Infinity pool hotels in Koh Samui

On the northwestern tip of the island, this Four Seasons resort climbs a forested hillside above its private bay on the Gulf of Thailand. As an infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui it works on two levels: a shared infinity pool for all resort guests by the white-sand beach, and a private infinity pool at each of the 60 pool villas. The main pool sits among coconut palms with its edge facing the sea, and attendants bring ice water and chilled towels to the loungers.

The villas look out to the sea and the islands offshore, and each has a private deck beside its pool. The Family Pool Villa is designed for parents with children up to 12. For larger parties, 11 Residence Villas add kitchenettes, open-air dining pavilions and a personal residential assistant, and the largest sleeps up to 15 guests.

KOH Thai Kitchen serves southern Thai dishes on a palm-fringed hilltop, Pla Pla is the beachfront restaurant, and CoCoRum is the poolside bar near the water. The Secret Garden Spa sits in a coconut grove with indoor and outdoor treatment areas, and a sea-facing outdoor ring hosts Muay Thai training. Children ages 4 to 12 can join the complimentary Kids For All Seasons club. The resort holds two MICHELIN Keys in the 2026 selection and was a filming location for the third season of The White Lotus.

Best for: couples who want a private pool villa above the sea, and groups of friends sharing a Residence Villa.

Set in a cove on Chaweng Noi Beach and framed by tropical forest, this Luxury Collection resort is an infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui on the Gulf of Thailand. Its beachfront infinity pool is shared by all in-house guests and sits a few steps from the sea, with a wooden deck, sun loungers and three complimentary cabanas. The freshwater pool has a shallow ledge with loungers in the water, an unheated whirlpool and a connected children's pool, and at night it is lit from below in changing colors. Children under 12 must be with an adult at the pool.

All 79 suites and villas have a private pool and a terrace, with views over the beach or the rainforest behind it. Categories run from the Jungle Pool Suite and the Ocean View Pool Suite to the standalone Tropical Pool Villa, where the pool wraps around the private terrace. Guests in the Grand Pool Suites, Tropical Pool Villas and Vana Belle Ocean Pool Suites have a personal butler for their whole stay. The resort has no elevators.

Panali serves Southern Thai cooking, Kiree serves Italian dishes, and the thatched Pool Bar offers light meals and cocktails made with local rum. The open-air Lobby Lounge looks across the Gulf of Thailand. Vana Spa focuses on traditional Thai therapies, with the Siam Boran massage as its signature, and the fitness center holds yoga, Pilates and Thai kickboxing classes. Best for: couples who want a private pool on a quiet beach.

A long, palm-shaded beachfront infinity pool runs through Kimpton Kitalay Samui toward Choeng Mon Beach, with its open edge facing the Gulf of Thailand. It is shared by all guests of this infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui, and the resort describes it as Olympic-sized. Rooms in the pool access category also reach a pool from their own terrace, and every villa has a private plunge pool. In 2026 the resort sells a Chill Out Day Pass, so visitors can use the main pool and the beach without staying.

The 138 rooms, suites and villas are laid out like a small seaside village on the northeast coast of the island. The 21 villas have private access to the beach: the Garden Pool Villas sit in a tropical garden, while the One-Bedroom Oceanfront Pool Villas have a private pool that appears to blend into the sand beyond it.

Five restaurants and bars include FishHouse, a seafood restaurant on the beach listed in the MICHELIN Guide since 2024, and SHADES, a bar by the main pool with DJ music. The resort itself holds one MICHELIN Key in the 2026 selection. Kitavaree Spa & Wellness offers treatments inspired by Thai wellness, the JUNIO kids' club takes children aged 4 to 12, and pets stay at no extra charge.

Best for: couples who want a beachfront pool villa and families with children aged 4 to 12.

