Amanpuri | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Amanpuri

A collection of teak pavilions set in a coconut grove above the picturesque Pansea Beach.

Score 87.86
Stats 40 rooms; 30 villas; 2 restaurants; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge The original Aman delivers understated luxury and unrivaled seclusion.
Rooms to Book Nos. 103 and 105 have the best Andaman Sea views.
Don't Miss Sipping a passion-fruit margarita on your private terrace.
Cost Doubles from $700.
Contact Pansea Beach
(800) 477-9180 or 66-76-324-333

www.amanresorts.com

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““I appreciate beauty most when i have to look for it,” Derek Lam says....” MORE»

—Gigi Guerra
“Spotlight: Derek Lam” in Travel + Leisure, Sep 2008

“Phuket's Amanpuri, the very first Amanresorts property, and still, we say, the loveliest....” MORE»

—Peter Jon Lindberg
“Take the New Grand Tour: Asia” in Travel + Leisure, Sep 2006

“When I went to Amanpuri in Phuket, Thailand, I didn't stay at the main house; I got a villa. Mine had a private pool, a driver, a gardener and two maids just for me. My wet bathing suit was miraculously dried, folded and laid out by the time I got out of the shower....” MORE»

—Dirk Standen
“The Relaxation Report” in Food & Wine, Jan 2004