thailand · December — March
The Four Seasons across the bay. The longtail boat at sunset. Bo Phut for dinner, Chaweng for the night, Lipa Noi for the day at sea. The Thai escape on the route between Hong Kong and the Maldives — and the one White Lotus made impossible to ignore.
Hotels
Book the room — handled personally.
Hillside villa resort · 5★The Four Seasons across the bay — the White Lotus Season 3 location, the 20-day pan-resort itinerary May 2026, and the operating standard the show built on.
Cliff villa resort · 5★The Six Senses on the northern headland — sixty-seven villas, the Gulf of Thailand on three sides, Dining on the Rocks on the cliff.
Beachfront resort · 5★The Anantara on Chaweng Beach — relaunched November 2024, MICHELIN Guide One Key, the Sino-Thai design.
Pool villa resort · 5★The eighty-eight-villa Banyan Tree on Lamai Bay — Best Spa Resort Thailand 2026, the Banyan Tree Connections wellbeing programme.
Cliff villa resort · 5★The Conrad on Taling Ngam — all-villa, all with private pool, Gulf of Thailand on the western coast for the sunset.
Authentic · the quiet rooms
Reserve the quiet dinner — handled personally.
Cliff restaurant · Six SensesThe ten-deck cliff restaurant at Six Senses — 270-degree Gulf of Thailand views, table 99 on the outermost terrace.
Mediterranean · beachfrontThe Mediterranean beachfront kitchen at the Four Seasons — dinner-time Mediterranean, lunch-time Thai, ocean views to Koh Phangan.
Boats · charters & day trips
Charter the boat — handled personally.
Private yacht · dayPrivate yacht day-charter to the Ang Thong archipelago — limestone karst islands, hidden lagoons, fifty minutes from Samui.
Spas & wellness
Book the treatment — handled personally.
Spa · Six SensesThe Six Senses Spa on the northern headland — jungle treatment pavilions, the brand's reference programme in Asia.