Conrad Koh Samui covers a jungle hillside on the southwestern tip of the island, in Taling Ngam, above Aow Thai Beach and the Gulf of Thailand. Each of the 82 villas at this infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui has its own private infinity pool. All guests also share a main infinity pool just above the resort's beach. The resort looks west over the sea toward the Five Islands, so the villa pools catch the sunset.

The villas are standalone and spread out for privacy. One-bedroom pool villas have a large terrace and a bathroom with a deep soaking tub and a rain shower; the two-story residences add a full kitchen, a living and dining room and a private lawn. The Pearl, a two-level Presidential Villa unveiled in 2026 at the resort's highest point, has a 20 meter (66 foot) infinity pool, its own spa suite with sauna and steam rooms, and a private outdoor cinema.

Azure, a Mediterranean restaurant, sits beside the main infinity pool, and Jahn serves a fire-led dinner menu of Australian and Japanese meat with Thai flavors. The kitchens use herbs and vegetables from the resort's own garden. Conrad Spa has a panoramic sauna with a Himalayan salt wall. Families are welcome: the Kids' Club is next to the main pool, and children can visit the resort farm with its goats and chickens. Below the villas, the resort has a secluded beach with a rustic beach bar.

Best for: couples who want a private infinity pool facing the sunset, and families who need a two-story villa with a kitchen.

Banyan Tree Samui has no standard rooms: every villa type comes with a private infinity pool on an open-air terrace, which makes it an all-villa infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui. For a sea view from the water, book an ocean-view category such as the Ocean View or Horizon Hillcrest Pool Villa; garden categories such as the Deluxe Pool Villa face tropical greenery instead. Guests also share a swimming pool with its own Pool Bar for smoothies, cocktails and light meals.

The villas are terraced across a private hill above Lamai Bay, on the southeast coast, and look down on the resort's own bay and private beach. A house reef in the bay can be reached from the beach, and snorkeling equipment is free for guests. One-bedroom villas start at 130 square meters (1,400 square feet). They sleep up to 3 people, and two-bedroom villas sleep up to 5. Every villa type has a dedicated Villa Host.

Banyan Tree Spa Samui has 10 treatment pavilions and The Rainforest, a hydrotherapy circuit of nine stages that include a rain walk, a Rasul mud capsule and a vitality pool. The Edge serves international dishes above the bay, Saffron serves contemporary Thai cooking, and private Destination Dining is set up on viewpoints over the Gulf of Thailand. The resort holds two MICHELIN Keys. Because of its architecture, it is not recommended for children under 12, and parents who bring them sign a liability form.

Best for: couples and honeymooners who want a private pool with a sea view, and wellness travelers interested in hydrotherapy.

The main pool at The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui is a beachfront infinity pool shared by all hotel guests. It sits on a deck just above the sand, with its open edge toward the Gulf of Thailand. Private pools come only with the Pool Villas. This infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui also has a swim reef with more than 50 species of marine fish and a lap pool with cabanas at the spa. A children's pool and a seasonal ocean swimming pool, open when the weather allows, complete the list.

The resort covers 58 acres (23 hectares) of a former coconut plantation. It lies in a private bay at the northeastern tip of the island, in the Choeng Mon area, and has two secluded beaches. Its 175 rooms, suites and villas sit under coconut trees, with views of the garden or the sea. The Suites and Pool Villas were recently renovated, and suites start at 93 square meters (1,000 square feet). Every pool villa has an oversized terrace, and the Ultimate Pool Villas have panoramic ocean views.

Spa Village Koh Samui has 8 treatment suites and a yoga pavilion. Pak Tai serves southern Thai cooking, and The View Dining serves Mediterranean dishes at the highest point of the resort. Sea Breeze Grill is on the beach, with a fire dance show on scheduled evenings. Active guests can use a Muay Thai ring with instructors, tennis, kayaks, paddle boards and snorkeling gear, and the Ritz Kids club has indoor and outdoor playgrounds.

Best for: couples who want a private pool villa in a quiet bay, and active travelers drawn to the swim reef and water sports.

