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Suite 51, Zeavola, Koh Phi Phi Don, Thailand; 66-7562-7000; zeavola.com. There are 52 suites, which range from $292 to $585. Suite 51, a Beachfront Suite, is $585.
From your petal-strewn bed, gaze out at the beach and inhale the scent of Zeavola's fragrant scaevolas (Scaevola taccada), a flowering shrub that gives this southern Thailand resort its name. The architecture of your expansive teakwood villa was inspired by the dwellings in a rural village, but the allusion, and the illusion, end there: Amenities include hand-painted murals, private gardens, outdoor rain showers, 24-hour room service, and a speedboat to whisk you to this ten-acre resort. Zeavola opened last year, bringing luxe to Koh Phi Phi Don, which had been dominated by backpacker shacks prior to the devastating 2004 tsunami. But the recovery of the island is well under way, as the resort testifies. Come evening, you'll walk a few steps from your villa to a candlelit dinner on Laem Thong Beach, serenaded by the murmur of the Andaman Sea.
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