Lonely Beach Luxury Villas

Local guide

Koh Phangan recommendations

Thank you for choosing to spend your vacation at our home. Here's our personal guide to the island — places we love, things to do, and how to make the most of your stay.

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Around the villa

  • Rent a scooter
    Please drive safely and wear a helmet!
    Open

Taxi drivers

Trusted local drivers — call or WhatsApp ahead.

Food delivery

  • Phangan Delivery
    Island-wide food delivery app
    Open

Resorts with pool & restaurant (great with kids)

Pop in for lunch or a swim day — family-friendly day stops.

  • Coco Loco
  • Milky Bay
  • Cabana
  • Sense Asia

Walking distance from the villa

Easy beach walks for breakfast, lunch or a sunset drink.

  • Siam Cookies
    Down to the beach, turn right, 4 min walk
    Open
  • Ocean Vibes
    5 min further along the beach after Siam Cookies
    Open
  • Bluerama
    Amazing view and good food
    Open
  • Baan Manali
    Down to the beach, turn left, 15 min walk
    Open
  • Siri's Island
    Great Thai food
    Open

Events on the island

Two great resources to see what's happening day-to-day.

  • Koh Phangan events — Facebook group
    Every interesting event going on
    Open
  • todo.today
    Daily WhatsApp with today's highlights
    Open

Bars

Top restaurants

  • Bustan
    Pre-book required
    Open
  • Dao
    Chef's cousin — pre-register
    Open
  • Fishermen (Ban Tai)
    Amazing seafood
    Open
  • Satipot
    Reserve a table up front
    Open
  • Dar Mansour
    Moroccan kitchen
    Open

Japanese

Healthy & vegan

  • Street Vegan (Sritanu)
    Open
  • Foods and Roots (Chaloklum)
    Open
  • Deli Devi (Sritanu)
    Open
  • Carrot Cafe (Chaloklum)
    Open

Thai

Great Thai food is everywhere — these are especially good.

Coffee & breakfast with a view

Cafés & breakfast on the beach near the villa

Coffee places

  • Mimi's
  • Cookies
  • Bubba's
  • Kaif
  • Indigo
  • Balance
  • Young Son
    Open

Hikes & nature

  • Secret waterfall
    Entrance through the Dome — drive all the way up, park, walk down toward the sound of the water
    Open
  • Circular hike (2–3h)
    Nice viewpoint at the end
    Open
  • Short hike to a natural pool
    Jump in when the water is full and climb the rocks
    Open
  • Khao Ra — highest peak on Koh Phangan
    Serious climb, ~1–1.5h to the summit, incredible views
    Open
  • Easy walk to an amazing viewpoint — start
    Open
  • Easy walk to an amazing viewpoint — viewpoint
    Open
  • Haad Khom → Bottle Beach hike
    Better with a guide or via the KGP hiking group; AllTrails also works
    Open

More waterfalls

  • Than Sadet & Phu Dang waterfall
    Park on the left, walk down. Continue to Than Sadet beach after
    Open
  • Paradise waterfall
    Open

Viewpoints

  • Dudka
    Sunset, ice bath and sauna
    Open

Parties

There's something happening almost every night.

  • Koh Phangan parties — Facebook group
    Open
  • Room Service Events
    Open
  • Wednesdays @ Seaboard (Haad Yao)
    Starts in the afternoon, ends around 1:00
  • Saturday @ Holistone
  • Saturday @ Eden (Haad Yuan)
  • Sunday @ Bamboo (after Eden)

Ecstatic dance & sound healing

  • Sunday morning @ the Pyramid
    Open
  • Friday evening @ Aum Sound Healing
    Tribal, bonfire, sauna, ice bath, pool and more
    Open
  • Thursday evening @ Shivari
    Open
  • The Dome
    Sound healing, sauna, bonfire and chill — most afternoons & evenings
    Open

Snorkeling

  • Detailed snorkeling guide (Facebook post)
    Open
  • Koh Ma — the best snorkeling spot
    Open
  • Viewpoint just above Koh Ma
    Open

Beaches worth visiting

  • Secret Beach
  • Chaloklum (Malibu beach, Fanta beach)
  • Bottle Beach
    Take a taxi boat from Chaloklum
  • Zen Beach
  • Haad Yuan
  • Haad WhyNam
  • Haad Khom
  • Thong Nai Pan
  • Than Sadet
  • Lonely Beach

Massages

Plenty of options on the island — these are the ones we like.

  • Kanda (Thong Sala)
  • Papaya 1 (Sritanu)
  • Revive
  • Pure Relax
    In and near Thong Sala — not the one in Sritanu
  • Thong
    Amazing masseuse — text to pre-book, no walk-ins
    Open