ThaiLife Wellness & Meditation Resort

Beautiful place and garden. Villa was lovely inside, but location was very bad next to the restaurant and parking area. Quite a lot car traffic around, no silent. Beach was nice and quiet and pasta in beach bar was good. Breakfast only average, coffee horrible.

This place is now called Thailife Wellness Resort and Meditation Center. Our family of 2 adults and 2 teens stayed in the Sukothani Suite in March 2023. We really enjoyed it. We wanted to be away from the cookie cutter beachside resorts at a place with more of a traditional Thai feel, and this did not disappoint. The room was really beautiful with the wood architecture and furniture. Note it is still a nature resort so there were small things you have to be OK with- the AC was not strong enough to cool the whole room and was not in the bathroom or kitchen, there were geckos in the room one that pooped on the bed/us at night :) But the location made it worth it- listening to the frogs and birds over the lake in the morning and evening on the patio. The best part for us was having the bikes- each guest gets a bike so you can keep it the whole time you are there- for around the grounds and to the beach and beach bar. The breakfast food was not great but they had interesting local juices and a wide selection. The beach bar food was on par with other beach bars, i.e. OK. They did have lots of smoothie and health juices and a large vegetarian selection. The beach was gorgeous- very isolate and all to yourself. Massage salas on the beach. Note you have to take a 15-25 minute cab to other restaurants so if you want to be close to any kind of action or scene this place is not for you. But if you want a relaxing time at a gorgeous beach all to yourself then this is the place. When we were there the water was perfectly clean, no garbage or jellyfish. The beach goes on for miles so you can walk and walk. The staff was very helpful suggesting trips to nearby beaches, towns and restaurants and arranging transportation.