Tanote Villa in Koh Tao Island

The Tanote Villa Resort is definitely worth recommending. If you’re looking for a quieter spot away from the crowds, this is the perfect place. Right below the resort is Tanote Bay, which is great for snorkeling. The staff are amazing - super friendly, attentive and always happy to help with anything you need.

Lovely stay, amazing views, staff were great, tasty food, walk down to beach lovely through nature, not too far, only 5 minutes if you are fit. Great for kids with pool table and table tennis. Not sure why yhere are any bad reviews as couldnt fault our stay, thank you

The hotel is perfectly located uphill ensuring breathtaking sea and mountain views. There’s a convenient pathway from the hotel to the beach, which would take around 5-10 minutes to get to. There’re two swimming pools at the hotel, one of them is very deep, more than 5 meters in some parts. The breakfast was very good. A la carte menu during lunch and dinner time was delicious too. Very friendly and helpful staff at the reception, arranged an amazing private snorkeling trip for us.

Pros: I liked the hotel's location, the cleanliness of the room and grounds, and the pools with stunning views of the bay.
Cons: I booked two nights, but when I checked in, I was given room 304 and told I had to check out the next day and move to room 301. I believe this kind of behavior by hotel staff is unacceptable. At the very least, such inconveniences should be compensated with money or compliments from the hotel. The hotel refused to compensate me, offering a 10% discount at the restaurant...

Such a great place to stay beautiful pools .5min walk though jungle to best snorkling beach.then a small walk back up to luxury. Breakfast was awsome.
Rooms are very nice ours was pool side so good.good aircon.

The beach is just a short walk away, and we used their scooters to explore the island easily. The staff was friendly, and we really enjoyed the Thai food at the restaurant, especially dinner with the view over the bay. The pools are also a nice place to relax.

The hotel is located away from restaurants, shops and other things. It is quiet, the area is beautiful, the views of the pool, palm trees and the sea from the window are impressive. You need to get here by bike or car. The room is quite comfortable, there is a restaurant. During our stay, the kitchen was being renovated during the day, so for lunch they only offered 1 type of sandwiches, nuggets and French fries. But the evening dinners compensated for everything.
There is a descent to the sea, and then a rather difficult climb (plus a lot of mosquitoes). For us, it was bearable and good cardio. For less mobile people it will be difficult. But the sea in this part of the island in May is excellent. Lots of fish and live corals. I did not see any sharks here. They are on Ao Leuk. Tanot Beach is not suitable for simple swimming from the shore. It is more for snorkeling or diving. It is worth using sunscreen even if you swim early in the morning and in cloudy weather. Because the sea is really interesting. We were almost charred in 2 hours... The reception staff was a bit disappointing. The girls were not at all friendly. They delayed our check-in a bit and didn't even offer us water to drink. Then, as we were passing by, we saw a group of people with a welcome drink. Unpleasant. In general, there are a lot of people working, all young, but they haven't been taught how to greet guests and communicate with them. They don't have any basic skills. We don't require anything unusual. Just hospitality and politeness.

This is our second time here and we plan to come again. Excellent beach and hotel.

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