Villa Splash

Villa Splash is the flagship of the 12.5-acre Lime Samui estate, set into the coconut-clad hillside above Nathon on Koh Samui’s quieter west coast. The three-level villa commands a panorama across the Gulf of Thailand to Angthong Marine Park and the Five Islands — a protected archipelago of 42 islands lending the outlook a genuinely unspoiled quality. Five en-suite bedrooms sleep up to twelve, and with a full complement of live-in staff — multilingual manager, chef, housekeepers, 24-hour security — it operates more like a boutique hotel than a rental, frameless floor-to-ceiling glass throughout dissolving the line between inside and out.

The facilities go well beyond a pool and a terrace. The 22-metre infinity pool — the estate’s largest — carries colour-changing LED lighting and underwater speakers, as impressive after dark as by day; a dedicated spa area with two massage beds and a pedicure chair brings treatments in-villa at a fraction of resort prices; a private cinema seats up to twenty on reclining chairs before a three-metre screen; and a games room with a distinctive red pool table, a Life Fitness gym with TRX, a library with its own sun deck over a reflective pond, plus free kayaks and mountain bikes complete the offering.

The bedrooms suit mixed-age groups: four kings, two with Jacuzzi baths featuring waterfall fixtures and therapeutic lighting, and a fifth purpose-built for children with two queens and two single bunks — one of the more practical family layouts on the island, every room en-suite with air conditioning, safe and satellite TV. Daily buffet breakfast and return airport transfers are included, the chef on hand for Thai and Western lunch and dinner, and a poolside sala, barbecue and covered terraces at each level give a variety of settings, from a long family lunch to sundowners over the fishing boats returning to Nathon harbour.