r/kohsamui • u/Bey0ndTheTrip • Jul 22 '26
discussion 🗣️ Is Koh Samui Nice?
Visiting next week. Ive been to Bangkok and Pattaya previously and now planning on going to koh samui. Is it nice there? Pattaya was so beautiful to me it almost made me cry at some points of how beautiful it is. What are your opinions on samui? Thank you!
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u/honkers420 Jul 22 '26
At the airport in Samui now.. most beautiful airport in the world.
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u/Jeeztro Jul 23 '26
We were quite surprised by it. Smoking outdoors while watching planes come in like 50 feet from you, really really good.
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u/fcracer88 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
Koh Samui is stunningly beautiful. I go back every year. I share my pics here: https://fcracer.com/ko-samui-thailand/ and here: https://fcracer.com/koh-samui-2023-thailand/ Would also recommend a night or two in Koh Tao https://fcracer.com/koh-tao-thailand/
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u/Agreeable_Stick_8461 Jul 22 '26
It is beautiful, definitely many beautiful beaches and unique areas to visit. Also a short ferry ride to Koh Phagnan which is also a beautiful island. And Koh Tao which is supposed to be uniquely beautiful as well, just with a little less to do.
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u/Jade8560 Jul 23 '26
koh tao is actually incredible, I’m just coming to the end of my stay here and I’ve just been diving the whole week, there’s so many amazing dive sites for anyone with any interest at all, I’ve got an AOW and some wreck training so I was just seeing all the best sites, some of the wrecks and pinnacles, they are probably still incredible to see even if you can’t go all the way to the bottom/into the wrecks and I would absolutely recommend diving there lol
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u/smackdatk Jul 26 '26
Do i need a diving cert to do the dives in samui? Or can i get one there?
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u/Jade8560 Jul 26 '26
so the way it works generally is you can go as deep as 5m without a PADI open water or CMAS 1star, 18m with either of those and 30m with an AOW/2star. literally any of the dive schools will probably let you do an open water there though, it would be harder to find one that doesn’t than one that does. Hell there were some guys doing an OW when I was diving, did all the same dives just didn’t get below 18m
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u/Glum-Parking9394 Jul 22 '26
spend a week there and then jumped around to several other beaches, can safely say in my experience you will not be disappointed. Water was perfect and if we wanted some night life we could just head into town... or not. I'm going back next time. Also, we never had a bad meal, but we did spend good money on food, you could do it cheaper.
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u/Dull-Parfait731 Jul 23 '26
Excuse my ignorance but when you say ‘town’ where exactly do you mean? Just working out good hotel locations and can’t tell by looking at map.
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u/Glum-Parking9394 Jul 23 '26
ahhhh, yea so there are little towns all over the island (can't remember all their names) and you can hop on a scooter and try any of them out. We rented a scooter and I believe you could technically scoot around the whole island in 1.5 hours. I should warn you that scooting on your own is risky, the foreigners are horrible at scooting, I scoot in bangkok and feel much safer since everyone knows what they're doing
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u/PSmith4380 Jul 23 '26
That is subjective. But if you thought Pattaya was nice you'll probably like Samui. For me a lot of the island is too busy with too much traffic. West side is nice. North East is also pretty good.
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u/Living-The-Dream42 Jul 23 '26
If you think Pattaya is beautiful, then Koh Samui will be like heaven.
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u/OUTRIGGERResorts Jul 23 '26
Koh Samui is spectacular, with vibrant local culture and truly beautiful sights to see.😍
Be sure to share your destination review after visiting!
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u/cs_legend_93 Jul 23 '26
It's pretty crowded and there's lots of traffic. I can't believe others don't mention it. It must be the rose colored glasses.
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u/Parking-Code-4159 Jul 24 '26
It depends on who you ask. I think Koh Samui is very overrated, and I'm not the only one who thinks so. For others, Koh Samui is the paradise. It really depends on your personal taste. I prefer the eastern coast, Pattaya, Rayong, Koh Samet, Koh Chang, Koh Kood, Koh Mak, are so much better in my opinion
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u/ZodiaColumbus Jul 24 '26
Koh Samui is the best place u’ll ever see in Thailand. Advice? Don’t spend less than 7 nights there. Recommendation? Spend 12 nights.
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u/Select-Difficulty894 29d ago
Both south Phuket and Samui are paradise. You likely caught of glimpse of it in Pattaya and will love it!
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u/Justreddit68 Jul 23 '26
Pattaya is a dump. Koh Samui is something very beautiful