Mr & Mrs Smith

Costa Lanta

Krabi, Thailand

If you’re into modern design, you'll be seduced by Krabi boutique hotel Costa Lanta's industrial-inspired, tropical-minimal take on barefoot luxury. Simple, elemental villas that embrace the outdoors with retractable walls and see-through ceilings, and a breezy open-air restaurant, create a laid-back retreat on the tip of Krabi province's crowd-free Koh Lanta island.

Need to know

• Rooms 22, with a choice of garden or sea views.
• Rates Double rooms from $97.43 (THB3,076), excluding tax at 17 per cent.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (THB3,076), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates include breakfast.
• Facilities Free WiFi in reception, beachfront massage sala, mountain bikes, boogie boards, garden. In rooms: CD player, iPod dock, minibar, free bottled water, Thann toiletries, beach basket, mosquito net, umbrella, emergency flash light, air-conditioning.
• Poolside A divine infinity pool stretches across the front of the resort. Loungers are well spaced for privacy, but you need to get up early to nab one on the beach.
• Check-out 12pm, although later check-out for guests with evening flights is usually complimentary, subject to availability. Check-in, 2pm.
• Children Children are welcome, but the hotel can’t add beds or cots to the suites, so you’ll have to book them their own room. And if kids burst the serenity bubble you might get a few sniffy glances from other guests. More...
• Eco-friendly The hardwood timber used throughout the hotel was reclaimed from old factories and barns, and only five trees were removed during construction. Bedrooms sport retractable wooden walls and translucent roof panels to maximise natural cooling and light.
• Also Motorised water sports and visiting tour boats are banned on Koh Lanta island so you won’t be disturbed by noisy jet skis and peeping toms. Smoking is allowed outside and on the restaurant terrace.

Food and drink at Costa Lanta

• Hotel restaurant The airy restaurant, with its towering ceilings and open sides, is sparingly decorated with smooth teak tables, white leather chairs and burnt-orange sunken seats. Designed, like the rest of the resort, by Bangkok architect Duangrit Bunnag, it's a gorgeous place to eat and wile away a few hours. Graze from the Thai menu where local specialities such as red duck curry, pan-fried prawns with tamarind, and crispy fish tossed in spicy chilli lime are treated to a gourmet makeover. Upstairs is a chilled living area and games room.
• Dress code Your Preen will fit in as easily as a Zimmerman kaftan or casual fisherman pants and vest.
• Top table Lit by lanterns swaying in the pine trees, the tables by the beach are by far the most romantic.
• Last orders 10pm for dinner; the bar stays open until midnight.
• Room service Not available, but the minibar should tide you over till breakfast (served from 7.30am if you're up early feeling peckish).
• Hotel bar Costa Lanta’s restaurant and bar are one and the same, but there’s also a small outdoor bar where you can sink into a massive bean bag and sip a cucumber martini as you star gaze. Tunes span lounge, deep house and pop with visiting DJs at New Year.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Costa Lanta 212 Moo 1, Tambol Saladan, Koh Lanta Yai, Krabi