PARADISE KOHYAO

A beautiful place to say. Very relaxing and quiet; good food (although a bit pricey); and stunning views. The only drawback (and it's a minor one) is that the location is very secluded. Unless you take a boat, you can't really get out of the complex, so have to buy food and supplies from the hotel itself, which weren't as cheap as other places we stating in Thailand. Still, a great place to chill out. 

Paradise is aptly named! A beautiful secluded hotel which is only accessible by speedboat from Phuket. The rooms were fantastic. We stayed in the pool villa with our own plunge infinity pool that lead onto the beach with our own deck chairs and even our own hammocks swinging between the palm trees! The food was first class and varied every night, although it would have to be because the hotel is so isolated you can't go anywhere else! However the hotel does provide day trips (for a fee) so you can still go kayaking, snorkeling etc.

The rooms, perfect. The food, very very very good (although no one in Thailand really knows how to cook bacon properly). The hotel bars only sell measured drinks so I would stick to wine or beer. Amenities, we took advantage of the bikes, rock climbing wall and laundry service. 

Wow . . that's all I can say. We had a marriage blessing here a couple of years ago and it was an amazing experience. The people, food, service and villa were out of this world. The location was truely stunning. After 3 flights, a taxi ride and a boat trip we were exhausted but all this melted away as we rounded the headland on the boat - breath taking. We booked a jazzuci studio but were upgraded to a beach villa as we had booked a thai blessing.