Chaweng Beach Road

Chaweng Beach Road is Koh Samui's main nightlife artery — a long strip running parallel to the beach packed with open-air beer bars, go-go clubs, rooftop bars, and everything in between. The north end is more upscale with cocktail bars and clubs; the central section is where the adult entertainment concentrates. By 10pm the strip is buzzing. By midnight it's at full capacity.

Beer bars line both sides of the road with bar girls sitting out front. Go-go venues are interspersed among them — less concentrated than Pattaya's Walking Street but spread across several hundred meters. The beach is a two-minute walk from any point on the strip, which makes Samui's nightlife uniquely easy to balance with a proper beach holiday.