Silavadee Pool Spa Resort is built into the rocky cliff of Laem Nan, between Chaweng and Lamai, with 80 rooms and villas stepping down the slope to a private beach on the Gulf of Thailand. At this infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui, all guests share two main infinity pools, and the main one sits low on the hillside just above the shore. Both are open from early morning until early evening. Each sea-facing villa category, from the Pool Villa with Partial Ocean View to the Ocean Front Pool Villa Suite, also has its own infinity-edge pool.

In the Pool Villa with Partial Ocean View, the private infinity pool has aqua jet massage beds, and the bathroom has a terrazzo bathtub. The two-bedroom duplex pool villas spread over two floors, and the Ocean Front Pool Villa Suites reach 300 square meters (3,200 square feet). Tropical Pool Villas are set among tropical greenery, and the Jacuzzi Deluxe rooms have an outdoor jacuzzi on the balcony instead of a pool.

The Height, the cliffside restaurant, was redesigned in 2026 with floor-to-ceiling curved glass facing the sea. It serves Thai dishes through the day and Southern Thai dinners in the evening. Star is a rooftop bar with live music several evenings a week, and Silavadee Spa offers massages and natural treatments.

Best for: couples and honeymooners who want a private infinity pool facing the sea.

Bophut Beach on the north coast of the island is the setting for Hansar Samui Resort & Spa, an infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui in the Fisherman's Village area. The resort's main pool is a 30 meter (100 foot) infinity-edge pool shared by all guests. It lies a few steps from the sand, with its open edge facing Bophut Bay and the Gulf of Thailand, and sun loungers set around it. The pool is open daily from early morning until early evening.

Rooms start at 50 square meters (about 540 square feet) and have teak floors, terrazzo bathrooms, a private balcony and an oversize daybed. The Sea View and Beach Front categories face the water: Beach Front rooms open a few steps from the sand, and the Sea View XL rooms add a four-poster bed and a freestanding bathtub. Deluxe rooms look onto the garden and have a connecting door to a neighboring Deluxe King or Twin room, which works for two couples traveling together.

The beachfront H Bistro serves French Mediterranean cooking alongside a Thai menu, and the raised Chill Lounge overlooking the beach is the resort's place for sunset cocktails. Treatments at the Hansar Thai Wellness Spa Samui draw on Thai healing traditions.

Best for: couples who want a beachfront infinity pool in the Fisherman's Village area of Bophut, and two couples sharing connecting rooms.

Explorar Koh Samui is an adults-only resort on Maenam Beach, on the quiet north coast of the island, and it does not accept children or guests under 16. Its main pool is an infinity pool shared by all guests. The long, narrow pool sits at ground level and runs from the resort buildings toward the sand, with its open edge facing the Gulf of Thailand. The Pool Bar serves cocktails next to it.

The 125 rooms at this infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui range from upper-floor Deluxe Sea View rooms, which have a bathtub on the balcony, to villas with private pools. Each Beachfront Pool Villa has a private pool deck and views across the Gulf to Koh Phangan, while the Garden Pool Villas sit in their own garden. Deluxe Spa Pool rooms on the ground floor and the Deluxe Spa Pool Suite, which has its own garden, add a private plunge pool. For small groups of friends, the two-bedroom Sea-View Villa is on the ground floor, with a private terrace a few steps from the infinity pool and the beach.

Odyssey, the beachfront restaurant, serves Mediterranean and Thai dishes, with seafood from a charcoal grill by the sea and pizzas from a wood-fired oven. The Exhale wellness area has four private spa rooms, a nail salon, a full gym and free daily yoga, along with ice baths and Muay Thai sessions. Co-working spaces and weekly events bring guests and remote workers together. Best for: couples who want a quiet beach stay and remote workers who need a co-working space by the sea.

