The rooms themselves are huge, although starting to look very shabby. Bits of our roof came detached and fell in the pool, which also require re-surfacing. The hot tub never worked. Other villa’s have just been abandoned and left for nature to take them back (in the meantime, new villa’s are being built).

We came to Soneva Kiri after Capella Bangkok and the Four Seasons Tented Camp in Chiang Rai, so the bar was admittedly high. It’s still a very good resort, but, price considered, I don’t think it’s up there with the true greats.