Koh Tao Royal Resort

The staff are great, very helpful and welcoming. They also let us know about local events and offered a lot of local tours, boats etc. The accommodation was clean and spacious. It is a hut in a jungly setting, just back from the seashore. The setting for the huts is great, lots of nature - there are geckos and mosquitos, but if you’re not up for them you shouldn’t be coming to a tropical island. The beach is small but lovely, and you can easily walk to some other beaches. The snorkelling is good.

We stayed in a hut built on stilts and really enjoyed it. The bathroom was incredible - the whole room was carved into granite beneath the bedroom. It was set just up the hill from the beach, back in the trees and the view from the porch was paradisaical. The location is great - about a 5-minute walk from the pier and just off of the main strip, meaning it was very quiet at night. It also has its own private slice of beach. If you're a nature lover, I'd strongly recommend this hotel. From our porch we saw lizards (had a few in our room!), a snake, bats, squirrels, and plenty of birds and centipedes.

They had no Internet for the entire duration of our stay, as they hadn't paid their Internet bill! Not a particular problem for us, but we were quite disappointed at not being able to use the resort's kayak which needed repairing.