Charm Churee Villa, Kohtao hotels Thailand

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N. Yan 2009-06-06	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay This is a very nice villa, it fits well in its surrounding. Our 2-days stay in Koh Tao (including trip to Koh NangYuan) was the best part of our 7-days trip to Koh Sumai. This hotel helped made our stay in Koh Tao very comfortable and memorable. Their staffs are very friendly. Restaurant has a very nice view, thai dishes was excellent. Don t miss out on snorkelling in Jansom bay, lots of fishes.	Very smooth, no problem.
John Lee Gruby 2009-05-31	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay We booked the one bedroom sunset villa for one night. I would have liked to have stayed longer but we had no time. The people are very friendly and the Elvis and Cocktail bars are good, though we didn t try the restaurant. The hotel is literally and uniquely hewn from the hillside so one needs to be reasonably fit to get about there. The beach and sea are excellent and we especially enjoyed feeding the many species of fish. The roads are not for the faint-hearted so get a taxi; not a bike. We ll come again. Beautiful.
David van Rysewyk 2009-05-11	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Had a wonderful time at Charm Churee. Sure there is lots of steps as many people have commented but that is part of the charm . The place is built among the rocks and truely is great. We had beach room 20 right on the water. We woke each morning to beautiful blue water. The staff spoke fairly good english and really helped us a lot at the reception. We got a ATV bike for 600 baht thru the front office after they called a few people. Koh Tao is a wonderful place and I would suggest it to anyone. The brekki was stock standard and sure wasn t first class. We ate out each night in town and would suggest the whitening if its not raining.	sawadee did a great job. No problems when we got there, it was all arranged from pickup off lomprayer to departure.
Thanks. 2009-05-01	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Great resort with very good service. Go for room 35D superior-Fantastic. Death of Coral Reef a concern.
Lee Siu Lun 2009-03-13	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Excellent place for relaxing, We stay 3 nights this time and found fishes and coral are better than last time we visit. but the bay is croudy for the first 2 days, boats come and out, kayaking destroy the peaceful beach. this time we stay at the sunset villa, it was amazing. food improved also. we do enjoy this trip and highly recommand to our friends to visit.	fast and quick reply to our inquires. best booking agent we hv before.
David Emery 2009-03-12	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Excellent resort, good food and service, but i recommend you pay extra for either a beach front villa or one with a clear sea view. The more remote huts are reall pointless in such a beautiful place. It does have a lot of steps, but they are no problem	Just fine.
Caroline C 2009-03-06	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Charm Churee Villa was so great. The people were so nice and very helpful. The setting was paradise, i could not have asked for anything better.
YU GULAN WANG GUOHUA DING WEI WENG TI 2009-03-02	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay The second time we stayed here. One of the best resort in Koh Tao. Comparing with other bays, there are much more fishes in Jason Bay. Sunset villa # 32 is wonderful with incomparable seaview.	good
Rafael Lubowicz 2009-02-06	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Hi Wow, absolutely amazing hotel. The staff is very kind and professional. The rooms are nicely decorated. the beach is one of the best beaches in Koh Tao ( good for snorkeling). accept of the mosquitoes this is one of the best resorts I have been in Thailand
Visser 2009-01-31	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Fantastic Resort!!! Best out of the 35 different countries I´ve done. Expensive- But you get every penny back. Staff amazing. Location- Perfect!!! Few Babys around, more of a couples place. I´m going back next year. If your coming leave ya kids at home PLEASE!!! Bejay NZ	Perfect!!
CHENJIE 2009-01-28	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay it s the best beautiful resort i have ever saw.it s a wonderful time!	good!
Stasiak 2009-01-22	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay service and localisation - perfect. Restaurants - in resort not so good but walking distance can find much better. Quiet nice place. Can recomended to stay there.
Brandon Blake 2009-01-07	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay air conditioning was no good for 4 of the 5 days...they kept fixing it everyday. It then broke everyday. I had to call and speak to the manager and they replaced the unit so we had a/c on the last day and we were given a decent discount on the room. Pictures on website were not what we had as a room. Alot more rustic...Many many steps and stairs...this also should be mentioned.	good fast and easy.
Darren Kirstein 2009-01-04	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Great! Lots of steps but no need to worry about your bags as the staff will deliver your bags to your room. Ocean views, beach restuart and quiet peaceful private villas.	Easy to deal with. what a pleasure!
