Koh Samui pairs palm-lined beaches with a green, hilly interior. Resort areas vary from active beach towns to quieter bays and hillside retreats.

Conrad Koh Samui cascades down a secluded hillside in Taling Ngam, with private infinity pools in every villa and some of Thailand’s most spectacular sunset views.

Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui is an all-pool-villa hillside retreat where every accommodation faces the Gulf of Thailand, pairing 103-square-metre villas with a secluded beach and huge private residences.

Kimpton Kitalay Samui is a stylish beachfront resort on quiet Choeng Mon Beach, blending contemporary Thai design, pool villas, lively dining and family-friendly amenities.
Spread across 58 acres of a former coconut plantation, The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui combines newly renovated suites and pool villas with two secluded beaches, a swim reef and an unusually deep wellness and activity program.
On a headland at Koh Samui’s northern tip, Six Senses offers 67 enormous villas—60 with private pools—plus a horizon-edge infinity pool, six-villa spa and one of the island’s most dramatic cliffside restaurants.