Gala Villa

Gala Villa is a polished five-bedroom pool home about five minutes from the heart of Pattaya, with beaches, supermarkets and seafront restaurants a short drive away. Behind a gated, timber-clad entrance it opens into a light, contemporary house built around its pool, and it suits families with children and groups of friends of up to ten who want space, privacy and easy access to town.

The private pool runs right alongside the indoor spaces, so the living room steps almost straight into the water, and a planted green wall frames the opposite side. A covered poolside terrace holds a long rattan-style dining table, lounge chairs and a barbecue grill, and there is a pool table out on the terrace for after-dinner games. At the end of the day, the villa’s own wood-lined sauna is a welcome extra.

Indoors, a long open-plan room brings together a lounge with a 55-inch 4K smart TV, a dining space and a modern white kitchen with an island, oven, microwave and toaster. All five bedrooms have king beds, air conditioning and en-suite shower rooms, and four of them have their own TVs. Some bedrooms are on the ground floor and others upstairs, and housekeeping comes in daily.