Granite headlands and coconut palms frame Hanuman Bay on the northeast coast of the island, where SAii Koh Samui Villas has a private beach on the Gulf of Thailand. The resort is adults-only and accepts guests aged 12 and over, who show valid ID at check-in. Its main pool is a beachfront infinity pool shared by all guests, set at beach level just behind the sand, with its open edge facing the bay. Every villa also has its own pool on a private terrace, so guests at this infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui can move between the shared pool and their own.

Around the main pool, SunRay Social & Swim Club serves food and cocktails, with ocean views and music that carries into the evening. Visitors can use the pool and the beach with the SunRay Day Pass, which in 2026 includes a sun lounger, a beach towel and a food and drink credit.

There are three villa types, all with king or twin beds, a rain shower and a Nespresso machine. The Pool Villa measures 80 square meters (860 square feet). The Deluxe Pool Villa is larger, at 100 square meters (1,080 square feet). The Beachfront Pool Villa, the same size as the Pool Villa, overlooks the ocean and has its own sundeck and pool a few steps from the beach.

Days can start with sunrise yoga, and treatments at SAii Spa use locally sourced ingredients. Kayaks and snorkeling equipment are available for the clear water around the resort, and the restaurants serve Thai and Mediterranean dishes and fresh seafood by the sea. Best for: couples who want a private pool villa on a beach with no young children.

Two shared pools serve all guests at Nora Buri Resort & Spa, an infinity pool hotel in Koh Samui at the curving north end of Chaweng Beach. The resort covers 16 acres (about 6 hectares) and runs from a green hillside down to its own beach. By the sand is a beachfront infinity pool, its edge facing the Gulf of Thailand. Higher up the slope is the hillside pool, with the Pool Bar beside it overlooking the sea. Each of the two pools has its own shallow children's pool.

Private pools come with all 48 pool villas and both Presidential Suites. The 28 Pool Villa Hillside Seaview units sit at the top of the hillside, each with a private pool and Jacuzzi on the terrace and a wide view of the Gulf. The two three-bedroom Presidential Suites are also at the top of the hillside, with a private infinity pool and a full kitchen. Closer to the sand, each of the four Pool Villa Beachside Seaview units has a private infinity pool. The Pool Villa Beachside and Pool Villa Beachfront Seaview categories have private pools large enough to swim in.

The 96 Deluxe Rooms are in two-story buildings of six rooms on the hillside, all with floor-to-ceiling windows. The upper-floor rooms face the sea and the lower-floor rooms face the tropical garden. Breakfast is a buffet at Manora, and The Barge serves seafood barbecue and Western dishes by the beach. The Anodas Spa offers Asian and Western treatments, including a Thai herbal steam.

Best for: couples who want a sea-view pool villa in a full-service beach resort.

White minimalist buildings and a bright red swimming pool make The Library easy to recognize on Chaweng Beach, on the lively east coast of Koh Samui. The hotel's signature is the Red Pool, a long rectangular pool that runs parallel to the beach. Red loungers line the deck between the water and the sand, with the Gulf of Thailand beyond. It is shared by hotel guests, as is The Long Pool, a rectangular lap pool lined with orange, yellow and red mosaic tiles.

The resort has 46 studios, suites and villas. Smart Studios sit on the upper floor with a terrace over the garden, while The Bookmark suite is set close to the sea. Each 1-Bedroom and 2-Bedroom Secret Pool Villa has a private pool. So do The Editor, a villa designed for couples, and The Writer, the largest villa, with a sea view and direct beach access. The hotel lists both as adults-only villas but publishes no minimum age.

As the name suggests, books are part of the stay: The Lib reading room holds more than 1,400 books and a selection of films, with views of the sea and the Red Pool. The Page, the beachfront restaurant, serves Thai and international cuisine, and The Drawing Room offers Kin Hor, a menu of traditional Samui dishes by Chef Beach, as well as high tea. The Index spa, The Fit gym, and kayaks and paddle boards to borrow round out the facilities. Best for: design-minded couples and travelers who want a beachfront base in central Chaweng.