Jungi Marianne 2008-10-12	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Absolutely wonderful. Will recommend it to my friends. Will definitely come back.
Karinjean Danielle 2008-10-05	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay What made our stay so wonderful was the location - Jansom Bay. We loved the snorkelling and the privacy of the bay. Charm Churee is a bit tired looking, although we stayed in one of the cheapest rooms - which was still priced high for what you got.	I would highly recommend sawadee com as a booking service. Professional and prompt.
Walter Gottwald 2008-09-09	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Nice beach, the rooms are basic. Many steps! The price is ok. for what you get.....
Pamela Molnarova 2008-09-05	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay First time we failed when deciding according to Sawadee travellers reviews. It was a big disappointment for us when we got there. 1) The hotel: We stayed for two nights in the superior room and we were in disbelief what we got for 3000 BHT – old cheap furniture, no TV, dark room, dirty walls (spots from killed mosquitoes), no hot water, very low water pressure. 2) The hotel restaurant There are 3 restaurants: Two have a magnificent view on the sea and one is under a magnificent rock. Really beautiful location and good food for a good price. One is on the beach. 3) The Janson bay Beautiful place, small and plenty of fish. One can snorkel just on the beach. However as it is so small one can have a feeling it is overcrowded with just 10 people on the beach. The next thing we did not like was the music that sometimes was played at the beach bar. Instead of enjoying peaceful sounds of the sea we had to listen to music played by the bartender. 4) The island The island is a very good example of how tourism can ruin a beautiful place on earth. The island is very famous for its sea life and as such exposed to mass of tourists. Compared to the rest of Thailand, it is overpriced (any sort of accommodation there, taxi on the island). What we would normally call a paradise, appeared to us as a place full of taxi boats and ever-present tourism business. Generally if you are planning to visit the island because of diving, it would probably be the right choice. However be prepared for higher prices. We found much better places for the same or less money. We decided to leave the island after 3 days.	very good, worked very well as always
Dalia Levy 2008-09-03	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay This was a stunning and peaceful location and the room was perfect except for 1 thing(we were in the deluxe room). There was no tv. The service was fantastic, always with a friendly smile. Only 10 minutes easy walk to the pier shopping. The friendly hundreds of fish in the bay were great and loved being fed bread. I would definitely return, if they can add the tv, apparently it was only available in the most expensive room :-(	The booking service was efficient
Porta Stefano Guido 2008-09-03	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay wonderfull place, very relaxing. Very good food at the restaurant and at elvis bar, and excellent service. Very kind people, beautiful private beach. Ask for sunset room villa!	excellent
Su Lihui 2008-08-16 until 2008-08-18	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Very good hotel! Beautiful view, friendly and expert staff. Worth your money.	Very good service!
WANG WEIFENG 2008-08-16	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay very good!!!	booking quick and easy
WANG WEIFENG 2008-08-16	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay very good!	so easy
Luca Turchetti 2008-08-04	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Our Panorama room was wonderfull. All the resort is well done. Staff was really friendly and helpfull. Brakfast great as the dinner. The private beach is a jewel. We will come there again for shure!	Perfect! Simple and really fast comunication. I will use it again.
Noell 2008-07-24 until 2008-07-26	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay We had a wonderful time at the Charm Churee Villa. After a rocky start (2 hour wait for dinner and loud people staying in the room next to us), the hotel more than made up for our inconveniences by upgrading our room and seeing to it that the remainder of our stay was enjoyable. The food was good, the room was clean and decorated nice, and the service was pleasant. Would recommend Charm Churee to couples and honeymooners.
Jennifer Aimee McKibben 2008-05-23 until 2008-05-27	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay the charm churee villa is located on the private beach area of jansom bay, which is a perfect spot to be. the water is super clear and colorful fish fearlessly swim up to you as soon as you set foot in the water. the food at the resort is delicious and reasonably priced. i have only a couple complaints--the bed was extremely hard, almost like it was just a box spring. and i wish they carried san mig light beers. all in all, we enjoyed our time there.	the customer service from sawadee was great. i had a few questions, they answered my emails promptly, with great information.
