Samui Backpacker Hotel

Samui Backpacker Hotel combines private rooms with mixed dormitories, so solo travellers and groups can choose the kind of bed that suits them. The Standard Garden View room measures 50 m² and has a garden view, air conditioning and a seating area, with a private bathroom and a choice of bed set-ups. The Triple Room with Private Bathroom, also 50 m², has a garden view and a private entrance, with one single bed and one bunk bed.

The dormitory rooms include a 100 m² room with five bunk beds and a mountain view, and a 40 m² room with a bunk bed in an eight-bed mixed dormitory. In a mixed dormitory, guests share the room with other travellers.

The hostel has an outdoor and an indoor swimming pool, with a poolside bar and restaurants on site, and a 24-hour front desk, so the reception is staffed round the clock. Guests can eat and drink at the restaurants and bars on site, and the hostel's bar is a common place to meet other travellers.

For free time there is billiards, a game room, table tennis and a shared lounge with TV, along with a terrace. Tours, ticket services, bicycle rental and an airport transfer are also offered.

Laundry service, dry cleaning and daily housekeeping are offered, and there are lockers, safety deposit boxes and cash withdrawal. Free parking on site is available, and free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

Samui Backpacker Hotel is in Bophut, a village on Koh Samui that began as a fishing community and has grown into one of the island's livelier places to stay. Hat Bang Rak Beach is 100 m away, and the streets nearby have small shops, cafés and eateries that are easy to reach on foot. The hostel has a garden, a bar and a games room, so guests can spend time at the hostel itself as well as out on the coast.

Samui Airport is 1.4 km away, which keeps the first and last stretch of a trip short, and the hostel also offers an airport transfer. The Big Buddha, one of the island's best-known landmarks, is 1.7 km from the hostel. Fisherman's Village, a walking street with shops and bars, is 2.5 km away, and Central Festival Samui shopping centre and the Bophut Food Market are also nearby.

A full day could start with a swim in the hostel's pool, then a walk to Hat Bang Rak Beach and an afternoon at the Big Buddha, before an evening at Fisherman's Village. Hat Bang Rak Beach is the closest stop, a short walk from the hostel, and the Bophut Food Market is a simple option for dinner nearby.