Our first time to Koh Samui - and we had booked the Baan Kohia villa after lots and lots of research. But the day before we got to Koh Samui, we got a call from the management company telling us we have been upgraded -- to this super amazing place that was right on the beach.
this is at the end of Bophut beach - so it's very quiet because there are not that many people walking around. But the good thing is that it is pretty close to a whole bunch of other hotels and restaurants via a quick walk on the beach.
the fisherman's village is less than 15-20 minute walk on the beach - though the beeach has coarse sand makign it a bit hard to walk. if you walk on the inside streets, its a little over a kilometer - so its an easy walk.
we loved the villa - the people taking care of the place (Toey, Khaek, Nikki) were absolutely brilliant.
we got the chef one day - it was amazing food and enough qty to last couple more meals. lots of restaurants out on the main street (about 5 minutes away) plus conveneince store to buy food and beer.