Nadav Wilezynski 2008-05-12 until 2008-05-15	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Amazing hotel, great location. the staff are great - always smiling and willing to assist in any way. We really had a great time!	Great service, very fast and easy to use.
lelubre 2008-04-29 until 2008-05-08	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay We stayed for 10 nights in one of the beach front villa...the site is really amazing. However when looking at other rooms especially the big panoramic view villa (there are 3 of them), we were a little bit disappointed by the comfort of our room. I would really recommend the place for 3-4 nights max...as there is very little comfort compared to same price hotel/resort in koh samui or koh pangan. The food at the hotel is disappointing however we found some very nice restaurants in Sauree...	excellent
Family Månsson 2008-03-27 until 2008-03-31	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Very nice resort on a beautiful beach perfect for swimming and snorkeling, probably the best beach on Koh Tao. We had a beautiful room located directly on the beach. Very nice outdoor bathroom. Very friendly and helpful staff who really wanted us to feel good. Rather expensive, but absolutely worth the money.	Convenient and reliable.
Family Månsson 2008-03-27 until 2008-03-31	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay We just want to add that Charm Churee Villa has the most beautiful outdoor restaurant with really good food.
Sletten-Hansen Kjetil 2008-03-16 until 2008-03-21	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Great stay! The hotel rooms were clean, large and cosy with large covered porchs. The panorama bungalow (which we had the first 2 days) were a bit more than 3 minutes from the beach. When an opening occured we were offered to change to a beach front bungalow with seperate entrance to the sea. The staff were nice and accomodating in every way.	The booking service was good, but information on the boat from Koh Samui to Koh Tao was only given after the order was made. The last boat was scheduled to leave Samui 5 hours earlier then our plain arrival to Samui. We were able to change our flights and had to take 1 extra day in Koh Samui.
JEAN-MICHEL BERGE 2008-03-09 until 2008-03-15	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Bungalow très spacieux et propre. Ne convient pas à des personnes ayant du mal à monter les nombreuses marches qui séparent les habitations des parkings, de la plage et des restaurants. Personnel très agréable, très sympa de trouver tous les jours sur une petite étagère à l extérieur de l appart qques fruits frais offerts. Plage petite mais bien équipée, c est un départ pour des superbes sorties palmes/masque/tuba. Par contre, les sites de plongée bouteille sont surpeuplés. Restau correct mais inconfortable, il vaut mieux aller au village (10mn à pied) où on se régale de fruits de mer et de poissons. Pour le petit déj, pas de problème, c est ds un autre local avec des chaises et des tables à l européenne.	Très bien organisé au départ comme à l arrivée
Gordon Walker 2008-03-09 until 2008-03-11	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay We really enjoyed the privacy and the beautiful cove which had fabulous snorkeling. It was just down the path from our very large room. Breakfast was always a treat, as we sat overhanging the clear waters, and feeding the fish.	good
BRIAN SOUTAR 2008-03-02 until 2008-03-06	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay My wife and I stayed for 4 nights in Villa 32 which was right on the beach built on the rocks to the left hand side of the bay. We could literally dive into the water from a small jetty at the side of the bungalow into the water which is very clear and a fantastic bit for snorkelling...was teaming with all sorts of aquatic life and visibility was actually quite good. The food at the hotel was always good, and the location is about 7 or 8 minutes walk from Mai Had beach and the night life . Huge downside about the hotel at the moment is construction work on a few new villas being built near the reception area. We were shown 4 rooms/villas before we could get one far enough away for the noise not to be a nuiscence...which we had to pay extra for! Note: resort is very hilly and with the heat was very uncomfortable when going out at night. If you find any degree of walking strenious, I would seriously avoid this hotel. If not it is an axcellent resort with a trully beautiful beach and bay area...stunning!	No problems with booking
Shereen Scotman 2008-02-21 until 2008-02-24	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay We have just arrived home from our honeymoon in Thailand and overall had an awesome time. We stayed at the Charm Churee for 3 nights in a Deluxe villa. The room was nice, not as modern as some of the others we stayed in around Thailand. The view from the balcony looking over the beach was beautiful and they had a pretty cheap minibar (as cheap as minibars get). We enjoyed the private beach as the other beaches weren t really set-up for swimming. We only ate complimentary daily breakfast here - there was very limited variety. We learnt quickly upon arrival in Thailand to eat in the towns as opposed to the Hotels. It is heaps cheaper and tastes better. I would recommend the italian restaurant which has the Italian chef (La Matta I think) and the Amsterdam for Thai and Western food. The service at the Charm Churee was good - no problems. Not too far to walk to town but far enough away. Not sure if I would stay again (more because I would want to try something different). There was a nice resort next door to it (that you walk through to get to the town). It seemed really nice (from the outside anyway) would probably give this a try.	Sawadee was perfect. We had a very hassle free experience.
