Thailand

It's all about the views at this hotel, which is on the Krabi coastline and offers astonishing vistas of Phang Nga Bay. Here, 54 sumptuous suites and villas sit...more

Silence is golden at this hushed resort overlooking Bang Tao and Layan beaches, where staff deliver seamless service without a sound and know when to leave...more

The quiet, underdeveloped islands of Phi Phi are kind of a vacation from the vacationland of Phuket, a 90-minute ferry ride away (less by speedboat). Beach...more

Another of Bangkok's riverside bastions of luxury, this Peninsula stares down its rivals—the Shangri-La and the Oriental—across the Chao Phraya from...more

Paresa's six southern Thai–inspired structures fit right in among the swanky crash pads perched atop the rocky cliffs of Phuket's Millionaires' Mile. The...more

A bit of Vermont in the shadow of the Grand Palace? Nantiya Tuliyanont, the friendly, globe-trotting owner of Bangkok's first true B&B, welcomes arriving guests...more

Not far from the Skytrain and subway, the Metropolitan, sister to the ultrahip London hotel, strives to be the epitome of modernism, with its Mies van der...more

At the southern end of Karon Beach, there was once a coconut plantation situated next to the steep, rocky shoreline. In 1985 the Marina Phuket Resort took it...more

A successful truck dealer with a taste for art, Suchet Suwanmongkol underwrote the $75 million dream of a young, unknown architect to build an ancient Asian...more

Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, is one of the oldest deluxe hotels in Bangkok, serving the rich and famous (Princess Diana, Nicolas Cage, and Elizabeth Taylor have...more