Phetch Buncha Stadium
Samui's main Muay Thai ring, behind Chaweng: five or six bouts, local fighters and a crowd that knows the scoring.
Open≈ 1.1 km
The island's main private hospital, English-speaking and used to travel insurance, between Chaweng and the ring road.
The island's main private hospital, English-speaking, used to travel insurance and to the two things that actually happen to visitors here: scooter road rash and stomach trouble. It sits between Chaweng and the ring road.
There is a 24-hour emergency department, a pharmacy and an outpatient clinic. Several smaller private clinics cover Lamai, Bophut and Maenam for minor problems, and the government hospital is in Nathon.
Emergency number 1719. Keep your insurance details on your phone.
Emergency number in Thailand is 1669 for an ambulance and 1719 for the tourist police. Keep your insurance policy number on your phone — private hospitals ask for it or for a card before treating anything non-urgent.
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The closest places on the map, straight-line distance.
Samui's main Muay Thai ring, behind Chaweng: five or six bouts, local fighters and a crowd that knows the scoring.
Open≈ 1.1 km
The small cove just south of Chaweng, cut off from it by a headland. Same sand, a fraction of the crowd, and a steeper drop into the water.
Open≈ 1.3 km
The second stadium, in Chaweng itself, walkable from most of the strip on nights when it has a card.
Open≈ 1.5 km
Half of these places are easier with a driver who knows which hill road is paved. Tell us which ones you care about and we will build the day around them.