Santhiya Koh Phangan Resort and Spa

Loved every minute of our stay here for our honeymoon and they made it extra special. The hotel is huge which we did not realise until we got there. We stay in hotel 3 which has a private pool for the hotel with an incredible view. It is also where the gym is and it was the best gym in our entire 1 month stay in Asia. The sunset from the room was also amazing. Bed was comfy, designs of the rooms were traditional. They provide a free 24 hour truck ride from the reception to your room which was also amazing. Other reviews have said it is hard to get to the next beach because of the rocks and barbed wire however, they have sorted this out and the pathway is safe. It is only a 2 minute walk across the rocks to the next beach so do not let these review put you off. Would defiantly come back again.

Honestly from the start of our customer journey, Santhiya really blew our expectations off the roof. They were helpful on communications prior to our arrival as well as during. The resort is absolutely magnificent, the traditional Thai wooden architecture blends perfectly with the jungle surrounding it. You truly feel at peace in this resort, the pool suite sea view is exactly as the pictures show, we do recommend sea view as there is a lot more privacy then you’d have in the garden view. Now onto the employees, coming from a hospitality background, I must say we were so impressed by the attitude and kindness of the staff. Yes, it’s standard in Thailand for employees to be extra kind and nice, but something about the place and its people was just amazing. Special mention to Bruno who did an outstanding job at directing us through the hotel and our room, and Joel (not sure if I’m spelling it correctly 🫣) was our FB attendant twice and was really sweet and attentive to our stay. Overall, anyone looking for a peaceful and luxurious stay should definitely visit Santhiya. We have made it our mission to visit all of the Santhiya resorts in Thailand. 🥳

This place is amazing, loved the traditional Thai feel of the resort. The views from our room were spectacular. The food and facilities excellent. It was a very short and easy walk to the neighbouring Thong Nai Pan Noi Beach. This area of the island is like being in a movie scene, tropical and stunning island life. We were high up on the hill side, the resort provides cars to drive yup up to and down from your room. They operator 24x7 and you never have to wait more than a couple of minutes for the car to arrive and take you where you need to go.

Resort built into the side of a hill has amazing views from both restaurants. Rooms are good size. Good variety of food at breakfast and menu at both restaurants. Cute tuk tuks transport you to wherever you want to go within the resort because of how steep the terrain is.

The shuttles to and from rooms which is available 24/7 is great - we stayed not too far away from reception near the fitness centre but other rooms / villas may be further away which means you could only rely on the shuttles as opposed to us walking back to the room the odd time. Breakie was great with a good selection - the eggs Benedict were delicious! The staff were extremely pleasant and service was fab! You can get to the local town on foot (but it is over rocky terrain at the back of the hotel near the main pool behind the Titan restaurant). This has good food spots and bars. If you’re coming from Samui - check the times of the speedboat as it goes from the airport and goes directly to hotel. It may be better value than a private shuttle. We didn’t get this but regretted it! It was hard to understand the communication on it to be fair!