In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Villas 1, 4, 27 and 28 are homely three-bedroom affairs that provide a spacious and private retreat for canoodling honeymooners – Karma staff simply close off the extra rooms, leaving you with oodles of living space. All villas have spacious pool terraces and ocean-view private balconies attached to the master bedroom.
- Packing tips
- Save space in your suitcase and leave the inessential outfits at home – each villa has a washing machine and a dryer so you needn’t worry about wardrobe shortages.
- Also
- Learn the secrets of spicing and seasoning with a Thai street cooking class led by one of Padma’s master chefs.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A one-hour Thai massage each, plus breakfast and roundtrip airport transfers
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Karma Samui
Koh Samui, Thailand[view map]
- Style
- Tropical terraced villas
- Setting
- Palm-fronded island cove
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, restful peace and privacy. Near the bright lights and late nights of Chaweng Beach, this boutique hotel’s 36 beach-white villas certainly 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
- In low season, $580–$1,900; high season $690–$2,600, including breakfast. Excludes service charge (10 per cent) and tax at eight per cent.
- Check-out
- Midday, but flexible.
- 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.
Food & drink
- 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.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- Younglings under 12 can be accommodated for free and extra beds and cots are available. Babysitting can be arranged ($10 an hour). The chef has created a children’s menu of inoffensive favourites (burgers, spaghetti, etc), with a few Thai twists. More…
Smith Members offer
A one-hour Thai massage each, plus breakfast and roundtrip airport transfers
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Karma Samui
80/32 Moo 5 Bo Phut
Koh Samui
Suratthani
84320 Thailand
