Amanpuri

The first Aman, opened in 1988 on a headland of Phuket’s west coast above Pansea Beach, with pavilions and villas that draw on the architecture of Ayutthaya (Travellers World, 13 October 2026). The MICHELIN Guide gives it 3 Keys. It closed from 15 May to 13 September 2026 for works that added 6 pavilions, a treatment room and a sauna, and reopened on 14 September.

Aman sells 8 kinds of pavilion and 13 of villa (accommodation). The Pavilion and the Garden Pavilion measure 115 m² inside and out; the 5 pool pavilions, from the Garden Pool to the Deluxe Ocean Pool Pavilion, 147 m²; the Two-Bedroom Pool Pavilion 262 m². All have a king bed, a deep bathtub, twin basins and an outdoor sala.

The villas have 3 to 9 bedrooms, in the garden or facing the sea, each with a pool, a kitchen, a housekeeper and a Thai chef; their pages give no floor area.

6 of the 8 pavilion categories, from the Garden Pool Pavilion to the Two-Bedroom Pool Pavilion, and every villa. The Pavilion and the Garden Pavilion have a sun deck and a sala, no pool.

The Ocean, Premium Ocean and Deluxe Ocean Pool Pavilions face the sea, the Partial Ocean Pool Pavilion sees it through the palms and the Two-Bedroom Pool Pavilion looks over it from the back of the hillside; the Pavilion, the Garden Pavilion and the Garden Pool Pavilion look onto the garden.

The main pool is 20 metres long, in midnight-blue tiles, on the Pool Terrace above Pansea Beach (celebrations); the beach club has a second one and the Spa House its own. Aman does not say whether the main pool is heated.

Buabok, Thai, by the pool: breakfast 6:30 to 11am, dinner 6 to 11pm (Buabok). Akari, Japanese, at the top of the steps: dinner 6 to 11pm (Akari). Arva, Italian: dinner 6 to 11pm (Arva). Nura, Mediterranean, on the beach: lunch noon to 4pm, drinks until 6, dinner 6 to 11pm (Nura). The Sunset Terrace: bar 11am to 11pm, with lunch and dinner (Sunset Terrace).

The Beach Terrace, for hotel guests only, is closed for the season and reopens in November 2026 (Beach Terrace).

Yes, every stay includes daily breakfast (accommodation), served à la carte at Buabok from 6:30 to 11am.

Yes: Buabok, Arva, Nura and the Sunset Terrace say they take non-residents, space permitting (dining); the Beach Terrace is for hotel guests.

The Holistic Wellness Centre has 12 treatment rooms, a steam room and infrared saunas, a glass-walled gym looking at the sea, a Muay Thai ring and Pilates and yoga studios (wellness). The Spa House adds a Vichy shower, a Banya sauna, 2 jacuzzis and its own pool, booked by half or full day for up to 2 guests (spa menu). The spa opens from 9am to 9pm, last treatment at 8pm; the gym from 6am to 9pm.

Guests have the gym, infrared sauna, steam room, cold plunge pool and tennis courts in the rate (accommodation); treatments and the Spa House are paid, at prices before tax and service. Aman’s pages publish no day pass for visitors staying elsewhere. The Aman Advanced Facial costs THB 12,500 plus tax and service for 60 minutes (festive brochure).

Wellness Immersions run from 3 nights, with a nutrition plan, movement sessions and treatments, and from 5 nights with medical diagnostics (wellness); the Mobility & Recovery Programme created with Novak Djokovic lasts 3 days (programme).

On a headland at Pansea Beach, Cherngtalay, in the Thalang district of Phuket (official site). The resort is self-contained; Phuket Old Town is an hour away by car and Boat Avenue, with its Friday market, 30 minutes (experience guide).

The resort includes a stretch of Pansea Beach (fact sheet), reached by stone steps from the main pool, with Nura on the sand.

Phuket International Airport is 45 minutes by car (getting here). The transfer both ways is included for stays of 3 nights or more; the resort arranges VIP transfers and fast-track immigration on request, and villa guests from abroad have the fast track included, up to 2 per bedroom (villas).

Yes, free, with valet parking, according to the Google Hotels card and the MICHELIN Guide read on 16 October 2026.

Google Hotels, read on 16 October 2026, for 2 adults, per night of a stay booked whole: THB 97,160 for 16 to 23 November 2026, THB 81,298 for 2 to 5 December 2026 and THB 109,056 for 3 to 6 February 2027, each time for a Pavilion at the hotel’s own rate. That day Google showed no price for single nights, nor for 5 to 8 May 2027.

The figures include taxes and service charge: the hotel’s link on the card carries the stay’s total and its tax. They include breakfast, afternoon tea, the classes and, from 3 nights, the airport car (accommodation).

The Extend Your Stay offer quotes its rates in US dollars, plus service charge and taxes, converted to local currency at billing (offer terms); spa prices are before tax and service. Lunch, dinner, drinks, treatments, motorised watersports and excursions are extra.

On 16 October 2026 the offers page listed Extend Your Stay, a free night on 5, until 30 November 2026, and Two Worlds, One Journey, for 2 or more Aman hotels in Asia, until 31 March 2027; Ultimate Discovery, Family Escape and the Villa Experience run until 31 October 2026.

On aman.com or with Aman’s reservations team, 24 hours a day (festive); cancellation and payment follow Amanpuri’s standard terms, as the offers state; the terms themselves are not on its public pages.

Check-in from 2pm, check-out by noon, according to the Google Hotels card read on 16 October 2026.

No, according to the MICHELIN Guide and Trip.com, read on 16 October 2026.

Yes. The Eco-Beach Discovery Centre takes children from 5 to 12, from 9am to 5pm, with an aquarium, turtle ponds, Thai cooking and dance; the Hot Spot, from 12, has a half pipe, a climbing wall and a digital room; babysitting can be booked (family guide). Children sharing their parents’ bedroom stay free under the Extend Your Stay terms (terms); the spa and gym are from 16, younger with parental consent (spa menu).

Tennis and 2 padel courts coached by LUX Tennis (what’s on), selected non-motorised watersports in the rate, waterskiing, eFoil and Seabob, diving and PADI courses, surf lessons at Bang Tao, and boats from an MTI speedboat to a 26-metre Riva yacht (watersports). Motorised watersports start in November (experience guide).

On 16 October 2026 Google showed 4.7/5 from 675 ratings (Google); the Google Hotels card showed Tripadvisor at 4.5/5 from 457 and Trip.com at 4.8/5 from 63. Guests write most about the staff, who remember their habits, and about the beach.

Yes, from a Thai Buddhist ceremony with monks to a full buyout: a villa seats 50 indoors, 100 outdoors and 250 with its pool covered; the Pool Terrace takes 280 with the pool covered; the Terrace, with a buyout, 250, or 500 with the pool covered (celebrations). Aman publishes no price; myoverseaswedding.com, read on 16 October 2026, gives a minimum spend of USD 105,930 net for a private event and no weddings from 15 December to 15 February.

Yes: on 31 December 2026 a gala dinner with live shows, then fireworks over Pansea Beach watched from the steps, DJs and dancing (festive). The brochure marks it compulsory and gives no price.

Open since 14 September 2026, after a closure from 15 May. The Beach Terrace reopens in November 2026 and motorised watersports start in November (experience guide).

The resort is built on a hillside: pavilions are reached by raised walkways (official site) and the beach by stone steps (celebrations). Aman’s pages, read on 16 October 2026, describe no step-free room.