Villa Saengootsa

Villa Saengootsa is a striking cliffside home of some twelve hundred square metres on the private hillside estate between Kamala and Patong. Its style is calm and pared back: pale stone, warm blond timber, crisp white linen and walls of glass that let the Andaman Sea fill almost every room. With six bedrooms over several levels, it gives a big family or a group of friends plenty of room to spread out without ever losing the view.

The fifteen-metre infinity pool is the heart of the house, edged with daybeds, loungers and sail-like shades and set right on the line where the deck meets the sea. Beside it, an alfresco dining table is made for long evenings under the stars, and a quiet terrace suits morning yoga as the bay wakes up. Inside, a double-height living room framed in glass opens to the pool, with a long dining table and a sleek, fully equipped kitchen alongside. Downstairs there is a billiard room and a cool media lounge lit by a glass-bottomed pool overhead.

The master suite is the showpiece, with floor-to-ceiling doors onto its own plunge pool, a twin-basin bathroom and an open shower that keeps the sea in sight. The other bedrooms mix king, queen and twin beds, several with direct access to terraces. A live-in chef cooks Thai and Western dishes, housekeeping is daily and security runs around the clock. Kamala Beach is minutes away, with Surin to the north and Patong a short drive south.