Elena Di Poi 2008-02-09 until 2008-02-15	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay I m a retourning customer; this is my second time at the Charm Churee Villa Resort. This Resort is the most beautiful place in Kho Tao. Excellent staff, beautiful secluded bay with a wonderful reef. We had a panorama villa N. 42 which was amazing and overlooking the bay. I hope to come back in this paradise as soon as possible. :-) Elena and Fabrizio from Trieste Italy	excellent service! we always book our vacations in thailand with sawadee.com
Bruce A Olson 2008-02-08 until 2008-02-10	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Excellent hotel with great little private beach. Ten minute walking distance to town. Helpful staff and upgrade to huge villa.	Smooth booking transaction!
Ji 2008-01-24 until 2008-01-27	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay This place was amazing!The staff were great, they all spoke good english and were very helpful. The food was great and reasonably priced.Charm churee villa has a beautiful location,great facilities, we would go back again.Loved it!
Sarah Beck 2007-10-24 until 2007-10-28	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay If you plan to stay on the island in the monsoon season, my advice is not to stay here! It is the furthest hotel from the main village and the path is not lit at night. Apart from that and the cockroaches in the rooms the service was reasonable and the food nothing special.
Haley Smith 2007-08-25 until 2007-08-28	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay The most beautiful little sandy cove with transparent turqoise sea surrounded by huge boulders between which are perched a small number of thatched beautifully appointed bungalows - so thoughtfully decorated to a very high standard. We had beach front villa and were amazed by the facilities, large bedroom, up a couple of steps to a toilet (incl bidet, toilet and urinal!) a couple more steps to a bath and shower area, open a door to an outside shower area nestled between rocks! The children loved snorkelling out to the rafts, sitting on them and then diving off and feeding the fish was incredible - the water fizzes with fish! The staff were all extremely friendly and warm. Enjoy drinks up to 6pm at the beach bar and then after 6pm at the restaurant bar and watch amazing sun sets.	Highly efficient and user friendly from initial booking and deposit to reminder of final balance.
Daniela Peretti 2007-08-17 until 2007-08-21	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay The location and the villas are great: we stayed in a Sunset villa and it was beautiful. Also the Spa and the beach are very nice, the hotel personnel are all very kind and helpful. Just a couple of remarks regarding the breakfast (definitely too poor) and the Chaba restaurant: the location is unforgettable, the service was quite good but the food was not very high quality - both the taste and the food presentation should be improved. In any case we will come again.	Simply excellent, fast and trustable.
Peter Kesterton 2007-08-16 until 2007-08-21	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay We were a family of four (Kid s 11 and 8)and had to take two delux villas as no family villa was available. We were promised two villas next door to each other, which would have been good as they have connecting doors. However instead we had one above the other which was far less convenient. Also note that the children had to share a double bed. Apart from that we enjoyed our five days there. The private beach is beautiful and there s good snorkelling right from the water s edge, as the clear waters are full of fish. The staff were friendly and helpful, and organised boats trips and taxis for us. The food was a bit disappointing, not up to the standard we expected from the rest of the accommodation. However we soon discovered Sensi Paradice down the path towards the town (only five minutes walk) which has an excellent restaurant and I would recommend eating there.	Excellent and efficient.
Mark Morris 2007-07-25 until 2007-07-29	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Wonderful and charming place! Sunset villa #38 is awesome if you can handle the walk up n down the forest paths and villa steps. The food was ok but dinner resturant menu pictures were somewhat different than what was served - be sure to confirm what you are getting served. Breakfast buffet is great deal! Friendly and helpful staff! Definately will return with more time to #38- THANK YOU!	Booking was easy and straightforward.
Charlotte from Sweden 2007-07-18 until 2007-07-20	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay This is a very nice hotel, we really enoyed our stay, can´t complain about anything! Great service! The best snorkelling we have had in Thailand!	Perfect
Marina Clarentius 2007-07-10 until 2007-07-19	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Paradise in daytime nightmare at night! This place are not good for the money. Very overpriced. We stayed right on the beach. First in nr:19 and then we moved over to nr 20. When we stayed in nr: 19 we could here the neighbor speak and smell the cigrett smoke very clear through the very thin wall. You could not go to the loo and feel privat bacuse the thin wall. The bathroom was outside and when it rain everything get whet. The construction was very bad and simple. We had a rat inside the house one night. Climbing rihgt over our bed. And very big spiders inside. The bathroom was full of bats in the night. The beach look nice but was full of see cucumbers and sharp corals. The area was very dark and quit in the nigt a bit spooky.	Very good.
