It’s a surreal experience arriving at Thailand's Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui. After taking a sharp right off the island's trundling main road, you go from bustling shopfronts to seconds later standing on the open deck of the reception, looking down over palm trees, blue sea and the pointed roofs of luxury villas.
It is the same bewitching view that greeted Mike White, director of the TV series White Lotus, and convinced him within 30 seconds that, after visiting 20 other luxury hotels in Thailand, this was the place to film.
General manager Jasjit Assi recounts how White stood for a moment, turned to him and said: “This is it. This is about a luxury traveller who wants to be spoiled in a place with character and spirituality.”
Scenic sea views at the Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui. Photo: Christine Harding
The little touches
It soon becomes clear that the resort is much more than White Lotus location-spotting, as you’re spirited by golf buggy down steep slopes to one of the villas.
The hotel goes far
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