Need to know
Rooms
Forty pavilions and 43 villas.
Check–Out
Noon. Check-in, 2pm. Late check-out until midnight can be arranged for 50 per cent of a night’s stay.
More details
Rates usually include breakfast at Buabok, Thai afternoon tea at Kanom Krok, minibar drinks and fresh fruit (replenished once a day), group movement classes, non-motorised water sports and return airport transfers (for stays of three nights or more).
Also
Partial Ocean Pool Pavilions are accessible to wheelchair users.
Hotel closed
The hotel closes annually in June.
At the hotel
Spa, tennis courts, private beach, watersports, diving school, charter fleet, library, gym, art gallery, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, high-tech lighting and sound system, fridge with a free minibar, CD player. TVs, iPod docks, a coffee machine and a kettle are available on request.
Our favourite rooms
With their distinctive roofs and polished wood interiors, Amanpuri’s pavilions exude understated Thai elegance. Garden pavilions are wonderfully secluded, with a walled garden, sunken bath and outdoor shower. Jutting out over the Andaman, Pavilions 103 and 105 have the most striking sea views and oodles of space. Pick a villa or the Garden Pool Pavilion for seductively private dips in your own plunge pool.
Poolside
The 27-metre midnight-blue infinity pool and its surrounding stone walkway form Amanpuri’s stylish centrepiece. Temptingly close to the bar, the beach club has a smaller pool and day-beds shaded by trees in the afternoon. There’s a small pool for children on the beach.
Spa
Set in a secluded coconut grove, Amanpuri's Wellness Centre is a light-filled vision in wood and glass. There are twelve Thai-inspired treatment pavilions, steam rooms, saunas, hot and cold plunge pools, showe, bath and outdoor sala for meditative contemplation. Inspired by ancient Thai techniques and Chinese medicine, the roasted coconut scrubs, reflexology-enhanced facials and sandalwood wraps provide head-to-toe indulgence.
Packing tips
Sporty gear – for joining a tennis lesson or Pilates class – and polarised sunglasses for adventures on boats.
Also
Souvenir-hunters should visit the boutique, which sells Aman products, gifts, unusual Asian jewellery, as well as more basic essentials.
Children
Welcome. Under-12s stay free on cots or extra beds. The spa offers treatments for over-6s and babysitting is available (from US$12 an hour and $60 a day for one child).