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11 Hip Hotels in Thailand
Thailand has a lot to offer the discerning traveller, including breathtaking beaches, the energy of Bangkok form the pounding nightclubs, screaming traffic, gleaming shopping centres, and glorious luxury hotels. Thailand encompasses so much, and is often referred to as a golden land, not because there is precious metal underfoot but because the country gives off a certain lustre, be it the fertile rice fields of the central plains, white sandy beaches or the warm hospitality of its people.
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Situated in the hills behind Hua Hin, it is hard to believe that this splendidly isolated resort is only 2½ hours from the pulsating metropolis of Bangkok.
Hills, forest, pastures, rice paddies: AKA makes the most of its authentic Thai setting. Located on a ten acre plot, including its own organic farm, it is an exclusive retreat fringed by mountains and lakes, and offers almost monastic tranquility.
The beach is 10 minutes drive away but you may never tear yourself from the one and two bedroom villas (complete with roof terrace, water garden and a personal emerald green swimming pool) that are AKA’s version of a room!
The main lake-side pool is 35 metres in length, the type of pool that would make real swimmers very happy. Big villa, big restaurant reputation, big spa menu and competitive price equals big value.
AKA is the kind of place you’re not likely to want to leave, which is exactly what was intended.
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£1,599 pp
Perfect for families
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Live an idyllic tropical life for a week (or two) in your own contemporary Asian bolthole at Andara.
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£2,139pp in low season (May-Oct)
£2,769pp in high season (Nov-April)
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A once-in-a-lifetime experience inspired to combine the luxury of a bygone era with the thrill of interacting with Thailand’s treasured national symbols (elephants).
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£4,235 pp
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Indigo Pearl is located on Nai Yang Beach, just 10 minutes from Phuket International Airport, but because it’s situated next to Sirinath National Park it’s one of the quietest areas on the island – although the hustle and bustle of places like Patong are only 30 minutes away.
The open air lounge bar is set in a raised pavilion that catches glimpses of the beach, and Rebar neatly sums up Indigo Pearl’s ambience ie funky and blue. There are four different restaurants, the most spectacular being Black Ginger, a traditional Thai building on stilts in a man made lake with an all black interior accented by cobalt blue chandeliers. Alternatively, help create your own flavours of Thai cuisine at Moo’s Kitchen, Indigo Pearl’s Thai cooking school.
Moody blue lighting and traditional touches expressed in a new Thai modernity.
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£1,539 pp
Combine with a stay in Bangkok
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The sweeping vista of palm-clustered islands and shimmering seas brings to mind all the fantasies we have of the Orient's beaches.
The resort is made up of a stunning collection of bamboo-clad villas, most with their own infinity-edge swimming pool looking out over the Gulf of Thailand. A modern interpretation of a traditional Thai residence, with open-plan spaces combined with a loft-like arrangement. The restaurants and bars are open pavilions, deriving their aesthetic from the communal longhouses of traditional river communities. The view, the architecture, the style and even the temperature intentionally immerse the guest in the location.
This is back to nature – without a hint of roughing it. Six Senses Samui gives you a lot, including a comprehensive spa that offers every conceivable treatment in Asia...with a brilliant view to boot.
When you arrive at the Six Senses Samui the view is at once exhilarating and strangely familiar
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£1,349 pp
stay 7 pay 5 for stays 01 Apr- 21 Dec
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This remote retreat on a small island in the Andaman Sea has one of the most spectacular views in Asia. Thai resorts and beaches are renowned for their beauty, but this escape destination takes it to another level. Camouflaged by the island’s dense foliage, the beautifully rustic but thoroughly contemporary guest villas all benefit from a constant vista of a collection of limestone sentinels sticking out of the turquoise Andaman Sea with purposeful monumentality.
This spectacle continues throughout the property. From the bar, the restaurant, the beach etc, the view is consistent and unavoidably dominant.
This remote retreat on a small island in the Andaman Sea has one of the most spectacular views in Asia. Thai resorts and beaches are renowned for their beauty, but this escape destination takes it to another level.
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£1,579 per person in low season (may-oct)
£2,299 per person in high season (nov-apr)
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A private paradise on Thailand’s unspoilt island of Kood.
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£3,125 pp in low season
£5,295 pp in high season
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Bang in the heart of Chaweng Beach, The Library makes the most of its absolute beach frontage. It has the turquoise water but it also has a charm which keeps those who have discovered it coming back.
White minimal lofts arranged along a wooden jetty leading to the beach, with a blood red swimming pool and a startlingly white media room; The Library breaks all the rules.Not many hotels can boast a blood red pool. Nothing about this place is conventional, why stop with the pool?
An air-conditioned pavilion houses a floor to ceiling wine cellar, and a beachside bistro open to the elements – the dining experience at The Library is in keeping with Koh Samui’s emergence as a sophisticated escape destination.
Accommodation at The Library feels more like you’ve borrowed a cool friend’s beach apartment than staying in a hotel.
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£1,675 pp
Free night offer with complimentary breakfast
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The Metropolitan is a three dimensional metaphor for the city itself; a heady combination of cool contemporary with reinvented tradition. Beautiful wooden floors are combined with pieces by Thai artist Natee Utarit and an ultra-slick lighting scheme from London’s Isometrix.
Of all the hotels in Bangkok, the Metropolitan is the first in step with the city’s new energy. The Met Bar is at the cutting edge of Bangkok’s appetite for the contemporary and the restaurant, Cy’an, is Asia’s answer to Nobu, serving some of the best and most inventive food in Bangkok.
Guestrooms that feel more like a downtown studio than a box, understated splashes of Jim Thompson silk, a gym that is not just an afterthought, an alternative health food restaurant called Glow and COMO's trendsetting Shambhala spa, it's more than just a look that sets this hotel apart.
Unapologetically modern but distinctly Asian, the interiors are the work of Singapore-based Kathryn Kng. The Aesthetic is a pared down mix of East meets West.
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£829 pp in low season
£939 pp in high season
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A tiny emerald green dot blessed with brilliantly white sand beaches, a short boat ride from Phuket.
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£1,479 pp in low season (May-Oct)
£1,649 pp in high season (Nov-April)
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A futuristic, organic, idyllic resort lands on an island in the Gulf of Thailand.
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£2,125 pp
Stay 7 pay 6 for stays 11 Jan- 21 Dec 2011
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