The Racha Hotel & Resort, Phuket

Choose between the stylish main restaurant, a poolside grill restaurant and the relaxed sunset beach café before sampling a digestif at the cool Ice Bar.  For those who require a special experience, in villa dining can be arranged, as can dinners for two on the Star deck and the resort can even arrange for guests to do their own seafood barbecue in their villas. 

Facilities are excellent – there are two swimming pools and a beautiful Spa, as well as fitness room, tennis courts and yoga sala. Activities include snorkelling and kayaking and the resort even has its own dive centre. Guests can also choose from Thai cooking lessons, batik-making, fishing or quad biking trips, mountain biking or private yacht charters.

Whilst the main beach in front of the resort is often visited by day trippers from Phuket it is deserted by late afternoon and there are two other beach areas available for guests of the resort ensuring plenty of the romantic moments which make this resort so special.