Design darlings: all the best boutique hotels in Hua Hin, Thailand for your next beach escape

While many flock to holiday at hotels in Phuket or the best eco-friendly hotels in Thailand, just over a two-hour drive from Bangkok, Hua Hin remains a darling of Thai aristocracy and in-the-know travellers from Asia and Europe. Long stretches of wide sandy beaches, championship golf courses, three national parks nearby, an award-winning winery, and tantalising food tours await. And to top it off, here are our pick of the best boutique hotels in Hua Hin for your next beach escape.

Best boutique hotels in Hua Hin, Thailand

1. V Villas Hua Hin

Boutique V Villas offers 28 spacious pool villas complete with 24-hr butler service and luxe Hermès amenities and is part of Accor’s MGallery Hotel Collection. Renowned French architects, J+H Boiffils, took inspiration from Asia’s terraced rice paddies, evident in tall green walls and central hedgerow paths leading through the resort.

Each of the one, two or three-bedroom pool villas offer a sense of space yet seclusion with their warm timber lines, cooling expanse of tiles, plush, fall in and chill furniture. Cool off in your own pool whenever the urge strikes. Your Butler can certainly rustle up the cocktails?

Venture out of your villa to discover the insta-inspiring beachfront infinity pool, signature V Spa, Va Vie Café, and poolside Villazzo restaurant with its romantic dining Salas sunken into the resort pool.

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2. Aleenta Hua Hin Pranburi Resort & Spa

Around about 40 minutes from the centre of Hua Hin, Aleenta Hua Hin Pranburi Resort & Spa is a haven for total relaxation. You won’t TVs in the rooms here, rather a huge assortment of books to allow you to soak in the enchanting natural surroundings.

Sign up for a Thai cooking class, take part in a beach clean, or retire to the pool for a lazy day in the sun. The food here is sublime and is locally grown for ultimate freshness.

Read our full review of Aleenta Hua Hin Pranburi Resort & Spa.

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3. Anantara Hua Hin Resort & Spa

Anantara Hua Hin Resort is a beachside botanical paradise with palatial architecture echoing a traditional Thai village. Its rooms and suites are designed with both style and comfort in mind. We love the luxuriant feel of the polished teak floors underfoot, touches of silk and those made-for-two terrazzo bathtubs. Gaze out onto the Bill Bensley designed lush gardens or lotus-covered lagoons from your large private balcony.

Award-winning Anantara Spa is ideal for restorative massages or exotic treatments, and dine under the stars on international fare beachside, or poolside at Rim Nam, their speciality Thai restaurant. We recommend booking a Lagoon or Oceanview suite for extra privileges and indulgences.

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4. So Sofitel Hua Hin

Sofitel’s So/ brand is about playful, distinctly rebellious interpretations of luxury that includes avant-garde design. And So Sofitel Hua Hin delivers, with its striking and imposing staired entrance, distinct SO Nature and SO Arty room styles, French artist Fannette Guilloud’s eye-catching geometric installations that play with perspective, and playful rabbits ‘popping-up’ throughout the resort.

Swim or laze your day away in a choice of three pools including the beachfront So Pool. Enjoy cool beats at Beach Society open-air restaurant, dig into seriously tempting sweet treats at So Sundae café, and finish the evening at HI So rooftop bar. Eaten too much? Work it off at So/ Fit and be pampered at So/ Spa with their signature skincare products by PHYTOMER and YTSARA treatments.

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5. Baba Beach Club Hua Hin

With its own 160-metre private beach, Baba Beach Club Hua Hin offers 18 spacious suites and penthouses, designed with guest privacy in mind. Each with their own ocean-facing balcony, replete with inviting day bed, plus, your own private infinity-edge plunge pool. Soft tones with subtle gold highlights, fine linen and Bose state of the art entertainment system with curated Baba Beach Club playlists set the mood. Need more space? Book an expansive private 3- or 5-bedroom pool villa with full kitchens, each with their own 15-metre swimming pool and courtyard.

Make time for specialist treatments at Cool Spa. Enjoy Asian and international favourites at Baba Beach restaurant, savour speciality teas, coffee and small bites in the colonial-style Baan Chok Café, relax to cool tunes at Baba Beach Bar, lounge (or party) beachside at the Entertainment Pool.

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6. Cape Nidhra Hotel Hua Hin

Want your own private suites, with central Hua Hin and main beach on your doorstep? Cape Nidhra’s 60 lavish suites are just the thing. Polished timber floors, natural textured mats and throws, plus bleached rattan style furnishings provide chic beach-design feels. Wall to wall and floor to ceiling retracting glass doors lead to your terrace and private pool adding to an already generous sense of space.

Cabanas and sunbeds invite at the resort’s beachside pool or revive and recuperate at Cape Spa. Sip sunset cocktails at the On The Rock Bar, explore Euro-Asian designed cuisine at Rocks Restaurant or surprise your loved one with a personalised candlelit dinner under the stars on the beach.

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7. Centara Grand Beach Resort Hua Hin

Amongst the best heritage hotels in Asia, Centara Grand Beach Resort Hua Hin tells the story of Hua Hin’s evolution from a small fishing village to a thriving resort destination.

Sitting at the top of Hua Hin’s main beach, it’s guestrooms, and suites evoke the charm of grand Victorian hotels. High ceilings, polished hardwood floors, along with period-style furniture, Thai silk embellishments and down pillows, all speak class and comfort. Each guestroom’s large furnished balcony overlooks landscaped topiary gardens, swimming pools, or beach and ocean.

Which of its four resort pools will take your fancy? Perhaps pampering at SPA Cenvaree or afternoon tea in the colonial Museum Café? Dinner is covered, starting with sunset cocktails and Mediterranean fare at COAST Beach Club & Bistro, or our favourite, modern Japanese at Hagi, with nightcaps and classic jazz at the Elephant Bar.

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8. The Peri Hotel

We simply can’t say enough about the recently-launched The Peri Hotel. With interiors inspire by Hemmingway’s novel The Old Man and The Sea, guests can expect a blue and white colour scheme here, that brings a an enchanting and rustic charm to any stay.

Rooms are extremely comfortable, with all the mod-cons and balconies to while away the day.  Chow Mong is designed to be a seafood mess hall, complete with colourful, mismatched furniture, and a menu packed full of local specialities. Lounge by the pool before heading out to explore exceptional Hua Hin and all it has to offer.

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9. Vala Hua Hin

Offering direct access to the beachfront and surrounded by plenty of greenery, Vala Hua Hin is an oasis of calm on the Royal Coast.  Rooms and suites are decked out in a contemporary style with touches of natural wood and many offer stunning sea views.

Dine at one of the four restaurants and bars, or go for a private dining experience under the stars at the beach.  The olympic-sized pool extends all the way to the oceanfront and those who need to relax will find a treat awaiting in the Massage Pavilion.

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