Chaweng Beach on Koh Samui
Chaweng Beach on Koh Samui is the most popular beach on Koh Samui
Located on the east side of Koh Samui, Chaweng Beach is only 15 minutes from the airport.
Chaweng is the main tourist area of Koh Samui and has lots of hotels, restaurants and shopping markets.
This popular tourist area has everything that a tourist will need in the one area.
Chaweng Shopping
Chaweng has got the huge Central Festival Shopping Centre that was built in 2015
Central Festival has all the main brands and is a hub for all your electronics, banks and restaurants
There are also a lot of shopping markets along Chaweng Beach Road that sells all of the popular Thailand items.
Clothes, Handbags, Electronics, Nic Nacs, Wooden Objects and Paintings are all on sale at these stalls.
There are also Beach Sellers that try to sell you things like sunglasses, hats, sarongs, bracelets and paintings.
Chaweng Restaurants and Bars
You are not short of choices for all types of food and drinks in Chaweng
There are restaurants and bars all along Chaweng Beach Road
Restaurants consist of Thai food, Indian food, European food, Italian food; just to name a few
There are also local Thai food carts along the road, that sell local food for cheap prices.
At the back of Chaweng Beach Road are Thai Restaurants that have traditional Thai dishes.
There is also “Chaweng Walking Street” that has all different cuisines in the one place.
Koh Samui is also famous for fresh Seafood. There are lots of Seafood Restaurants along the main road
Bars are all along Chaweng Beach and Chaweng Beach Road and have 100 baht cocktails and cheap beer.
Chaweng Beach
Chaweng Beach stretches a few kilometres on the main east coast of Koh Samui
It has white, soft sand and crystal blue waters. The water is warm all year round.
It is well worth a walk all along the beach and view all the it has to offer.
There a local Thai Food carts on the beach , where you can buy cheap Thai Beach Food
There are many Koh Samui resorts that back onto the beach, so you are never too far away from the beach
Click here to view the Resorts along the Beach.
Other Koh Samui Beaches
Koh Samui is an island, so there are lots of beaches to choose from.
The other most popular ones are:
Lamai – which is on the south east coast
Bangrak – which is on the north east coast
Cheon Mon – which is on the northern east coast
Bophut – which is on the north coast
Maenam – which is on the north coast
Naton – which is on the north west coast
Taling Ngam – which is on the east coast
Lipa Noi – which is on the south west coast.
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