The Port Hostel by Suwatchai

The Port Hostel by Suwatchai offers capsules, dormitory beds and a private room sleeping up to three guests, so both solo travellers and small groups can find a bed here. Several of the rooms have air conditioning, and the Capsule has a city view.

The Standard Single has a private bathroom with a shower, a flat-screen TV and air conditioning, while the Capsule and the dormitory beds use shared bathrooms with other guests. Several rooms have blackout curtains, a seating area or a locker, and the Private Room measures 10 m² with a desk and a telephone. The dormitory rooms are shared with other guests.

The hostel has a fitness centre, a game room, a terrace and a shared lounge with a TV area, and it has an elevator. Luggage storage, lockers and safety deposit boxes are available for guests, and daily housekeeping is provided.

Ticket services, car hire and a concierge are offered, and there is a convenience store on the premises. Ticket services and car hire are arranged through the property itself. Guests can use a kitchen and a shared kitchen, and the hostel has 24-hour security.

Free parking is available on site, with bicycle parking nearby, and free Wi-Fi covers all rooms. English and Thai are spoken, and the public areas have air conditioning.

The Port Hostel by Suwatchai sits on Preedarat Road in the city centre of Surat Thani, a provincial town in southern Thailand on the Tapee River. It is a practical base for a stay in the south, and the town is a common starting point for travellers heading to the islands in the Gulf of Thailand.

On foot you find the City Pillar Shrine, a shrine in the town centre, and Wat Dai Dhammaram, a Buddhist temple a short walk from the hostel. The Night Market, with its food stalls and shops, is 600 m away. The Surat Thani Railway Station is 10.9 km away, and a ferry terminal is 250 m from the property.

A relaxed day could begin at the temples, continue to the Tapee River Viewpoint over the water, and end at the Night Market. Surat Thani Airport is 19.8 km away, so the flight connection is the longer part of the journey, while the rest of the town is easy to explore on foot from the hostel. The bus station and the ferry terminal are both within a few hundred metres of the hostel, so onward trips by bus or boat are easy to plan from here.