Haad Tien is a beach in the southeast of
Phangan island, Thailand. The place is beautiful and rather secluded. Unfortunately, sand is coarse being more like unpleasant. Moreover, occasional rocky bottom areas are exposed during low tide. However, if it is not critical for you, the place is great. There are several hiking trails with scenic views. You can walk to viewpoints or to beaches of Haad Yuan and Haad Rin. Shore and seabed: sand, stones.
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Hotels [edit]
The Sanctuary Thailand is a beachfront boutique resort. This is a great spot with many health programs - including yoga. They also have best area of the beach.
Spice Koh Phangan is a great hotel and restaurant right next to Haad Tien Beach. You can read all details on their website:
www.SpiceKohPhangan.com. There are also few other hotels nearby.
How to get there [edit]
You may get from Bangkok to Phangan island by
Lomprayah high-speed catamaran. But the best is to fly to Samui island, and next get by ferry from Maenam beach to Phangan island.
There are two options to fly from Bangkok to Samui:
1. Direct flight to
Samui Airport (USM). This way is most convenient, but also the most expensive.
2. Fly to
Surat Thani airport (URT) by
AirAsia low-coster. Then get by taxi (1200 bahts) to
Donsak Pier. Then get to Samui by any ferry (
Raja ferry is the best, but other services are also good). It is
the best value for money way of getting to Koh Samui, but takes a little longer time, as the road from Suratthani airport to Samui takes a few hours.
When to go [edit]
The best time for a beach holiday in Pha-ngan island is a dry season from January to April, as well as second dry season from June to September.
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