Paresa Resort, Phuket

One of the many ways Paresa helps guests connect with Thai culture is through hour-long classes in the art of muay thai, traditional Thai boxing.

Setting

Forty-nine rooms and villas are built into the Kamala cliffs overlooking the Andaman Sea. You’ll feel discreetly hidden in the resort’s forest of giant banyan trees.

Traditional Wellness

Treatments at Paresa’s spa are based on ancient Thai healing therapies. A Thai massage, followed by a jasmine rice body mask, will ease achy muscles.

Pool Party

Watch a light show during dinner when you eat alfresco on a floating deck in the fiber-optic-lit infinity pool.

From $630. 66/(0) 76-302-000.