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Article #305: The Best Koh Tao Hotel For Your Thailand Holiday

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Finding the best Koh Tao Hotel for your well worth the wait. The lunch at the
Thailand Holiday shouldn't be left to beach bar has an extensive reasonably
chance. Many people don't do enough priced menu, with excellent seafood, but
research before booking a Thailand it is only a short walk of less than a
vacation, and they just pick a Thailand quarter of an hour into town, where this
Hotel out of a brochure, and if they get a good selection of very reasonably
it wrong, then they won't have a great priced restaurants.
Thailand vacation, and they might also The Spa in the Charm Churee is extremely
find that the beautiful Thailand beach good, better than you will find in any
they were promised in the brochure isn't other Koh Tao hotel, in fact this may be
what it was cracked up to be. the only spa on the island. It is built
It pays to do research, and it is worth as little Thai Huts, and a couples
discovering Koh Tao. massage can easily be arranged.
Koh Tao is a beautiful island off the The Charm Churee Villa really only has
coast of Thailand just north of Koh one downside, and that is the number of
Samui. The best hotel on Koh Tao is the steps, boulders and difficult paths.
Charm Churee Villa which sits very close There can be over 50 steps to your villa,
to Jansom Bay. This is one of Koh Tao's which doesn't matter if you are young and
most beautiful and private beaches in the fit, but has to be considered if there
south west corner of the island. are elderly, disabled or very young
The best way to get to Koh Tao is to fly children coming to this Koh Tao
into Koh Samui and get the catamaran accommodation.
over. Do pay extra and get seats in the It is worth noting that the cheaper rooms
VIP lounge. To get to the Charm Churee are a lot further up the hill!
you'll be picked up by water taxi and The beach is great, and there are masses
taken to the small private beach. of fish. The hotel has snorkelling gear
You need to book a Sunset Villa at the but you would be advised to take your
Charm Churee. They are huge, even having own. There are two bamboo rafts anchored
a dressing room, and a very large offshore to relax on. The sea is just
bathroom. Two balconies look out at the like swimming in an aquarium.
sea, and very private too. The rooms If you are in Koh Tao for the scuba
don't have all the bits like TV's and diving, a very strong recommendation is
DVD's but honestly, do you come to a Dive Point. Take the hotel longboat out
place like Koh Tao for that anyway. There to Koh Nang Yuang where there is another
are no telephones in the rooms, but if great beach and very good for
you want reception you can just use your snorkelling.
mobile phone. You will find the hotel staff at Charm
It is not only the accommodation that Churee very friendly, a number of them
makes this the best hotel on Koh Tao, it are from Burma.
is the beach, the ambience, and very much There is little doubt that if you are on
the food in the restaurant, and down at a Thailand Holiday you need to visit Koh
the beach bar. Meals in the restaurant do Tao, and the best Koh Tao Hotel is the
take quite a long time to arrive, and Charm Churee Villa.
everything will arrive at once, but it is






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