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Karma Samui

Koh Samui, Thailand

Balmy, palmy Koh Samui has become a bigger dot on the Thailand tourist’s radar over the last few years but, thankfully, there are still some places where you can enjoy the island’s indisputable beauty in luxurious peace and privacy. Near the bright lights and late nights of Chaweng Beach, boutique hotel Karma Samui's 36 beach-white villas tick the luxury box, with each one offering goose-pimpling sea views, tiger-swinging spaciousness and your own pool to relax in.

Need to know

• Rooms 36 pool villas.
• Rates Double rooms from $760.00, excluding tax at 8 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional service charge of 10% per booking on checkout.
  Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency ($760), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
• More details Rates include a welcome refreshment, cold towels and tropical fruit.
• Facilities Ayurvedic spa, gym, library, 3,000-bottle wine cellar. In villas: full Smeg kitchens, cable TV, DVD player, wireless surround sound, broadband internet, minibar, tea/coffee.
• Poolside Each villa boasts its own private six-metre infinity pool overlooking the sea and there’s a larger lounger-lined arc of water on a terrace below the restaurant, jutting out over the Gulf.
• Check-out Midday, but flexible.
• Children Younglings under 12 can be accommodated for free and extra beds and cots are available. Babysitting can be arranged (US$10 an hour). The chef has created a children’s menu of inoffensive favourites (burgers, spaghetti, etc), with a few Thai twists. More...

Food and drink at Karma Samui

• Hotel restaurant

  Food is one of Karma Samui’s strongest points. From à la carte breakfasts featuring salmon and dill pancakes right through to teriyaki tenderloin at dinner, Padma offers island-renowned Thai and Asian cuisine and camera-grabbing views over the Gulf.

• Dress code Bonny, bright and beachy keen.
• Top table Although the edge of Padma’s terrace is best for the view, nothing beats the intimacy of enjoying an Asian barbecue on your villa terrace, prepared by your private chef and served by your personal waiter.
• Last orders You can eat in Padma until midnight; you can drink there as long as you want.
• Room service 24 hours.
• Hotel bar

  Padma’s bar staff are dab hands with a cocktail shaker and can whisk up delicious lychee martinis (lychees, lychee liqueur, lemongrass syrup, apple juice). Ministry of Sound DJs spin their sounds at the bar’s monthly Moonrise parties.

Karma Samui 80/32 Moo 5 Bo Phut,, Koh Samui, 84320