Hotels & Resorts in An Thoi, Phu Quoc: Prices, Who It Suits & How to Book (2026)

Where is An Thoi, and what does it actually feel like?

An Thoi is the township at the southern tip of Phu Quoc, the administrative heart of the island's far south and home to the archipelago's main harbor. It lies about 28 km from Duong Dong, the island's main town, while An Thoi Port itself sits roughly 25–30 km from Duong Dong center and about 20 km from Phu Quoc International Airport — a drive of 20–30 minutes depending on traffic. That short airport transfer is one of the area's genuine selling points: you can land, check in and still make an afternoon boat.

The port is the operational heart of the neighborhood. Mainland ferries, fishing boats and the tourist speedboats that run the island-hopping circuit all work out of the same harbor zone, so the streets around it feel busy and functional rather than polished. Expect fish-sauce workshops, wet markets and noodle stalls between the hotels — a rawer, more workaday texture than the master-planned resort corridor further north.

That said, the polish is arriving fast. Sunset Town, the large development built around the Hon Thom Cable Car base, has added Mediterranean-styled streetscapes, evening shows and upscale dining to the far south, and luxury beach resorts line Khem Beach just beyond it. The result is a district of contrasts: a working port town, a cluster of new-build entertainment and some of the whitest sand in Vietnam, all within a 15-minute drive of each other.

What do hotels and resorts in An Thoi cost in 2026?

An Thoi's accommodation market is wider than most visitors expect. Around 80 villas are listed in the area, with advertised nightly rates spanning roughly AU$38 to AU$463 (about US$25 to US$300) — and that is before you count resort rooms and port-side guesthouses. As a reference point, villa booking platforms currently list An Thoi properties at around AU$227 and AU$297 per night, both squarely in the family-pool-villa bracket. Here is how the tiers break down for 2026:

Two patterns are worth reading out of those numbers. First, the US$150–250 band is where most families of four to six actually land, because a three-bedroom pool villa at that price undercuts booking two resort rooms while adding a kitchen and a private pool. Second, the south coast prices at a premium to the island average for equivalent quality: 2026 where-to-stay guides put luxury stays in the An Thoi/Sunset Town zone at US$180 and up, reflecting the white-sand setting and the cable-car infrastructure.

Resorts, villas or guesthouses: what you get at each price point

Resorts. The south's headline property is the JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay on Khem Beach, Bill Bensley's surrealist campus-by-the-sea resort, which anchors the area's luxury reputation and typically starts around US$250–400 per night in high season. Around Sunset Town you'll find mid-range to upscale hotels with easy access to the cable car, the evening shows and a strip of restaurants — the closest thing the far south has to a walkable resort zone.

Private pool villas. This is An Thoi's real inventory. A typical US$150–250 booking gets you three bedrooms, a private pool, a full kitchen and usually a resident manager who arranges groceries, boat trips and airport pickups. A smaller two-bedroom pool villa on the south coast runs US$100–180 short-term, which is often cheaper per couple than a beachfront resort room. The trade-off: most villas sit 5–15 minutes' drive from the nearest swimmable beach, so "pool villa" and "beachfront" are usually not the same thing here.

Guesthouses and small hotels. Around the port and the town center, simple rooms start near AU$38 (US$25) per night. These make sense for one specific traveler: someone catching an early speedboat, a mainland ferry or a dawn dive trip, who needs a bed near the harbor more than a view.

Who An Thoi suits — and who should book elsewhere

A popular compromise is the split stay: three or four nights in An Thoi for the beaches and islands, then two or three nights in Duong Dong for the night market, sunset bars and the north of the island. The 28 km transfer takes about 40 minutes by car.

The beaches and islands you are booking for

Sao Beach is the poster child: a long crescent of fine white sand backed by casuarina trees, generally regarded as the island's most famous white-sand beach and about 15 minutes' drive from An Thoi town. Khem Beach, just south, holds the luxury end, with the JW Marriott frontage and calmer, often glassier water. Both have paid sunbeds, and Sao Beach may charge a small entrance fee in high season; go early morning for the empty-sand photos.

The archipelago offshore is the other half of the reason to sleep here. The An Thoi islands — roughly 15 islets including Hon Mong Tay (Fingernail Island), Hon May Rut and Hon Gam Ghi — offer white sandbars and shallow coral reefs, and group snorkeling day tours typically run US$20–40 per person including lunch, with private speedboat charters costing several times that. In rough monsoon weather these trips are the first thing to be cancelled, which is worth factoring into a low-season booking.

Back on land, the Hon Thom Cable Car rides from Sunset Town across the water to Hon Thom (Pineapple Island) in about 25 minutes, with a waterpark and beaches at the far end. It works as both an attraction and practical transport, and staying in An Thoi means you can be in the queue at opening time rather than driving down from Duong Dong for an hour.

How to book: timing, platforms and the questions to ask

Phu Quoc's high season runs roughly November to April, when the sea off the south coast is calm and the island-hopping circuit runs daily. For that window, book two to three months out for the US$150–250 villa band; the best-located three-bedroom properties sell out first. For Christmas and New Year, move four to six months ahead — the Bai Sao/An Thoi pocket is the island's premium white-sand zone, and five-bedroom villas there have been quoted at US$30,000–60,000 for the peak week, with rates climbing the later you leave it.

Low season (May–October) inverts the math: the same villas commonly drop 30–40%, and you can sometimes negotiate weekly rates on arrival. The risk is weather — short heavy downpours and days when the speedboats do not run. If your trip is beaches-first, book the dry season; if it is a pool-and-workation trip, low season is genuinely good value.

Getting around once you are there

An Thoi is not a walk-everywhere neighborhood. The port, Sunset Town, Sao Beach and the villa lanes are spread over 5–10 km, and the taxi and ride-hailing supply thins out noticeably the further south you go. Most guests solve this one of two ways: a rented motorbike at roughly US$6–10 per day, which covers the whole far south including the port for early boats, or a pre-arranged car with driver for families with small children. If you are staying a week or more, ask your villa manager about a weekly scooter or car package — it usually beats per-day taxi fares by a wide margin.

For the port itself, arrive 30 minutes before your speedboat departure in high season; the harbor zone handles fishing boats, mainland ferries and tourist speedboats simultaneously, and parking fills up by mid-morning.