samui.

Tours can be arranged, and the guesthouse offers car hire, a taxi service, ticket services and a shuttle service. Car hire suits guests who want to explore the island on their own schedule. An airport transfer is also offered for arriving guests, and daily housekeeping, laundry and ironing services are available.

Air conditioning is provided in the public areas, and the property has a kitchen and restaurants. Guests can use Wi-Fi in the public areas as well as in the rooms, and safety deposit boxes are available.

Parking on site is free, and there is parking nearby as well. English and Thai are spoken. Ticket services are also offered, and the island's main sights are a drive away by road.

Chaweng is one of the busiest areas on Koh Samui, with a long stretch of sand and a line of restaurants, bars and shops along the road behind the beach. The guesthouse sits in this part of the island, where the beach and the evening street life are part of everyday life. After sunset the area stays busy, with bars and street-food stalls on the streets, so the sea and the nightlife are both close at hand.

Chaweng Noi Beach is 1.1 km away, and the Chaweng Walking Street, a pedestrian street of bars and shops, is 250 m away. Wat Chaweng is a pagoda in the same area. Samui Airport, on the island itself, is 3.3 km away. For temples and waterfalls further afield, the Big Buddha is 5.7 km away and Na Muang Waterfall is 9.1 km away.

A good day could begin with a swim at Chaweng Yai Beach, continue to the Big Buddha temple, and end with dinner on the Chaweng Walking Street. Na Muang Waterfall makes a different kind of outing, away from the beaches, and it can be planned for another day. Chaweng Noi Beach and Chaweng Yai Beach are both within a few kilometres of the guesthouse, so a beach afternoon fits easily into the same day.