In the know

Our favourite rooms: Ask for a Spa Suite when you book, and go for the Pool Villa Suite category. That way, not only will you be bedding down in a muslin-draped king-size, with separate indoor and outdoor living areas, but you’ll also get a shower steam room and treatment area, and be entitled to one treatment a day each. Perfect for decadent honeymooners.
Packing tips: Don’t bother with snorkelling or tennis gear – the hotel can provide both (there’s a charge for the tennis stuff, though); decent shoes are an essential if you plan on trekking in the area (and you should: the scenery’s fabulous).
Also: The biggest feather in its cap is the unique Earth Spa; its nine domed huts are made from a clay-like combination of mud and rice husks, and are linked by wooden walkways over a giant lotus pond. It resembles a sort of feng shui-ed Ewok village.

need to know - Evason Hideaway and Six Senses Spa Hua Hin

Current offers

Smith card offer: Dinner for two (excluding drinks), a bottle of sparkling wine and 10 per cent discount on rooms, spa treatments and one set of purchases from the Six Senses gallery
Current special offer: 25 per cent off room rates and free dinner

Six Senses Hideaway Hua Hin

Hua Hin, Thailand[view map]

Style: Pools, pavilions and pampering
Setting: Verdant, secluded Pran Buri village

Twenty miles outside Hua Hin and concealed in green gardens filled with palms and ponds, this boutiquey collection of wooden villas (each with its own personal pool) really is a hideaway – it's the ideal place to pull out of the fast lane and relax in the back-to-nature mud-hut spa.

Need to know

Rooms: 55 villas.
Rates: Low season, THB17,100–THB39,000; high season, THB46,200–THB98,000, room only. Excludes 10 per cent service charge and seven per cent VAT. Breakfast costs from THB790 per person.
Check-out: Midday, although you can stay till 6pm if you pay a half-day’s room rate.
Facilities: Spa with steam rooms, outdoor Jacuzzi and meditation cave, tennis courts, archery range, library, DVD/CD selection. In rooms: TV, DVD/CD player, minibar, complimentary WiFi and iPods on request.
Poolside: Each of the hotel villas opens directly out onto a private pool, so you can swim in splashy seclusion. The more communally minded can also use the resort’s main infinity pool.
Eco-friendly: The Hideaway wears its eco credentials on its sleeve. In big green letters. It's closely involved with carbon offsetting schemes, renewable energy policies, and it uses locally sourced food and building materials. It even has a mushroom hut.
Also: A smoking villa is available on request. You can upgrade your room to a Spa Suite for THB10,000 a night (subject to availability). There's a five-night minimum stay between 23 December and 3 January and a compulsory gala dinner on 31 December.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: Both the resort’s restaurants are open-air pavilions with rustic-styled wooden furniture. The open-kitchened Beach Restaurant has a wood-fired pizza oven and serves Mediterranean classics; the cuisine in the Living Room has more of a Thai tang.
Dress code: Floaty whites linens and debonair deck shoes.
Top table: For the best sea view, head for the cosy sofa-chairs in the northeast corner of the Beach Restaurant. Alternatively, arrange to dine in a sunken sala, amid the serenity of the lotus pond.
Last orders: Both eateries close at 11.30pm.
Room service: You can order food and drink in-villa 24 hours a day. A chef will even prepare a barbecue on your terrace in the early hours if you fancy a midnight feast.
Hotel bar: Set along one side of the Living Room, the bar combines rustic wooden looks with a flash of the cosmopolitan – stool cushions in striking cerise hues and a mean mojito.

Other facilities

Children: Under-12s stay free. Children can take advantage of the Just Kids club at the Six Senses Hua Hin next door, which will even look after them on an overnight ‘sleepover’. Babysitting can be arranged in advance for THB224 per hour.

Smith card offer

Dinner for two (excluding drinks), a bottle of sparkling wine and 10 per cent discount on rooms, spa treatments and one set of purchases from the Six Senses gallery

If you're a member of Mr & Mrs Smith, you can get special privileges at every Smith hotel you book through us. Just show your Smith card at check-in to claim the offer featured on every hotel page (like the one above).

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If you’d prefer to talk to someone, or you’re having trouble booking online, ring our travel team on 0845 034 0700 (+44 20 8987 4312 from outside the UK). We guarantee you’ll get the best available rates, and we don’t charge a booking fee.