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Centara Reserve occupies a languid stretch of island beachfront in the heart of Chaweng on Koh Samui’s east coast. Spread over an exceptional 8-acre garden, the resort is built around its palatial lobby: all columns, floor-to-ceiling windows, and bounds of light, with 184 rooms of various room types. The large Garden and Deluxe sea view rooms provide exceptional space, finished to a high standard in purposefully minimal, muted tones, ideal as a cosy frame for that dramatic palette of turquoise sea and verdant garden greens, as enjoyed through your extensive windows. Upgrade to a suite for amenities like plunge pools and a well-proportioned room offering a separate living space and modern conveniences.

Samui-bound travellers can book the Deluxe Garden View room, which is designated wheelchair accessible, as well as offering an interconnecting room option. Families are well- catered to, with enough variation to accommodate large groups, and Hotel Centara offers plenty of adaptability: shared pools across several rooms, interconnecting rooms between suites and double room types, and room configurations to suit three adults or two adults and two children.

The Centara spa offers a full range of massages (including iconic Thai massages) and facials, enhanced by 100% organic products and herbs from the Centara’s organic garden, as well as a sauna, steam rooms, hot tub and gym. Dedicated to sustainability practices, the Centara Reserve is a plastic-free resort, down to the wooden keycards, and guests can utilise a small collection of wooden kayaks and canoes. Sparkling water is bottled in-house, and Centara’s food waste is recycled into biogas, used in its kitchens. Centara Reserve offers several restaurants and bars, with the flagship: Act 5 creating delicous epicurean delights with a seasonal international menu. Sa-Nģa presents an intimate setting with delicious Thai tapas designed to make the best of delicious Thai ingredients. The Terrace serves international cuisine, but this is where you’ll find the buffet breakfast filled with cold cuts, juices, fresh bread, fruit and yoghurts. Take advantage of your stunning Samui location with a beachfront dinner in the Salt Society, or indulge in an impressive collection of gin infusions served with indulgent plates of oysters in the Gin Run bar, particularly pretty at sunset. Koh Samui’s indented coastline is a haven for yachts and watersports lovers, and Chaweng is one of Samui’s liveliest hubs, with a saturation of cocktail bars and nightclubs along the neon- soaked Green Mango strip. But those seeking a quieter side of Chaweng will find it in Hotel Centara and along the salty-white sands of the hotel’s beach.