It 's well known that Chaweng Beach is Samui's most popular and lively beach. It could be found that there are many best hotels are built along the seven kilometers stretch, together with an endless number of bungalows, beach bars, restaurants, discos and shops. The strip splits naturally into three sections, with the resort town located in the central area. In recent years it has blossomed into the island's second largest town, and is a magnet for visitors from all over the island. All of the attractions are easily accessed by the road which runs parallel with the beach.

The second popular beach in Samui is Lamai Beach. It is a quieter, looser, and a little cheaper than Chaweng Beach. There is something distinctly boom-town about the main strip, which is generally referred to as Lamai Gulch, with its bars, diners and shops crammed together along the roadside and down the dusty side lanes. Ride or walk to the back of the beach road and you're in the heartof banana groves and coconut plantations, and you can take a mountain bike ride up the hill tracks and into the rugged interior... Or follow the road down past the headland where the infamous Grandfather and Grandmother's rocks attract picnic people.

Just south of Nathon is one of the best places to catch the sunset. There are a couple of good bungalows on Lipa Noi and some excellent seafood restaurants. But the real wonder of Lipa Noi is the shallow water. You can wade out for 200m and the water is still no higher than your waist. The velvety feel of the ocean bottom here attracts local children as well as visitors in the late afternoons.

Samui's most popular destination for shoestring travelers, Maenam Beach is some two kilometers to the west of Bophut. There is a large village here with several small restaurants and some dive and windsurfing centers. Ban Maenam is the fishing village, in the central of the bay, one of the few places on Samui where there is more to life than tourism. Maenam has a clear white beach running for four kilometers along the calm, scenic bay. This is a pleasant, secluded spot for swimming and sun bathing attracts families and the couple of lovers.

Big Buddha Beach is in the east of Bophut and takes its name from the twelve meter tall statue sitting out on an islet connected to Samui by a causeway. This is part of the Koh Farn temple, which is the focal point of this area; there is no town as such, although there are plenty of little shops and restaurants around the temple. The beach has very clean and calm water which is very quiet and peaceful for spend your time relaxing.

Choeng Mon Beach is white sandy beach is lined with casuarina trees on eastwards past Big Buddha that can be seen kilometers away on the
approaching road. A remote and quiet part of the island it has several smaller capes and bays, some of which have been developed into self-contained resorts. The Choeng Mon Beachmeditation temple is a tourist sight. Lately some mytical stetues have been added at the entrance, adding to those in a landscaped pond opposite. The geography of Choeng Mon there is no central village: this really is where you can get away from disturbance.