My Fair Lady

Surrounded by 10 acres of coconut palms, weeping figs and streams, the Sarojin (sarojin.com) could just as easily be a private tropical estate as a resortand that's perfectly appropriate, given its namesake. A figure from Thai folklore, Lady Sarojin was the eldest daughter of a nobleman and renowned for the exemplary manner in which she ran her father's household. There's certainly a familial intimacy about the resort, which consists of just 56 suites, sequestered amid national parkland an hour's drive from Phuket Airport.

Accommodation takes its cue from the verdant setting. Interiors are in unpretentious...

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