Kata Noi Beach is a beautiful little bay if you want to be near Kata Beach action
but stay away from the usual tourist herds.
This nice wide strand of white sand has incredibly clear blue waters during the high season
and fortunately, its ‘out of the way’ location kept it relatively quiet.
Unless you know about it, you probably would miss it.
Except the beach itself and two resorts, not much is going on around Kata Noi Beach,
the usual tailor, convenience store, massage and few bars seem to be waiting for the hotel’s guests.
The northern end of the beach is also a popular spot among surfers
who occasionally get some decent waves for learning and practicing.
When low season arrives, the bay gets rougher and surfing is more challenging.
If you stay at Kata Thani Resort or at Mom Tri’s Villa Royale, you will get free beach chairs,
otherwise it will cost you 200 baht for a pair of loungers and an umbrella,
which is the normal price around the island.
The whole Kata Noi Beach front is occupied by the Kata Thani Beach Resort
and all rooms happen to face the beach… very popular and first rooms are affordable.
If you want to treat yourself to something luxurious
you can try ‘The Shore’, their beautiful new wing, all featuring pool villas.
More unique and renown since decades is the ‘Villa Royale’,
built on the side of Kata Noi northern end.
This unusual hotel, surrounded by a beautiful garden,
used to be a private house converted very successfully into a hotel. In the original wing,
each room has a different design and different decoration,
one of them even still features its own wine cellar built into a rock boulder.
Another spot no to miss while in Kata Noi Beach, is the line of bars built high on top of the back hill,
offering spectacular views on the bay… With name like ‘Small View Point’ or ‘After Beach’
or the newest addition ‘Baan Chom View’ you get the idea :
great sunset, decent food and definitely the best way
to enjoy a beer watching the sun go down on Kata Noi Beach.
