Tourist attraction
Ao Thong Takhian
Sheltered granite-framed cove of fine white sand known locally by three different names.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Ao Thong Takhian, a small cove on Koh Samui's east coast near Maret, follows why the same two-hundred-fifty-metre beach carries three different names. One is old Thai, tied to the takhian trees along its shore and the Thai folk belief that a spirit lives inside them. The others arrived later, from tourism and from the resorts built on the sand. Look for the granite boulders anchoring each end of the cove, they have outlasted every name given to the beach between them.
This audio guide was created using AI.