travel42 Hotel Review: Garrya Tongsai Bay Samui

Garrya Tongsai Bay Samui travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Nestled on a private beach in a beautiful cove, this resort was the harbinger of luxury tourism on this once-peaceful coconut plantation floating in the Gulf of Thailand.

Constructed in 1987, at the same time as Amanpuri on Phuket's Pansea Beach, this Mediterranean-Thai-inspired complex has evolved into a perennial top pick on Koh Samui, where fashionable fledglings such as the Four Seasons and InterContinental later popped up.

The grounds extend acr...