Timothy D. Richardson 2007-06-30 until 2007-07-22	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Charm Churee is a quiet comfortable place for honeymooners and families to stay. An unusual combination, perhaps, but the space between chalets means that you can feel like you are the only guests staying there. Our Panorama Room was spacious and the bathroom was huge. Given the space available, it could have been less sparsely furnished - there were no comfortable chairs inside, for example.The beach is pleasant although there are nicer ones on the island that are better for families with small childen as they have large shallow lagoons. Jansom Bay is non tidal in that it shelves steeply and therefore the size of the beach varies very little betwen tides. Very helpful reception staff. The restaurant has a pleasant setting but that s about all. A lot of room for improvement here. Most guests staying for more than one night ended up eating at the excellent Sensei Resort Restaurant next door. The Elvis Bar shuts at 6:00 pm for some reason and the Spa is the most expensive on the island, perhaps why the Spa manager repeatedly informed us thet her staff had been trained through some famous masseur from New York. The access road is terrible and most taxi drivers will automaticlly double their fee to take you to Charm Churee and riding a scooter up to the resort is dangerous (but that is true for most of the island). In all, we enjoyed our stay, however after a few days the concerns outlined above led us to believe that Charm Churee is a nice place to stay but is rather overpriced for what you actually get. Having said that, there is not a huge amount of choice in this upper mid-range bracket. If you are travelling around Thailand, I d suggest staying somewhere cheap on Koh Tao and save your accommodation money for somewhere else where it really counts.	Great.
Melanie Winiger 2007-05-15 until 2007-05-16	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Koh Tao is great for the see life and definitely a place to see. As for the Charm churee, it s a lot of churee and sure enough no Charm. It s the most overpriciced place I ve ever been to and I really do not recommend it to anyone.The pics on the net were great but that s all that is great.	Great!!!
Ethan McPeake 2007-04-10 until 2007-04-13	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay Our beachfront room was amazing to say the least. The staff was great. The bay had great snorkeling. The pathways ways were very arduous especially in the heat....if you cannot exercize this resort is not for you. Would return in a heartbeat and will recommend to everyone I know.
Barker 2007-04-06 until 2007-04-09	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay AWESOME! I am a very discerning traveler, and was extremely sceptical about going to KT. We chose Charm Churee is it seemed the lesser of the diving island s evils. In hindsight, this hotel was way better than some of the VERY expensive hotels we used on Koh Samui (Nora Beach, Central Samui). We got room 38, high on hill, newly constructed (panoramic). I strongly recommend this roomn. Cheapest rooms in hotel are considerably less impressive tho. BUT, beach is great, hotel food is good, proximity to town is perfect (easy walk), staff are great, and it s NOT a rip-off. Rest of islands charge plus-plus, and large prices for mini-bar. CC minibar and concktails etc are so cheap it s a no-brainer to consume as much as you want. PS: We spent 3 days in Kao Tao, and 2 weeks on Koh Samui, then on to Bangkok. We found that all diving excursions from Koh Samui go to KT anyway - so rather stay there longer - island is not as desolate as web will lead you to believe. Also, trip from KS to KT is brutal - try to avoid doing this too often!	Professional, reliable, trustworthy. Will definitely use again.
Lucy Argo 2007-04-05 until 2007-04-07	Charm Churee Villa, Koh Tao, Jansom Bay This is an absolutely fantastic hotel. I highly highly recommend it. Kao Tao is beautiful but this is definitely the best hotel on the island. It is in a private cove and has stunning views. We stayed in the sunset villas which were amazing. If you can t afford to spend that much then make sure you stay in one of the ones on the rocks rather that on the beach. It s much more private and the views are gorgeous. The food isn t that good but it doesn t matter as there are plenty of places to eat within walking distance. They can let you hire your own long tail boat too which is just amazing and so cheap!	They were efficient however i did find it frustrating when i wanted to speak to a human being and couldn t find a number. I got there in the end!